Essential Highlights Of Soile Isokoski

On the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2010, Ondine releases a series of five two-fers, featuring each two best-selling CD titles from its back catalog. The focus is on five star artists: sopranos Soile Isokoski and Karita Mattila, baritone Jorma Hynninen, violinist Pekka Kuusisto, and clarinetist Kari Kriikku. This anniversary edition is limited and special-priced: 2 CDs for less than the price of 1.

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Soile Isokoski - beautiful soprano voice

Soile Isokoski is recognized as one of the world's finest lyric sopranos and regularly appears on the most renowned stages and concert halls. After graduating from the Sibelius Academy, she gave her début recital in Helsinki in 1986 and subsequently won a number of important international singing competitions. She made her début at the Finnish National Opera as Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème and has since delighted audiences and critics alike at opera houses in Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, London, Milan and Paris, at The Metropolitan Opera and at music festivals in Salzburg, Savonlinna, Edinburgh and Orange. --------------------------------------- Soile Isokoski has worked with numerous distinguished conductors such as Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Seiji Ozawa, John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Colin Davis, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle, Bernhard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, Valery Gergiev and James Levine. Her recent opera roles include Die Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier), Eva (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Alice (Falstaff), Margarethe (Faust), Rachel (La Juive), the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro), Desdemona (Otello), Liù (Turandot), Elsa (Lohengrin), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) and Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos). She has an extensive concert repertoire, and she regularly gives recitals with her permanent accompanist Marita Viitasalo. Soile Isokoski's recording, for Ondine, of Luonnotar and other orchestral songs by Sibelius with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under Leif Segerstam won the 2007 BBC Music Magazine Award ‘Disc of the Year', in addition to a MIDEM Classical Award (ODE 1080-5). Her rendition of Four Last Songs and other orchestral songs by Richard Strauss with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under Marek Janowski received a Gramophone Award in 2002 (ODE 982-2). Her 2006 Christmas album Jouluyö, juhlayö, featuring also the YL Male Voice Choir, became a gold-winning best-seller in Finland (ODE 1088-2). ----------------------------------------- In honour of her notable contribution to Finnish music, Soile Isokoski was awarded with the Pro-Finlandia medal in 2002. In September 2008, she received in Vienna the honorary title of "Österreichische Kammersängerin".
Submitted on 08/22/10 by HB

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Strauss, Richard : Lieder (4), Op. 36

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Notes: Composition written: 1897.
Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1897

Strauss, Richard : Ich wollt' ein Sträusslein binden, song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 68/2 (TrV 235/2)

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1918

Strauss, Richard : Säusle, liebe Myrthe!, song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 68/3 (TrV 235/3)

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Notes: Composition written: 1918.
Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1918

Strauss, Richard : Als Mir Dein Leiderklang

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1918

Strauss, Richard : Befreit, Op. 39 no 4

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1898

Strauss, Richard : Lieder (4), Op. 27

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1894

Strauss, Richard : Lieder (5), Op. 41

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1899

Strauss, Richard : Lieder (6), Op. 37

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Notes: Composition written: 1897.
Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1897

Strauss, Richard : Lieder (8), Op. 10

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1885

Strauss, Richard : Lieder (4), Op. 27

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1894

Strauss, Richard : Lieder (6), Op. 56

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 6 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1903-1906

Strauss, Richard : Vier letzte Lieder, Op. posth. :: Frühling

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1948

Strauss, Richard : Vier letzte Lieder, Op. posth. :: September

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 5 min. sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1948

Strauss, Richard : Vier letzte Lieder, Op. posth. :: Bein Schlafengehen

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1948

Strauss, Richard : Vier letzte Lieder, Op. posth. :: Im Abendrot

Performer: Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Running Time: 7 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1948

Melartin, Erkki : Minä metsän polkuja kuljen (In the Woods I Happily Wander), song

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Melartin, Erkki : Mirjamin laulu I

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Melartin, Erkki : Mirjamin laulu II

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Sonninen, Ahti : Älä kutsu kukkaseksi (Do Not Call Me Flower), song for voice & piano, Op. 14/5

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Hannikainen, Ilmari : Rauha (Peace), song

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Hannikainen, Ilmari : Oi, äiti armas, for voice & piano, Op. 34

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Hannikainen, Ilmari : Rannalla istuja (Sitting on the Shore), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/1

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Väinö Hannikainen (1900 - 1960) : Marja-Liisa, song for voice & piano, Op. 18/3

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Kaski, Heino : Taas Kaukaa Laulavat Lauluaan (From Afar I Hear Them Singing Again), for voice & piano

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Kaski, Heino : Lähdettyäs (After You Went Away)

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Pacius, Fredrik : Kaarle-kuninkaan metsästys, ballad

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Pacius, Fredrik : Laps' Suomen (Child of Finland), song

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959) : Illalla (At Evening), song

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959) : Kesäyö (Summer night), for voice & piano (or orchestra)

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959) : Rannalta I (On the Shore), for voice & piano (or orchestra)

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959) : Maassa marjani makaavi (My Love Lies in the Ground), song for voice & piano, Op. 3/3

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Merikanto, Oskar : Pai pai paitaressu (Bye, Bye Lullaby), for voice & piano, Op. 2/1

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Merikanto, Oskar : Metsäkyyhkyset (The Wood-doves), song for voice & piano, Op. 47/1

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Merikanto, Aarre : Kun päivä paistaa, Op 24/1

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Merikanto, Oskar : Omenankukat (Apple Blossom), song for voice & piano, Op. 53/1

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Merikanto, Oskar : Rukous (Prayer) (Ave Maria)

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Merikanto, Oskar : Kullan murunen (Thou Art a Nugget of Gold), song for voice & piano, Op. 20/1

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Merikanto, Oskar : Kuin hiipuva hiillos tummentuu (Like the Dying Embers Grow Dark), song for voice & piano, Op. 47/2

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Merikanto, Oskar : Ma elän! (I Am Alive!), song for voice & piano, Op. 71/1

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Merikanto, Aarre : Kottarainen, Op 36/2

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. sec.
Period Time: Modern

Merikanto, Aarre : Laula tyttö, Op 30/2

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Merikanto, Oskar : Kevätlinnuille etelässä

Performers: Soile Isokoski (Soprano); Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Kalervo Hämäläinen : Lapin äidin kehtolaulu (A Lapland Mother's Lullaby), song for voice & piano

Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Soile Isokoski (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.

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