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The music still retains something of a 1950s feeling...Segerstam and the excellent Helsinki players provide appropriately atmospheric support...there's no doubt about the beauty of the soundworlds... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Apr 2010
Catalogue No: ODE1149-2
Label: Ondine
Length: 49 minutes

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Rautavaara: Before the Icons

Work length25:17

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Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam

I. —

Track length3:29

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II. —

Track length3:04

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III. —

Track length1:18

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IV. —

Track length2:33

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V. —

Track length2:58

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VI. —

Track length3:41

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VII. —

Track length1:31

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VIII. —

Track length2:45

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IX. —

Track length1:35

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X. —

Track length2:23

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Rautavaara: A Tapestry of Life

Work length24:09

$6.00

$7.80

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam

I. —

Track length7:15

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$2.60

II. —

Track length5:21

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III. —

Track length7:50

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IV. —

Track length3:43

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These works are both presented here in their world première recording

Einojuhani Rautavaara is recognized as one of the most notable Finnish composers after Jean Sibelius. His recordings on Ondine have been bestsellers and garnered numerous awards (including a 1997 Grammy nomination for Angel of Light).

This new recording features the mystical composer’s latest orchestral works, two poignant testimonies of a mature artistic, spiritual and human personality.

The uplifting orchestral work Before the Icons (2005) is based on the earlier piano cycle Icons (1955) and therefore spans over Rautavaara’s entire career. The work drew its inspiration from a book of Orthodox icons.

Rautavaara wrote A Tapestry of Life in 2007 after an almost miraculous recovery from an acute illness. “Few contemporary composers are as skilled (…) in using tonality without compromise,” wrote the New Zealand Herald, upon its premiere.

Leif Segerstam and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra build on their long-time pedigrees of performing their compatriot’s music.

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September 2010

The music still retains something of a 1950s feeling...Segerstam and the excellent Helsinki players provide appropriately atmospheric support...there's no doubt about the beauty of the soundworlds [Rautavaara] creates

August 2010

Rautavaara's musical voice remains fully audible although British listeners may hear resonances in places of Vaughan Williams-like modality.

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