Content:

Karita Live!



Artists:
Karita Mattila, soprano
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
Peter Lerche, guitar

Genres:
Opera
Orchestral
Vocal

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:
October 2000

Catalogue No.:
ODE 968-2

EAN/UPC Code:
0761195096826

Track listing

CD 56:42
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
1 Dich teure Halle (Elisabeth's Greeting to the Hall of Song), from: Tannhäuser 3:16
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
2 Měsíčku na nebi hlobokém, from: Rusalka 5:26
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
3 Ritorna vincitor, from: Aida 6:29
4 Pace, pace mio Dio, from: La forza del destino 5:18
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
5 Vissi d'arte, from: Tosca 2:56
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
6 Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein, from Die Fledermaus 2:45
7 Mein Herr Marquis, from: Die Fledermaus 3:15
8 Klänge der Heimat, from: Die Fledermaus 3:52
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
9 Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The Tryst), Op. 37/5 2:56
Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947)
10 Luulit, mä katselin sua (You Thought I Was Watching You) 2:49
Oskar Merikanto (1868-1924)
11 Miksi laulan (Why I Sing) 1:15
Ralp Maria Siegel
12 Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin (I Still Have a Suitcase in Berlin) 3:48
Friedrich Holländer
13 Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt (Falling In Love Again) 4:07
Jules Styne
14 Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend 3:45
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
15 Summertime 2:34


Complete description

"Karita Live!" was recorded live on 2 September 2000 at the Helsinki Arena in front of an audience of 11,000 people. On the occasion of her 40th birthday, the Finnish star soprano Karita Mattila gave a glorious "monster concert," exhibiting a complete warehouse of repertoire, styles and moods, most of which is presented on this CD. Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducted the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.