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Special offer. Sibelius: Saarella palaa (Fire on the Island)
Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Folke Gräsbeck (piano) & Harri Viitanen (organ)
Dominante Choir, Seppo Murto
Fascinating manuscript fragments and student exercises appear alongside Finnish and Swedish-language choral classics...Supple, springy choral singing.
Special offer. Sibelius: Saarella palaa (Fire on the Island)
Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Folke Gräsbeck (piano) & Harri Viitanen (organ)
Dominante Choir, Seppo Murto
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Fascinating manuscript fragments and student exercises appear alongside Finnish and Swedish-language choral classics...Supple, springy choral singing.
About
Dominante and Seppo Murto here present a disc of choral works for mixed choir by Jean Sibelius
The programme spans the entire active career of the composer and includes some of his best-known works, such as Rakastava (The Lover) and the Six Songs, Op.18, and the piece which has provided the title of the present disc: Saarella palaa (Fire on the Island).
The disc also includes some rarities, including some Neapolitan folk songs and a light-hearted serenade featuring the legendary Jorma Hynninen.
The disc ends with the hymn section from Finlandia, probably Sibelius’ most famous composition.
Contents and tracklist
Sibelius:
Rakastava, Op. 14, JS 160c (Version for Soloists & Mixed Chorus)
Work length7:19
- Monica Groop, Jorma Hynninen
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Sibelius:
6 Partsongs, Op. 18 (Version for Mixed Chorus)
Work length7:52
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
No. 1, Sortunut ääni
Track length1:39
No. 3, Venematka
Track length1:41
No. 4, Saarella palaa
Track length1:23
No. 6, Sydämeni laulu
Track length3:09
Work length1:21
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Sibelius:
Isänmaalle, JS 98a (Version for Mixed Chorus)
Work length2:12
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Work length4:56
- Jorma Hynninen, Folke Gräsbeck
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
I. Oje Carulì (After M. Costa)
Track length2:53
II. Trippole trappole (After G.L. Cottrau)
Track length2:03
Sibelius:
Listen to the Water Mill, JS 122 (Fragment)
Work length3:12
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Sibelius:
Ej med klagan, JS 69 (Revised Version)
Work length1:31
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Work length5:28
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
No. 1, Män från slätten och havet
Track length5:28
Work length2:57
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Work length1:23
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Terve ruhtinatar
Track length1:23
Work length0:43
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Nejden andas (Version with Second Ending)
Track length0:43
Sibelius:
Cantata for the Helsinki University Ceremonies of 1897, JS 106
Work length1:52
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Soi kunniaksi Luojan (Hymn in Praise of the Lord) [version for choir]
Track length1:52
Sibelius:
Morgonens och aftonens portar
Work length5:08
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Sibelius:
Der König träumte
Work length3:13
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Sibelius:
Dies ist der Tag des Herren
Work length1:57
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Sibelius:
Die Wasser sahen dich
Work length2:52
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Sibelius:
Herr, du bist ein Fels (Completed by F. Gräsbeck)
Work length2:07
- Folke Gräsbeck
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Sibelius:
Kolme johdantovuorolaulua, JS 110
Work length6:00
- Jorma Hynninen, Harri Viitanen
- Dominante
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
No. 1, Palmusunnuntaina
Track length1:56
No. 2, Pyhäinpäivänä tai hautajaisjumalanpalveluksissa
Track length2:33
No. 3, Kristillisissä nuorisojuhlissa
Track length1:31
Work length2:39
- Dominante Choir
- Seppo Murto
- Recorded: October 2009, January, February, April 2010
- Recording Venue: Nya Paviljongen, Grankulla, Finland
Awards and reviews
December 2012
Fascinating manuscript fragments and student exercises appear alongside Finnish and Swedish-language choral classics...Supple, springy choral singing.
February 2013
Where the newcomer scores is in a clutch of real rarities, the least of which - the five student Contrapuntal Exercises written in 1887-90 - are fascinating (and also very taxing to sing)...Dominante's 40 [singers] do it [Man fran slatten och havet] proud, Christian Starke's sound superbly capturing throughout their finely nuanced interpretations
