Aurora Borealis - Magic Of The Mysterious North
Aurora Borealis - Magic Of The Mysterious North
FLAC+Cue+Log | Scans | 1 CD | 253 MB
Classical | Ondine | 1999
FLAC+Cue+Log | Scans | 1 CD | 253 MB
Classical | Ondine | 1999
This compilation made exclusively of previously released material (rec. 1990-99) makes a perfect introduction to 20th century Finnish symphonic music. With a few exceptions, notably Vaino Raitio, the Scandinavian country's most talented composers have been included. How such a small population could generate such a large number of great, deeply personal composers remains a complete mystery. The works selected from the Ondine catalogue share at least one common character: the use of long, sustained harmonic patterns, which create colors of hallucinatory beauty and astounding originality. Rautavaara's cosmic concerto for "bird" (on tape) and orchestra, Sibelius' dramatic Storm from the incidental music for Shakespeare's Tempest, Merikanto's dreamy Lento cantabile, Pingoud's Scriabinesque Extinguished Torches, Nordgren's fiery and folksy The Fiddler's Favorite Tune–all in their own ways present perfect examples of that magic sound world, created in contact with nature and its abysmal winters. The performances are perfectly idiomatic and the recordings always spacious and coherent.Composers: Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jean Sibelius, Aarre Merikanto, Ernest Pingoud, Aulis Sallinen, Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Tumoas Kantelinen
Conductors: Max Pommer, Leif Segerstam, Tuomas Ollila, Sakari Oramo, Okko Kamu,
Juha Kangas, Oleg Soldatov
Orchestras: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Karelia Philharmonic Orchestra
Program:
01 - Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus - The Bog
02 - Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus - Melancholy
03 - Rautavaara - Cantus Arcticus - Swans Migrating
04 - Sibelius - The Storm
05 - Merikanto - Lento cantabile
06 - Merikanto - Arietta
07 - Kantelinen - Adagio
08 - Pingoud - Extinguished Torches
09 - Sallinen - Lemminki in Tuonela
10 - Nordgren - The Thinker
11 - Nordgren - The Fiddler's Favorite Tune
12 - Rautavaara - Come un sogno