Rautavaara: Angels and Visitations

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Album Summary

Performers

• Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet)
• Patrick Gallois (Flute)
• Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Ralf Gothóni (Piano)

Conductors

• Ashkenazy, Vladimir
• Franck, Mikko
• Legerstam, Leif
• Nuoranne, Timo
• Pommer, Max
• Segerstam, Leif

Ensembles

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• Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
• Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
• Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Composer

• Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 - )

Notes & Reviews:

This double CD contains fifteen of Finnish star composer Einojuhani Rautavaara's most popular works or excerpts and delivers a wide-ranging anthology of his music from the 1950s until today. This album allows one to plunge into Rautavaara's musical universe, as well as into his individual and fantastic world of Nordic mysticism and angelic visions.

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Works Details

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61

• Conductor: Leif Segerstam
• Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 19 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1972

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Autumn Gardens (Syksyn puutarhat), for orchestra :: 3rd Movement (Giocoso e leggiero)

• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 10 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1999

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Concerto for Piano no 1, Op. 45 :: 3rd Movement (Molto vivace)

• Performer: Ralf Gothóni (Piano)
• Conductor: Max Pommer
• Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1969

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Concerto for Clarinet :: 2nd Movement (Adagio assai)

• Performer: Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Leif Segerstam
• Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 2001-2002

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Symphony no 7 "Angel of Light" :: 3rd Movement (Come un sogno)

• Conductor: Leif Segerstam
• Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 10 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1994

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Vigilia (All-Night Vigil), for chorus & soloists :: Psalm of Invocation

• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1971-1996

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Vigilia (All-Night Vigil), for chorus & soloists :: Evening Hymn

• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1971-1996

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Vigilia (All-Night Vigil), for chorus & soloists :: Ekteniya

• Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1971-1996

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Vigilia (All-Night Vigil), for chorus & soloists :: Final Blessing

• Running Time: 1 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1971-1996

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Apotheosis

• Conductor: Mikko Franck
• Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1992-1996

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Adagio celeste, for strings

• Conductor: Mikko Franck
• Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 2000

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Concerto for Flute ("Dances with the Winds"), Op. 69 :: 3rd Movement (Allegro)

• Performer: Patrick Gallois (Flute)
• Conductor: Leif Segerstam
• Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1975

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : True & False Unicorn, 3 versions, final one for chorus & orchestra :: The Unicorn

• Conductor: Timo Nuoranne
• Ensemble: Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1971-2002

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : True & False Unicorn, 3 versions, final one for chorus & orchestra :: Young Sagittarius

• Conductor: Timo Nuoranne
• Ensemble: Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
• Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1971-2002

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : True & False Unicorn, 3 versions, final one for chorus & orchestra :: A Virgin, waiting

• Conductor: Timo Nuoranne
• Ensemble: Finnish Radio Chamber Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1971-2002

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Anadyomene ("Adoration of Aphrodite"), for orchestra

• Conductor: Leif Segerstam
• Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 12 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1968

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Concerto for Piano no 3 ("Gift of Dreams") :: 3rd Movement

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1998

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Symphony no 1 (first revision) :: 2nd Movement (Poetico)

• Conductor: Mikko Franck
• Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1956-1988

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Halavan himmeän alla (In the Shade of the Willow), for chorus :: Laulu oravasta (The Squirrel)

• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1998

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Halavan himmeän alla (In the Shade of the Willow), for chorus :: Sydämeni laulu (Song of My Heart)

• Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1998

Rautavaara, Einojuhani : Angels and Visitations

• Conductor: Leif Legerstam
• Running Time: 19 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1978