Choral, Rautavaara (composer)
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Rubaiyat, Balada, Cantov & Four Songs from Rasputin
Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Mika Pohjonen (tenor)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Music Centre Choir, John Storgårds
John Storgårds and the Helsinki Philharmonic, in fine form, record a selection of [Rautavaara’s] recent, largely vocal works…well worth hearing —
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Special offer. Rautavaara: 90th Anniversary Edition
Marielle Nordmann (harp), Marko Ylönen (cello), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Gunilla Süssmann (piano), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Paavali Jumppanen (piano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Latvian Radio Choir, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Belgium...
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The Latvian Radio Choir provide a polished account, catching the idiom nicely, although there are moments of discomfort in the Sanctus's solo passages...The most immediately appealing pieces... —
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Special offer. Jouluyö, Juhlayö - Christmas Carols
Soile Isokoski (soprano), Pertti Eerola (organ) & Aale Lindgrén (cor anglais)
YL Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyökki
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Special offer. Rautavaara - Complete Works for Male Choir
YL Male Voice Choir & Talla Vocal Ensemble, Pasi Hyökki & Matti Hyökki
Especially striking, its tenor line soaring over a quasi-orchestral vocal fabric, is the literary Leaves are Leaves; but finer still are the Four Alexis Kivi Songs (1998-2005), from his opera... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2009, Editor's Choice
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Nine Lessons & Carols: King's College Cambridge
RecommendedChoir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Perhaps the lower voices aren't quite as smoothly blended here as they usually are at King's, but generally the level of achievement reached in these live performances is enviable. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd December 2012
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Marjatta the Lowly Maiden
Works for Children’s Choir
Tapiola Choir & Tapiola Youth SO, Pasi Hyökki
best of all [is] Rautavaara's celebration of innocence and experience in his Children's Mass - a mini missa brevis of childlike settingss, interspersed with stern and sombre string-orchestral... —
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From the vibrancy of the very first track, the lively imagination of Rautavaara's writing for voices, the pungent palette of the Schola Cantorum of Oxford, and the clarity and spatial excitement... —
