Best of Evergreens / Mattila, Saraste, Savijoki, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Ilmo Ranta (Piano)

Conductors

• Niemi, Riku
• Saraste, Jukka-Pekka
• Savijoki, Pekka

Ensembles

• Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Jyväskylä Sinfonia
• Tapiola Sinfonietta

Composers

• Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948 - )
• Jule Styne (1905 - 1994)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Traditional
• Harold Arlen (1905 - 1986)
• Leo Leandros
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Theo Mackeben (1897 - 1953)
• Frederick Loewe (1901 - 1988)
• Frederick Holländer (1896 - 1976)
• Oskar Merikanto (1868 - 1924)
• Lasse Martenson

Notes & Reviews:

Karita Mattila is one of today's most exciting lyric sopranos. This collection of lighter music from 1995-2001 Ondine recordings includes show tunes, lieder and Finnish folk songs. It includes Brahms' Wiegenlied (Lullaby).

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Works Details

Arlen, Harold : Wizard of Oz :: Over the Rainbow

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pekka Savijoki
• Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1939
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Loewe, Frederick : My Fair Lady :: I could have danced all night

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pekka Savijoki
• Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1956
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Webber, Andrew Lloyd : Cats :: Memory

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pekka Savijoki
• Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1981
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Leandros, Leo : Tango d'amour

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pekka Savijoki
• Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Holländer, Frederick : The Blue Angel :: Falling in Love Again

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
• Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1930
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Styne, Jule : Gentlemen Prefer Blondes :: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
• Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1949
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gershwin, George : Porgy and Bess :: Summertime

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
• Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1935
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Merikanto, Oskar : Songs, Op. 20 :: no 1, Thou art a nugget of gold

• Performers: Karita Mattila (Soprano); Ilmo Ranta (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Merikanto, Oskar : Songs, Op. 2 :: no 1, Bye, bye, my sweet swaddled baby

• Performers: Karita Mattila (Soprano); Ilmo Ranta (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Merikanto, Oskar : Songs, Op. 36 :: no 6, Soi vienosti murheeni soitto

• Performers: Karita Mattila (Soprano); Ilmo Ranta (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49 :: no 4, Wiegenlied

• Performers: Ilmo Ranta (Piano); Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1868
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mackeben, Theo : Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht :: Nur nicht aus Liebe weinen

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pekka Savijoki
• Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Martenson, Lasse : Myrskyluodon Maija

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riku Niemi
• Ensemble: Jyväskylä Sinfonia
• Running Time: 5 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Martenson, Lasse : Laulu suuresta merestä

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riku Niemi
• Ensemble: Jyväskylä Sinfonia
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Martenson, Lasse : Aamu-usva

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riku Niemi
• Ensemble: Jyväskylä Sinfonia
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Martenson, Lasse : Valssi myötäiseen

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riku Niemi
• Ensemble: Jyväskylä Sinfonia
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Martenson, Lasse : Ihminen ihmiselle

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riku Niemi
• Ensemble: Jyväskylä Sinfonia
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Minun kultani

• Performers: Ilmo Ranta (Piano); Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Tule, tule kultani

• Performers: Ilmo Ranta (Piano); Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio