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Rautavaara: Kaivos - The Mine

1 CD / Ondine / 2011-02-22

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Kaivos (The Mine), opera in 3 acts (withdrawn; under revision)
Performers: Hynninen, Jorma; Katajala, Tuomas; Kortekangas, Jaakko; Niemela, Hannu; Pussila, Petri; Rusanen-Kartano, Johanna; Turi, Mati
Conductors: Lintu, Hannu

This new release features the three-act opera Kaivos [The Mine] by Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928). The patriarch of Finnish composers wrote the work in 1957...continue...
Recording information: Tampere, Finland (09/24/2010)....continue...

Launis: Aslak Hetta / Oramo, Alamikkotervo, et al

2 CD / Ondine / 2001-02-09

Works: Armas Launis: Aslak Hetta, opera
Performers: Alamikkotervo, Aki; Hämäläinen, Ilkka; Kaappola, Anne-Kristiina; Kataja, Arttu; Katajala, Tuomas; Kortekangas, Jaakko; Laukka, Raimo; Saarinen, Eeva-Lisa; Viljakainen, Raili; Virtanen,...
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: Kampin Luulu Chamber Choir

"The opera begins with a melodrama, where a narrator speaks about the colorful events in the manner of a balladeer. The singers then take over...continue...

Rautavaara: True & False Unicorn, etc / Nuoranne, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 1999-05-22

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: True & False Unicorn, 3 versions, final one for chorus & orchestra; Canción de nuestro tiempo (Ajan laulu), for chorus; Halavan himmeän alla (In the Shade of the Will...
Performers: Huhta, Mia; Kortekangas, Jaakko; Salomaa, Petteri
Conductors: Nuoranne, Timo
Ensemble: Finnish Radio Chamber Choir

"Rautavaara's work, 'True & False Unicorn', revised in 2000, is a big, colorful set of scenes for chorus, reciters, and orchestra that holds the attention...continue...

Sibelius: Cantata for the Conferment Ceremony of 1894, etc

1 CD / Ondine / 1995-11-16

Works: Jean Sibelius: Academic March (Promotiomarssi), for orchestra; Cantata for the Helsinki University Ceremonies of 1894, for chorus & orchestra, JS 105; Andante festivo for Strings and Timpani; Cantata...
Performers: Isokoski, Soile; Kortekangas, Jaakko
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Finnish Philharmonic Choir; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"This CD includes three works from the first decade of Sibelius's maturity and two from the last...Under the circumstances any recording that opens up two...continue...