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Einojuhani Rautavaara: Complete Works for Male Choir

2 CD / Ondine / 2004-10-07

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Laulaja (The Singer), for male chorus; Syksy virran suussa (Autumn at the River Mouth), for male chorus; Preludes (2) by T. S. Eliot, for male chorus, Op. 32; Psalms (2), for m...
Performers: Haapaniemi, Tuukka; Hannuksela, Olli; Hyokki, Pasi; Katajala, Tuomas; Mannonen, Timo; Salovaara, Jussi
Conductors: Hyokki, Matti; Hyökki, Pasi

This release coincides with the 80th birthday of Ondine's best-selling composer, Einojuhani Rautavaara, on October 9. Ondine has had a long and fruitful association with...continue...

Karita's Christmas

1 CD / Ondine / 1998-10-30

Works: Leevi Madetoja: Cast off thy everyday cares; Jean Sibelius: Christmas Songs (5), Op. 1; Armas Maasalo: Christmas Bells; Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; Beauty around us; We wish you a merr...
Performers: Mattila, Karita
Conductors: Pekkanen, Pertti
Ensemble: Cathedralis Aboensis Chorus; Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

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...continue...

Rautavaara: Sacred Works for Mixed Chorus / Nuoranne, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 1995-09-26

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Credo, for chorus; Canticum Mariae Virginis, for chorus; Herran rukous (The Lord's Prayer), for chorus; Psalms (2), for male or mixed chorus, Op. 37; Magnificat, for soloists &...
Conductors: Nuoranne, Timo
Ensemble: Finnish Radio Chamber Choir

"Rautavaara's output for choir is both extensive and of quality. The present issue traverses his career from the Fifties through to the mid-Eighties...There is a...continue...