Release Date: 31 October 2011
Label: Ondine
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 761195116920
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Rautavaara
Description
This new release features works for children's choir by Einojuhani Rautavaara, performed by the world-renowned Tapiola Choir and their director Pasi Hyokki. Mostly written for the Tapiola Choir, these pieces cover a wide range of topics and moods, extending from humorous nursery rhymes to more serious philosophical issues and religious solemnity. The album title piece, the one-act choral opera Marjatta matala neiti (Marjatta the Lowly Maiden"), is based on a poem from the Kalevala epos. The half-hour"mystery play" tells the story of Marjatta who becomes impregnated after eating a lingonberry and gives birth to a son - thus the Finnish mythological adaptation of the Christian story of Jesus' conception and birth from a virgin. Finnish cult composer Rautavaara is one of the rare composers to have written extensive and substantial repertoire for children's choir. More generally, his major output for mixed and for male choir has cemented his position as one of today's most popular composers of choral music."
Tracklisting
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai; Robert Trevino
Latvian Radio Choir; Sigvards Klava
Peter Jablonski; Gavle Symphony Orchestra; Christian Reif
Nicolas Namoradze
Anne Komsi; Marzi Nyman; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Helsinki Chamber Choir; Nicholas Collon
Reinis Zarins; Trio Palladio; Raffi Kharajanyan
Signe Asmussen; Jakob Davidsens Kammerat Orkester
Shira Patchornik; CHAARTS Chamber Artists; David Castro-Balbi
Jack Hancher
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle
Yorck Kronenberg; Christoph Seybold
Wendy Stern; Kathleen Nester; Amanda Harberg; Katie Lueng
Wang Huandong/Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria/Filippo Arlia
Vivum Singers; Francesca Massey; Tom Winpenny
