Content:

Dreams



Artists:
Tapiola Choir
Erkki Pohjola, conductor
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Genres:
Orchestral
Choral
Finnish contemporary

Features:

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

Format:
CD

Released:
June 1992

Catalogue No.:
ODE 786-2

EAN/UPC Code:
0761195078624

Track listing

CD 55:51
Erik Bergman (1911-2006)
Dreams, Op. 85 10:22
1 I. Echoes 3:16
2 II. Solitude 3:52
3 III. Restlessness 3:07
Bengt Johansson (1914-1989)
4 Pater noster (1968) 5:18
Aulis Sallinen (1935-)
5 Vintern var hård (Winter was hard) 1:36
Suita grammaticale, Op. 28 15:27
6 I. Die erste Deklination 2:56
7 II. Intermezzo 1:36
8 III. Quelle heure est-il? 3:41
9 IV. Etudes 3:11
10 V. Dialogue 3:52
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)
A Children's Mass (1973)
11 V. Agnus Dei 2:03
12 VI. Meditatio super Agnum Dei 2:47
13 VII. Halleluja 1:51
Olli Kortekangas (1955-)
14 A (1988) - Water Music with The Tapiola Choir 15:28


Complete description

This CD features the Tapiola Choir under the direction of its founder Erkki Pohjola. They perform contemporary works which Finland's finest composers have written for this outstanding children's ensemble, starting with Bengt Johansson's Pater Noster in 1968. The choir is accompanied by the Tapiola Sinfonietta under Osmo Vänskä in Aulis Sallinen's Suita Grammaticale and three movements from Einojuhani Rautavaara's Children's Mass (1973).

Featured soloists:
Elina Laakkonen, soprano (1-3)
Nora Rissanen, alto (1-3)
Tiuku Tuuliala (8)