Composer: Einojuhani Rautavaara
Performer: Lilli Paasikivi, Topi Lehtipuu, Jyrki Korhonen, Pia Freund, Petteri Salomaa, Satu Klemi, Heta Kokkomaki, Kaija Nuoranne, Tuuli Lindeberg, Johanna Talasniemi, Annica Sjolund, Mia Huhta, Sade Rissanen, Jaakko Kortekangas, Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Finnish Philharmonic Choir
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Timo Nuoranne, Eric-Olof Soderstrom, Leif Segerstam
Number of Discs: 4
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Ondine
Catalogue: ODE1186-2Q
Release: 2012
Size: 1.09 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Vigilia: Vespers
01. —
02. Psalm 103
03. Katisma No. 1
04. Psalm of Invocation
05. Sticheron of Invocation
06. Sticheron to the Mother of God
07. Evening Hymn
08. Ekteniya
09. Sticheron of the Litany
10. Ekteniya of the Litany
11. Sticheron
12. Troparion
13. Troparion of the Feast
14. Final Blessing
Vigilia: Matins
15. —
16. Troparion
17. Troparion No. 2
18. Hymn of Praise
19. Troparion of the Resurrection
20. Antiphon
21. Prokeimenon
22. Hymn of Resurrection
23. Canon: Irmos No. 1
24. Canon: Irmos No. 3
25. Canon: Irmos No. 4
26. Canon: Irmos No. 5
27. Canon: Irmos No. 6
28. Canon: Irmos No. 7
29. Canon: Irmos No. 8
30. Katabasis: Hymn of Thanksgiving of the Mother of God
31. Canon: Irmos No. 9
32. Sticheron of Thanksgiving
33. Troparion of the Resurrection
34. Final Blessing
CD 02
01. Credo
02. Canticum Mariae Virginis
03. Herran rukous (The Lord’s Prayer)
04. Psalm 23
05. Psalm 130
06. Magnificat
07. Quia respexit – Misericordia
08. Fecit potentiam
09. Suscepit Israel
10. Gloria
Nattvarden (Communion)
11. Communion Hymn No. 1
12. Communion Hymn No. 2
13. Kyrie
14. Herdepsalm (Shepherd Psalm)
15. Ave Maria
Missa duodecanonica
16. Kyrie
17. Sanctus
18. Agnus Dei
19. Rakkaus ei koskaan havia (Love Never Dies)
20. Legenda
21. Marjatan jouluvirsi
22. Joulun virsi (Christmas Hymn)
23. Avuksihuutopsalmi (Psalm of Invocation)
24. Ehtoohymni (Evening hymn)
Canción de nuestro tiempo
25. I. Fragmentos de agonia (Fragments of Agony)
26. II. Meditacion primera y ultima (First and Last Meditation)
27. III. Ciudad sin sueno (Sleepless City)
CD 03
Halavan himmeän alla (In the shade of the willow)
01. I. Ikavyys (Melancholy)
02. II. Laulu oravasta (The Squirrel)
03. III. Sydameni laulu (Song of My Heart)
04. Lahto (The Departure)
05. Morsian (The Bride)
Praktisch Deutsch
06. No. 1. The Hotel
07. No. 2. Kaufladen (Shopping)
08. No. 3. Beim Schneider (At the Tailor)
09. No. 4. Gesellschaften (At a Party)
10. Och gladjen den dansar (With joy we go dancing)
11. Sommarnatten (Summer Night)
12. Katedralen (The Cathedral)
Lorca Suite, Op. 72b
13. I. Cancion de jinete
14. II. El Grito
15. III. La Luna asoma
16. IV. Malague’na
Ludus verbalis (Word Game)
17. I. Personalia
18. II. Temporalia
19. III. Qualitativa
20. IV. Quantitativa
21. Nirvana Dharma
22. Die erste Elegie
CD 04
01. On the Last Frontier
True and False Unicorn
I. Before the Arras
02. The Unicorn questions the nature of the chase
03. The Lion, reading
04. Sigmund of Vienna
05. The Unicorn
II. Horn and Hounds
06. Entering the wilderness the Unicorn is beset by voices
07. Young Sagittarius
08. A Virgin, waiting
09. The Empress of Byzantium
10. Queen Victoria
11. His Honor the Mayor
12. Big Black Sambo
III. Snare and Delusion
13. In the heart of the desert the silence is pearcing
14. The Unicorn, wounded
IV. Mon Seul Desir
15. The Unicorn reaches a temple in a clearing
16. Sigmund of Vienna
17. The Lion
18. The Unicorn
19. Tom Fool
20. The Virgin’s Lullaby
21. The Unicorn
After releasing boxes featuring Einojuhani Rautaavara’s eight Symphonies and twelve Concertos, Ondine is pleased to release a four-CD box of his Choral Works.
This box includes both sacred and secular works, and shows the composer’s diversity in style, expression and content. Rautavaara is perhaps the most well-known and certainly the most recorded living Finnish composer today. These recordings feature two acclaimed Finnish mixed choirs – the Finnish Radio Chamber Choir and the Finnish Philharmonic Chorus – as well as the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under conductors Timo Nuoranne, Eric-Olof Söderström and Leif Segerstam.The recordings are taken from existing acclaimed releases on Ondine.