Merikanto, Oskar

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...

Jugend - works by Sibelius, Kuula and Lehtola / Art Nouveau, Jan Lehtola, organ

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-08-14

Works: Jean Sibelius: Intrada, for organ in E major, Op. 111/1; Funeral Music (Sorgmusik), for organ, Op. 111/2; Impromptus, Op. 5; Preludium, for organ in F major; Postludium, for organ; Frans Linnavuori: ...
Performers: Lehtola, Jan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Art Nouveau

This disc was inspired by the period of National Romanticism in Finland known in architecture as Jugend or Art Nouveau. Its golden age coincided in...continue...

An Anthology of Finnish Piano Music, Vol. 2

1 CD / FC Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Oskar Merikanto: Valse à la Chopin, for piano, Op. 6/5; Valse Lente, for piano, Op. 33; Edith Sohlström: Elegia, for piano; Axel von Kothen: Andante con moto, for piano, Op. 6/4; Impromptu,...
Performers: Somero, Jouni

The second volume in this series devoted to music for piano by Finnish composers concentrates on "morceaux de salon." A large amount of salon music...continue...
Recording information: Poleeni, Pieksämäki, Finland (01/23/2005-01/24/2005)....continue...

Mental Folk

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-05-10

Works: Jukka Harju: Swedish Suite, for ensemble; Tuomo Eerikäinen: Bulgarian Suite, for ensemble; Karjalan kunnailla, for ensemble; Oskar Merikanto: Soi vienosti murheeni soitto (Play Softly, Thou Tune...
Performers: Koskela, Sami
Conductors:
Ensemble: Golden Horns

The Golden Horns is a horn quartet whose members are all full-time classical musicians. They formed this quartet as a creative escape from their classical...continue...
Recording information: Conservatory Hall, Joensuu, Finland (2009)....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...

Essential Highlights Of Karita Mattila

2 CD / Ondine / 2010-04-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Jean Sibelius: Flickan kom...
Performers: Lerche, Peter; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Ranta, Ilmo [Piano]
Conductors: Saraste, Jukka-Pekka

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...

Nordic Songs

1 CD / Icelandic Music / 2010-02-09

Works: Carl Billich: Oli lokbrá (The Sandman), for voice & piano; Sigfús Halldórsson: Vid Vatnsmyrina (By the Marsh Road), for voice & piano; Carl Nielsen: Sænk kun dit hoved du blomst (...
Performers: Andrej Lebedev; Blome, Tatjana; Formisano, Davide; Ingimars, Gudrun [Soprano]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Rastrelli Cello Quartet

Soprano Gudrun Ingimars was born in Iceland and studied in Reykjavik as well as in London and Germany. She has sung in the Bavarian Opera,...continue...
Recording information: Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany (02/2008)....continue...

Some Enchanted Evening

1 CD / Finlandia Import / 2007-12-25

Works: Jussi Rasinkangas: Oot kaunis niin (You Came to Me), song; Andrew Lloyd Webber: All I Ask of You, song (for the musical The Phantom of the Opera); Arne B. Glimcher / Robert M. Kraft: Suloinen Maria (...

Sibelius, Strauss, Berg: Songs / Isokoski, et al

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2006-11-21

Works: Jean Sibelius: Runeberg Songs (7), Op. 13; Dragon-Fly (En slända), song for voice & piano, Op. 17/5; Songs (7), Op. 17; The Flower of Friendship (Vänskapens blomma), song for voice & piano,...
Performers: Isokoski, Soile; Viitasalo, Marita

"This BBC lunchtime recital effectively combines the native and foreign talents of a singer whose technique and intelligence have shone brightly on opera and concert...continue...

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

Elämäni lauluja: A Finnish Songbook

1 CD / Ondine / 2004-10-07

Works: Oskar Merikanto: Soi vienosti murheeni soitto (Play Softly, Thou Tune of My Mourning), song for voice & piano, Op. 36; Merellä (At Sea), song for voice & piano, Op. 47/4; Vallinkorvan laulu, Op ...
Performers: Salminen, Matti
Conductors: Storgårds, John
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Matti Salminen is one of the leading bass singers of our time. The winner of two Grammys built his career on powerful performances of Wagner,...continue...
Matti Salminen's recital includes a generous selection of late Romantic Finnish art songs and folk songs, with orchestral accompaniment. The songs, with just a few exceptions, have the darkness and pa...continue...

