Melartin, Erkki

Erkki Melartin: Works for piano / Jean Dube, piano

1 CD / BNL / 2013-01-08

Works: Erkki Melartin: Legend, for piano no 2, Op. 12; Nacht, for piano, Op. 8/3; Tonttujen tanssi (Danse des Elfes), for piano; Prelude for piano, Op. 25/1; Idyl, for piano, Op. 27/1; Surullinen puutarha (...
Performers: Dube, Jean

Finnish composer Ekki Melartin (1875 - 1937) was an exact contemporary of Maurice Ravel: they have the same dates of birth and death. He was...continue...
Recording information: Studio Acoustique, Passavant (10/2011)....continue...

Erkki Melartin: The Solo Piano Works / Maria Lettberg, piano

2 CD / Delta Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Erkki Melartin: Lastuja for piano no 1, Op. 7; Legend, for piano no 2, Op. 12; Surullinen puutarha (Melancholy Garden), for piano, Op. 52; Lyric Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 59; Den hemlighetsfulla skog...
Performers: Lettberg, Maria

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
The program is loosely arranged in chronological order and as such provides a fascinating portrait of the...continue...
Recording information: Studio Gärtnerstraáe (2008-11-13_2008-11-15&2009-)....continue...

I Will - Tahdon: Finnish Wedding Music by Merikanto, Kuula, Melartin, Linjama, Kokkonen, Almila / Jan Lehtola, organ

2 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-11-13

Works: Oskar Merikanto: Häähymni (Wedding Hymn) for organ; Toivo Kuula: Wedding March, for piano; Erkki Melartin: Festive March; S. Snåre: Häämarssi Kruunupyystä (Wedding March...
Performers: Lehtola, Jan

Organist Jan Lehtola has gathered together most of the Finnish organ music composed for weddings in a church. He performs on an organ built in...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Helsinki, Finland (2008-09-01_2008-09-02&2009-)....continue...

Encore! - works by Beethoven, Myers, Debussy and Chopin / Jouni Somero, piano

1 CD / FC Records / 2012-08-14

Works: Stanley Myers: The Deer Hunter; Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op. 27/2; Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. ...
Performers: Somero, Jouni

A collection of popular encores is performed by Finnish pianist Jouni Somero....continue...

Barcarolles: works by Alfven, Chopin, Delafosse, Elgar, Fauré, Heller, Liszt et al. / Jean Dubé, piano

2 CD / Syrius / 2012-03-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (6), Op. 57; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle f...
Performers: Dube, Jean

The Barcarolle is a song evoking the sea and water and, more to the point, the Venetian gondoliers: "Barcarolo" in Italian means "gondolier." Its characteristic...continue...
Recording information: Studio Acoustique, Passavant (05/2011)....continue...

The Nordic Experience: works by Grieg, Sinding, Gade, Sibelius and Melartin

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Christian Sinding: Rustle of Spring (Frühlingsrauchen), for piano, Op. 32/3; Niel...
Performers: Aadland, Harald; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Hanslip, Chloe [Violin]; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Rautavaara, Einojuhani; Sonstebo, Jon Wien; Sponberg, Atle; Tateno, Izumi
Conductors: Rasilainen, Ari; Oramo, Sakari; Mann, Paul; Sato, Shuntaro; Pekkanen, Pertti; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka

Two and a half hours of cool and timeless classics from the North....continue...

Essential Highlights Of Soile Isokoski

2 CD / Ondine / 2010-04-27

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), Op. 36; Ich wollt' ein Sträusslein binden, song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 68/2 (TrV 235/2); Säusle, liebe Myrthe!, song for voice & piano (or orches...
Performers: Isokoski, Soile; Viitasalo, Marita
Conductors: Janowski, Marek

On the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2010, Ondine releases a series of five two-fers, featuring each two best-selling CD titles from its back...continue...

Birgit Nilsson: Rarities

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Kornblumen ("Kornblumen nenn' ich die Gestalten"), song for voice & piano, Op. 22/1 (TrV 153/1); Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 10;...
Performers: Cox, Jean; Hallgren, Carl-Axel; Jonsson, Folke; Leitner, Ferdinand; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Norlin, Ingegard; Schymberg, Hjordis; Soderstrom, Elisabeth; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Widgren...
Conductors: Sandberg, Herbert; Leitner, Ferdinand; Celibidache, Sergiu; Kinsky, Roberto

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lea Piltti

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, K 208; Idomeneo; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Lieder (5), Op. 15; Lieder (8), ...
Performers: Lang, Wilhelm; Piltti, Lea; Reinmar, Hans; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schilp, Maria Luise; Strauss, Richard; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Kretschmar, Curt; Zaun, Fritz; Rother, Artur; Winter, Hans Adolf; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Städtisches Orchestra Berlin

Melartin: Aino / Soderblom, Korhonen, Tiilikainen, Freund

2 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-04-13

Works: Erkki Melartin: Aino, opera
Performers: Alamikkotervo, Aki; Freund, Pia; Korhonen, Ritva-Liisa; Paasikivi, Lilli; Tiilikainen, Sauli
Conductors: Soderblom, Ulf

"The recording was made at public concerts in the Sibelius Hall in Lahti, in March 2000. It is a grand affair. Soderblom has the score...continue...

Finnish Orchestral Favorites / Panula, Turku PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-05-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Kuolema; Leevi Madetoja: Elegia, song for male chorus, Op. 62/1; Oskar Merikanto: Romance, for piano, Op 12; Valse Lente; Heikki Aaltoila: Wedding March, from "Here ...
Conductors: Panula, Jorma; Kamu, , Okko
Ensemble: Finnish Chamber Orchestra; Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

"Most of us know little of this music, but one piece is better than the next. I frankly expected the usual one or two great...continue...

Melartin: The Six Symphonies / Leonid Grin, Tampere PO

3 CD / Ondine / 1995-05-30

Works: Erkki Melartin: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 30/1; Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 40; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 4, Op 80 "Summer Symphony"; Symphony no 5 ("Sinfonia Brevis"), Op 90; Symphony no 6, O...
Performers: Freund, Pia; Paasikivi, Lilli
Conductors: Grin, Leonid
Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

Melartin: Violin Concerto, etc / Storgårds, Segerstam, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 1995-03-16

Works: Erkki Melartin: Concerto for Violin Op. 60; Lyric Suite for violin & orchestra no 3, "Impressions of Belgium"; Dornröschen, Op 22
Performers: Storgards, John [Conductor, Violin]
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

The Finnish composer Erkki Melartin was an exact contemporary of Maurice Ravel, but his music is quite different. Melartin's Violin Concerto is a strikingly nationalistic...continue...

Finnish Vocal Music / Hynninen, Valjakka, Gothoni

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-03-25

Works: Erkki Melartin: Minä metsän polkuja kuljen (In the Woods I Happily Wander), song; Sirkan häämatka (Grasshopper's Honeymoon); Selim Palmgren: Sjöfararen vid milan, for voice &...
Performers: Gothoni, Ralf; Hynninen, Jorma; Valjakka, Taru

From the Heart of Finland / Karita Mattila

1 CD / Ondine / 1992-10-16

Works: Toivo Kuula: Aamulaulu (Morning Song), for voice & piano, Op. 2/3; Syystunnelma (Autumn mood), for voice & piano, Op. 2/1; Tuijotin tulehen kauan (Long I Stared into the Fire), for voice & piano, Op...
Performers: Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Ranta, Ilivio

"Success in singing competitions does not necessarily guarantee a later career, but since walking off with first prize at the inaugural Cardiff 'Singer of the...continue...