Content:

Tauno Pylkkänen
Mare and her Son - Opera in Three Acts



Artists:
Estonian National Opera Chorus
Estonian National Opera Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Juha Riihimäki, tenor
Esa Ruuttunen, baritone
Raimo Sirkiä, tenor
Kirsi Tiihonen, soprano
Juha Uusitalo, bass-baritone
Kai Valtonen, bass

Genres:
Opera

Features:

2 CDs; booklet with liner notes and synopsis in English, German, French and Finnish, and the libretto in the original Finnish and in English

Format:
CD

Released:
April 2005

Catalogue No.:
ODE 1055-2D

EAN/UPC Code:
0761195105528

Track listing

CD1 66:07
Tauno Pylkkänen (1918–1980)
Mare and her Son - Opera in Three Acts
1 Act I, Act II 66:07


CD2 72:01
Tauno Pylkkänen (1918–1980)
Mare and her Son - Opera in Three Acts
1 Act III 72:01


Press review

Expressive melodies dominate that are never schmaltzy, but make Pylkkänen appear to be a true "Puccini of the North".
Klaus Kalchschmid, Opernwelt 12/2005