Merikanto: Elämälle, etc / Jorma Hynninen, Ilkka Paananen

1 CD / Ondine / 2004-02-02

Works: Oskar Merikanto: Omenankukat (Apple Blossom), song for voice & piano, Op. 53/1; Linnulle kirkkomaalla (To a Bird in the Churchyard), song for voice & piano, Op. 52/2; Suvi-illan vieno tuuli (Summer E...
Performers: Hynninen, Jorma; Paananen, Ilkka

Jorma Hynninen is one of the most celebrated Finnish vocal artists of all time. This new disc contains the legendary baritone's very personal account of...continue...

Ivar Andrésen - The Early Recordings 1921-1926

2 CD / Preiser / 2001-09-01

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Ernani; Requiem Mass; Rikard Nordraak: Jeg har sogt; T. Lammers: Solvet; Oskar Merikanto: Gypsy Song; Friedrich von Flotow...
Performers: Andrésen, Ivar

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...

Suomalainen rukous - Finnish Sacred Songs / Soile Isokoski

1 CD / Ondine / 1999-09-29

Works: Taneli Kuusisto: Suomalainen rukous (Finnish Prayer) ("Siunaa ja varjele meitä"), Op. 27/2; Sun ristis juurehen ("Oi Natsarealainen"), Op. 6/2; Ilmari Hannikainen: Kaikki Jeesukselle (Everything...
Performers: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Isokoski, Soile
Conductors: Storgårds, John

Soile Isolkoski is one of the most renowned Finnish singers internationally. She is a graduate of the Sibelius Academy Church Music Department in Kuopio, received...continue...
Personnel: Soile Isokoski (soprano).

Recording information: Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland (04/2003)....continue...

Best of Evergreens / Mattila, Saraste, Savijoki, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 1997-10-07

Works: Harold Arlen: Wizard of Oz; Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Cats; Leo Leandros: Tango d'amour; Frederick Holländer: The Blue Angel; Jule Styne: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Geor...
Performers: Mattila, Karita; Ranta, Ilmo
Conductors: Savijoki, Pekka; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Niemi, Riku
Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Jyväskylä Sinfonia; Tapiola Sinfonietta

Karita Mattila is one of today's most exciting lyric sopranos. This collection of lighter music from 1995-2001 Ondine recordings includes show tunes, lieder and Finnish...continue...

Karita Mattila - Live in Helsinki

1 CD / Ondine / 1996-10-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Jean Sibelius: Flickan kom...
Performers: Lerche, Peter; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Saraste, Jukka-Pekka
Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Here is the eagerly anticipated first live recording from the world famous soprano known for her radiant stage presence and sublime voice. There is a...continue...
Recording information: Helsinki Arena (09/02/2000)....continue...

Gabriel Suovanen - Sydämeni laulut - Sings Finnish Songs

1 CD / Ondine / 1996-04-24

Works: Toivo Kuula: Luullahan jotta on lysti olla, for voice & piano; Pappani maja, for voice & piano; Hae pois vaan sormukses; Taneli Kuusisto: Kehtolaulu, for voice & piano; Heilani kammarin ikkunan alla,...
Performers: Paananen, Ilkka; Suovanen, Gabriel

The Finnish solo song was the sole exponent of national identity prior to Sibelius. There was no comparable school in instrumental music. This collection of...continue...

Solveigs Sang

1 CD / Swedish Society Discofil / 1993-10-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3; Våren (Last Spring), song for voice & piano, Op. 33/2; Songs (5), Op. 26; Hugo Alfvén: Saa tag m...
Performers: Faringer, Solveig; Nowels-Stenholm, Nanette

Romantic Finnish Piano Music / Eero Heinonen

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-05-01

Works: Toivo Kuula: Kolme Satukuvaa, Op. 19; Kolme kappaletta, Op. 3b; Oskar Merikanto: From the World of Children, Op. 31
Performers: Heinonen, Eero

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...