Karita's Christmas

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	Songs of Youth, Op. 20b (arr. I. Kuusisto) - Arkihuolesi kaikki heita (Throw Thy Everyday Cares Aside) (arr. for soprano and orchestra)
	5 Christmas Songs, Op. 1 (arr. Y. Hjelt) - No. 4. En etsi valtaa, loistoa (Give me no splendor, gold or pomp)
	5 Christmas Songs, Op. 1 (arr. Y. Hjelt) - No. 3. Jo joutuu ilta (Outside it is getting dark)
	5 Christmas Songs, Op. 1 (arr. Y. Hjelt) - No. 5. On hanget korkeat, nietokset (High are the snowdrifts)
	Joulun kellot (The bells of Christmas) (arr. Y. Hjelt) - Joulun kellot (The bells of Christmas) (arr. for soprano, chorus and orchestra)
	Suloaanet enkelten (Angels we have heard on high) - Suloaanet enkelten (Angels we have heard on high)
	Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 56, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau" (arr. Y. Hjelt) - Ellen's Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 56, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau" (arr. for soprano and orchestra)
	Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) (arr. Y. Hjelt) - Oi jouluyo (O Holy Night) (arr. for soprano and orchestra)
	Jouluyo, juhlayo (Silent Night) (arr. Y. Hjelt) - Jouluyo, juhlayo (Silent Night) (arr. for soprano, chorus and orchestra)
	Sylvian joululaulu (The Nightingale's Christmas) (arr. Y. Hjelt) - Sylvian joululaulu (The Nightingale's Christmas) (arr. for soprano and orchestra)
	Varpunen jouluaamuna (The sparrow on Christmas morning) (arr. I. Kuusisto) - Varpunen jouluaamuna (The sparrow on Christmas morning) (arr. for soprano and orchestra)
	Ave Maria (arr. Y. Hjelt) - Ave Maria (arr. for soprano and orchestra)
	Maa on niin kaunis (Beauty Around Us) - Maa on niin kaunis (Beauty Around Us)
	Te lapsoset, lapsoset kuruhtakaa (O Hurry, Ye Children) (arr. Y. Hjelt) - Te lapsoset, lapsoset kuruhtakaa (O Hurry, Ye Children) (arr. for soprano, chorus and orchestra)
	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr. Y. Hjelt) - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (arr. for soprano and orchestra)
	We Wish You a Merry Christmas - We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Album Summary

Performer

• Karita Mattila (Soprano)

Conductor

• Pekkanen, Pertti

Ensembles

• Cathedralis Aboensis Chorus
• Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
• Karl Collan (1828 - 1871)
• Johann Abraham P. Schulz (1747 - 1800)
• Armas Maasalo (1885 - 1960)
• Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Otto Kotilainen (1868 - 1936)
• Hugh Martin (1914 - )
• Leevi Madetoja (1887 - 1947)
• Traditional
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863)
• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)

Notes & Reviews:

Superstar Finnish soprano Karita Mattila is one of the opera world's leading sopranos. Karita has selected her favorite Christmas music for this special release from Ondine.

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Works Details

Madetoja, Leevi : Cast off thy everyday cares

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Sibelius, Jean : Christmas Songs (5), Op. 1 :: no 4, Give me no splendour, gold or pomp

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1909
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Sibelius, Jean : Christmas Songs (5), Op. 1 :: no 3, Outside it grows dark

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1895/1913
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Sibelius, Jean : Christmas Songs (5), Op. 1 :: no 5, High are the snowdrifts

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1901
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Maasalo, Armas : Christmas Bells

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1825
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Angels we have heard on high

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Schubert, Franz : Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1825
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Adam, Adolphe : Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Cathedralis Aboensis Chorus
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1818
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Collan, Karl : The Nightingale's Christmas

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Kotilainen, Otto : The Sparrow's Christmas

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1859
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : Beauty around us

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 18th Century
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Schulz, Johann Abraham Peter : Der Morgen im Lenze

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Cathedralis Aboensis Chorus
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1790
• Language: Finnish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Martin, Hugh : Meet Me in St. Louis :: Have yourself a merry little Christmas

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1944
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional : We wish you a merry Christmas

• Performer: Karita Mattila (Soprano)
• Conductor: Pertti Pekkanen
• Ensemble: Cathedralis Aboensis Chorus
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio