Content:

Einojuhani Rautavaara
True & False Unicorn



Artists:
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Timo Nuoranne, conductor
Mia Huhta, soprano
Jaakko Kortekangas, baritone
Säde Rissanen, alto
Petteri Salomaa, baritone

Genres:
Orchestral
Choral
Vocal
Finnish contemporary

Features:

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish and the sung texts in the original language and in English

Format:
CD

Released:
May 2003

Catalogue No.:
ODE 1020-2

EAN/UPC Code:
0761195102022

Track listing

CD 72:48
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)
True & False Unicorn 72:48
1 I. Before the Arras: The Unicorn Questions the Nature of the Chase 1:40
2 --The Lion, Reading 1:40
3 --Sigmund of Vienna 3:24
4 --The Unicorn 2:07
5 II. Horn and Hounds: Entering the Wilderness the Unicorn Is Beset by Voices 1:32
6 --Young Sagittarius 1:30
7 --A Virgin, Waiting 2:36
8 --The Empress of Byzantium 1:12
9 --Queen Victoria 2:28
10 --His Honor the Mayor 1:10
11 --Big Black Sambo 2:40
12 III. Snare and Delusion: In the Heart of the Desert the Silence Is Pearcing 3:02
13 --The Unicorn, Wounded 5:04
14 IV. “Mon Seul Désir”: The Unicorn Reaches a Temple in a Clearing 1:53
15 --Sigmund of Vienna 1:41
16 --The Lion 2:57
17 --The Unicorn 1:51
18 --Tom Fool 0:44
19 --The Virgin’s Lullaby 1:48
20 --The Unicorn 3:44
Canción de nuestro tiempo (Song of Our Time) 14:49
21 I. Fragmentos de agonía (Fragments of Agony) 4:08
22 II. Meditación primera y última (First and Last Meditation) 4:17
23 III. Ciudad sin sueño (Nocturno del Sarajevo) (Sleepless City (Nocturno of Sarajevo)) 6:23
Halavan himmeän alla (In the Shade of the Willow) (1998) 10:57
24 I. Ikävyys (Melancholy) 4:27
25 II. Laulu oravasta (The Squirrel) 2:38
26 III. Sydämeni laulu (Song of My Heart) 3:51


Awards

ClassicsToday.com '10/10'
klassik-heute.com '10 • 10 • 10'