Composer: Claude Achille Debussy, Pauline Hall, Alf Hurum, Toivo Kuula, Leevi Antti Madetoja, Gösta Nystroem
Performer: Melis Jaatinen, Juho Alakärppä
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alba
Catalogue: ABCD504
Release: 2022
Size: 493 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Nystroem: Sånger vid havet
01. No. 1, Ute i skären
02. No. 2, Nocturne
03. No. 3, Havets visa
04. No. 4, Jag har ett hem vid havet
05. No. 5, Jag väntar månen
06. Hurum: Blonde nætter
07. Hurum: Stævnemöde
08. Hurum: Regn
09. Hall: Il pleure dans mon coeur
10. Hall: Du bomst i dug
11. Hall: Chanson d’automne
Madetoja: Yksinlauluja pianon säestyksellä, Op. 9
12. No. 3, Tule kanssani
13. No. 2, Hymyi Hypnos
Madetoja: Yksinlauluja pianon säestyksellä, Op. 26
14. No. 5, Talvikuutamolla
Madetoja: Yksinlauluja pianon säestyksellä, Op. 25
15. No. 3, Tuulinen sää
Kuula: 4 Songs, Op. 23
16. No. 2, Ave Maria
Kuula: 2 Songs, Op. 31a
17. No. 1, Purjein kuutamolla
Kuula: 3 Songs, Op. 29a
18. No. 3, Paimenet
Kuula: 4 Songs, Op. 23
19. No. 1, Sinipiika
Debussy: 3 Mélodies de Verlaine, L. 81
20. No. 1, La mer est plus belle que les cathédrales
21. No. 2, Le son du cor s’afflige vers les bois
22. No. 3, L’échelonnement des haies
This album includes a repertoire of Nordic composers influenced by French impressionism and Debussy’s music in particular. In Finland, both Toivo Kuula and Leevi Madetoja are known for taking influence from impressionism. After spending extensive time at the National Library in Oslo, Melis Jaatinen decided to add songs by Alf Hurumin and with the helpful advice from the principal of the Norwegian State Academy of Music, Astrid Kvalbein, Pauline Hall. Juho Alakärppä brought in Gösta Nystrom`s Sånger vid havet. This work was originally written for Finnish soprano Aulikki Rautava.
Melis Jaatinen’s collaboration with Juho Alakärppä started after they both graduated from the Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki around 2010. In a truly collaborative manner, they often end up in passionate discussions about how to approach and interpret the music, songs and lyrics. The musical outcome is usually different from what they both had previously imagined, which illustrates the beauty of the process of making music!