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Content: Armas Järnefelt Artists: Jorma Hynninen, baritone Camilla Nylund, soprano Ilkka Paananen, piano Genres: Vocal Features: Booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish and the song lyrics in the original language and in English |
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Format: CD Released: August 2003 Catalogue No.: ODE 1029-2 EAN/UPC Code: 0761195102923 |
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Sunnuntaina (On Sunday) | |
1:54 | |
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2 | |
Skymning (Twilight) | |
1:56 | |
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3 | |
Puhjetessa kukka puhtahin (A Flower Is Purest When Blossoming) | |
1:26 | |
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4 | |
Kanteleelle (To the Kantele) | |
2:38 | |
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5 | |
Suvirannalla (Summer Shore) | |
1:16 | |
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6 | |
När alla klockor klämtat tolf (When All Clocks Have Struck Twelve) | |
4:15 | |
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7 | |
Köyhä (The Poor One) | |
2:51 | |
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8 | |
Kehtolaulu (Liekku liiku) (Lullaby (Rock, O Cradle)) | |
3:19 | |
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9 | |
En drömmares sång till livet (A Dreamer’s Song to Life) | |
4:12 | |
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10 | |
Du (You) | |
1:55 | |
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11 | |
Isänmaan kasvot (The Face of the Fatherland) | |
2:56 | |
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12 | |
Aallon kehtolaulu (Lullaby to a Breaker) | |
2:26 | |
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13 | |
I solnedgången (At Sunset) | |
2:15 | |
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14 | |
Laula, laula! (Sing, Sing!) | |
3:37 | |
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15 | |
Solsken (Sunshine) | |
1:54 | |
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16 | |
Unelma (Dream) | |
3:37 | |
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17 | |
Lina | |
1:53 | |
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18 | |
En spel- och dansvisa (A Fiddling and Dancing Tune) | |
2:27 | |
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19 | |
Titania | |
1:26 | |
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20 | |
Kehtolaulu (Hiljaa, hiljaa) (Lullaby (Soft, soft)) | |
1:56 | |
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21 | |
Toivoni (My Hope) | |
1:44 | |
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22 | |
Leivo (The Lark) | |
2:25 | |
Jorma Hynninen - surely the finest baritone in the generation after Fischer-Dieskau - is without peer in such repertoire, and he does a marvelous job with these little gems.
Martin Anderson, Fanfare Magazine, May/June 2001
Järnefelt is a name to conjure with for any Sibelian or Finnophile. (...) Nylund's rhapsodic 'Sing, sing!' (...) embodies Finland's supreme way of articulating emotion.
Hilary Finch, BBC Music Magazine, February 2004, Peformance **** / Sound ****
This CD features baritone Jorma Hynninen (tracks 1-11) and soprano Camilla Nylund (12-22) with solo songs by Armas Järnefelt (1869-1958) who was a brother-in-law of Jean Sibelius. His slightly over sixty solo songs form a notable segment of Finnish National Romantic vocal music and are characterized by their use of melody, cantabile, colourful harmony and a Nordic freshness and lucidity. While his early songs are wholly grounded in folklore, his later output imports Impressionism and even Expressionist tones.
This recording was co-produced by the Armas Järnefelt Society.