Haydn, F.J.: Piano Concertos in D Major / F Major

Vocal Recital: Paasikivi, Lilli - MAASALO, A. / SIBELIUS, J.

Saariaho: Maa (Earth)

TRACK LISTING:

1 Leroy Anderson Tanssiaisten kaunotar (3:01)
Belle of the Ball

2 Franz Doelle Sireenien aikaan (3:01) Wenn der weisse Flieder wieder blüht

3 Cole Porter You Do Something to Me (2:05)
musikaalista Fifty Million Frenchmen

4 Cole Porter Just One of Those Things (2:00)
musikaalista Jubilee

5 Gerhard Winkler Tanssi ja laula (2:45)
Tanze und Sing!

6 Rauno Lehtinen Tom Tom Tom (2:21)

7 Karl Gotz Tanssin sun kanssasi aamuun (2:53)
Tanze mit mir in den Morgen

8 Othmar Klose - Rudolf Lukesch Violetta (3:08)

9 G. H. Matos Rodriguez La Cum pars ita (2:43)

10 Julio C. Sanders Adios muchachos (2:27)

11 Jay Livingstone - Ray Evans Silver Bells (2:29)

12 Archibald Joyce Dreaming (Unelma) (4:28)

13 Leroy Anderson Blue Tango (Sininen Tango) (2:49)

14 Sikerma venalaisia tangoja (5:44)
Oskar Strok Tummat silmat (Tshornyje glaza)
Venalainen kansansav. Mustat silmat (Otshi tshornyje)
Tuntematon Ogonjok (Pieni valo)
Nikolai Bogoslovski Tumma yo (Tjomnaja notsh)
Isaak Dunajevski Sydan (Serdtse)

15 Unto Mononen Satumaa (3:19)

16 Henry Mancini Intermezzo nro 2 (2:06)

17 Nacio Herb Brown Laulavat sadepisarat (3:42)

18 Ross Parker - H. Charles We'll Meet Again (3:41)

19 Sikerma suomalaisia valsseja (4:41)
Ruotsalainen kansansav. Kulkurin valssi
Georg Malmsten Leila
Georg Malmsten Lemmen liekki leimahtaa
Kullervo Linna Kultainen nuoruus

20 Raimond Valgre Saarenmaan valssi (2:40)

21 Evert Taube Calle Schewenin valssi (3:24)

22 Les Reed ja Barry Mason;Eberhard Storch Viimeinen valssi; Nakemiin (4:33)

Includes aria(s) by Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Leoncavallo. Soloist: Jorma Hynninen.
Includes song(s) by Jean Sibelius, Leevi Madetoja, Yrjö Kilpinen, Toivo Kuula, ? Larjalainen, Aulis Sallinen. Soloist: Jorma Hynninen.

MELARTIN: SYMPHONIES NO 1 & 3

REVIEW:

Sergiu Comissiona has long been admired for his all-round musical sympathies. Sadly, he has not been a regular visitor to Britain in recent years, preferring to devote himself to those orchestras where he holds a position, most notably the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. He has long been an initiator of stimulating musical projects; while Music Director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, he commissioned fanfares from 30 of America's leading composers. In 1990, to mark the 125th anniversary of Sibelius's birth, he persuaded the Helsinki Philharmonic to commission eight composers from all round the world to write a short piece each as a tribute to Finland's national composer.

Not surprisingly, some of the pieces are more successful than others. However, the project complete, all the pieces have been released on disc by Comissiona and his committed orchestra. They start with a lively—and presumably authentic—account of the master's En saga. This music must surely be coursing through the veins of all Finnish musicians. A delightful and undemanding piece by Thea Musgrave leads the tributes with deliberate echoes of Sibelius's music. This is followed by Ciacona by Einar Englund: a traditionally-based piece by a composer who knew and was encouraged and supported by Sibelius. Then comes an atmospheric piece by the Japanese composer, Joji Yuasa, and an exhilarating work by the young Finnish composer, Erkki-Sven Tuur. The American composer, Tobias Picker, describes his brief tribute as a conversation between Sibelius, Schoenberg and Stravinsky. Wilfred Josephs's piece is rather static while Marius Constant has composed a beautiful score with a real feel for colour and texture. The collection ends with a big piece, despite its brevity, from Poul Ruders again containing allusions to the music of Sibelius.

Although this is a commemorative disc which will be a must for the admirers and devotees of Sibelius's music, it will also be of interest to those with a taste for the less demanding byways of new music.

-- Gramophone [4/1992]

With this new release the award-winning Latvian Radio Choir together with its director Sigvards Klava are returning to contemporary music after a series of recordings of 19th Century sacred choral works. Ramon Humet’s (b. 1968) new choral work, "Llum" (Light), is a deep, spiritual journey to the gift of life, peace and love. Humet’s "Llum" was premiered by the Latvian Radio Choir under Sigvards Klava in Barcelona in March 2020, just at the outbreak of the global pandemic. This 7-movement work is based on spiritual texts and poems by Vicenç Santamaria, a monk from the monastery of Monserrat in Catalunya and close friend of the composer. This timeless work is radiating serene joy and ends with an ‘Alleluia’. In this first recording, the Latvian Radio Choir under Sigvards Klava are offering an impressive account of this new 21st Century choral work.

Vocal Recital: Dilber - Folksongs from Spain, Finland and Ch

Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) is an important voice in European contemporary classical music. This album includes some of Lindberg’s most recent works for orchestra. The pieces were written during or right after his tenure as composer-in-residence with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Anssi Karttunen is the featured cellist for the Cello Concerto No. 2, and the Finnish Radio Orchestra with conductor Hannu Lintu is the performing ensemble. Lindberg currently serves as composer-in-residence with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Heininen, P. / Hakola, K. / Kurtag, G. / Koskinen, J.: Strin

Hameenniemi, E.: Violin Concerto / Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

KORTEKANGAS: GRAND HOTEL, MEMO

Opera Arias (Baritone) - Hynninen, Jorma