Notes & Reviews:
Ondine is pleased to announce the debut release of charismatic mezzo -soprano Virpi Räisänen. Following her recent career change from a successful violinist to a concert and opera singer, Virpi Räisänen has already appeared at the Staatsoper in Berlin, the Netherlands Opera, and the Salzburg Festival. Virpi Räisänen is admirably multifaceted being equally at home with contemporary as well as with baroque music, her beautiful timbre seems to fit well in all genres.
American Record Guide, January/February 2013
The accompaniment is consistently excellent and unobtrusive. Texts and translations.
Recording information: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011).
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Works Details
Mahler, Gustav : Lieder und Gesänge, vol 3 - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1887-1890
Mahler, Gustav : Lieder und Gesänge, vol 1 - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 2 min. sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1880-1887
Mahler, Gustav : Lieder und Gesänge, vol 1 - Performers: Virpi Raisanen; Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1880-1887
Mahler, Gustav : Lieder und Gesänge, vol 1 - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1880-1887
Mahler, Gustav : Lieder und Gesänge, vol 1 - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1880-1887
Mahler, Gustav : Phantasie aus Don Juan, for voice & piano (Aus der Jugendzeit Vol. 1, no 5) - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1880-1887
Berg, Alban : Sehnsucht I, song for voice & piano (from "Jugendlieder") - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 1 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: circa 1902
Berg, Alban : Er klagt, dass der Frühling so korz blüht, song for voice & piano (from "Jugendlieder") - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 1 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: circa 1902
Berg, Alban : Regen, song for voice & piano (from "Jugendlieder") - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: circa 1905-1909
Berg, Alban : Songs (4), Op. 2 - Performers: Virpi Raisanen; Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 1 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1909-1925
Berg, Alban : Songs, Op. 2 :: Schlafen, schlafen, from Dem Schmerz sein Recht - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Vocal
- Written: circa 1909-1910
Berg, Alban : Jugendlieder, Vol. 2 :: Leudon - Performers: Virpi Raisanen; Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1900-1908
Schoenberg, Arnold : Brettl-Lieder :: 7. Galathea - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1901
Schoenberg, Arnold : Brettl-Lieder :: 2. Einfältiges Lied - Performers: Virpi Raisanen; Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1901
Schoenberg, Arnold : Brettl-Lieder :: 1. Der genügsame Liebhaber - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1901
Shostakovich, Dmitri : Dve Basny, Op. 4 :: 1. Strkozá i Muravéy - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1922
Shostakovich, Dmitri : Dve Basny, Op. 4 :: 2. Osyól i Solovéy - Performers: Marita Viitasalo (Piano); Virpi Raisanen
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1922
Britten, Benjamin : A Charm of Lullabies, song cycle for mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 41 - Performers: Virpi Raisanen; Marita Viitasalo (Piano)
- Notes: Järvenpää Hall, Finland (10/31/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/01/2011); Järvenpää Hall, Finland (11/03/2011)
- Running Time: 11 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Written: 1947


























