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
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
