Release Date: 28 February 2011
Label: Ondine
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 761195117422
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Rautavaara
Description
This new release features the three-act opera Kaivos (The Mine, 1962) by Einojuhani Rautavaara. The patriarch of Finnish composers wrote this, his first opera, in 1957-62 and today considers it,perhaps the best opera I have ever written, a real thriller whose underlying theme - that a human being defines himself through his choices - is nevertheless universal." This CD release represents an apogee in the work's exceptional history: the opera's underlying thematic allusions to the 1956 Hungarian uprising impeded a staged performance in Finland, a neighboring country of the then Soviet Union. Instead, a Finnish TV production was broadcast in 1963. The first live (concert) performance in Tampere (Finland) in September 2010 featured the same cast and performers as this premiere CD recording. Legendary baritone Jorma Hynninen (lead role 'Commissar'), who celebrates his 70th anniversary in 2011, has starred in a number of Finnish operas since the 1970s to great international success, including at the MET in New York. Acclaimed conductor Hannu Lintu leads the reputed Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra on this disc."
Tracklisting
Marko Ylonen; Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra; Sinfonietta Riga; Jo
Wu Wei; Eldbjorg Hemsing; Ida Nielsen; Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Andris Poga
Waltteri Torikka; Marko Hilpo
Aapo Hakkinen; Les Voix humaines; Anna Gebert
KSENIJA SIDOROVA; LATVIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; ANDRIS POGA
Latvian Radio Choir
KUUSISTO P:HELSINKI PO:ASHKENA
Basque National Orchestra
Diego Caicedo
Diego Caicedo
Anna Netrebko; Yusiv Eyvazov; Sonya Yoncheva; Vittorio Grigolo; Roman Burdenko; Ferruccio Furlanett
Caitriona O'Leary; Boris Bergmann
Zuzana Ferjencikova
Zuzana Ferjencikova
Yajie Zhang; Narine Yeghiyan; Chor und Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe; Felix Krieger
Vincent Larderet
