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Sallinen: Songs Of Life And Death, The Iron Age Suite
Ondine

Sallinen: Songs Of Life And Death, The Iron Age Suite

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Composer
SALLINEN, AULIS
Artist
Okko, Kamu
Format
CD
Label
Ondine
Released
Dec 24, 2008
Catalog #
ODE844
UPC
761195084427

About

...the conservative musical language rather brings Verdi to mind, and in a very real sense this cycle is a twentieth century equivalent to the latter’s Requiem: both are symphonic in construction and operatic in idiom, composed from spiritual rather than religious standpoints...

Listening to these two works by Aulis Sallinen is a bit like looking at two different photographs of the composer: the face is undeniably the same but not the perspective. Songs of Life and Death (1993-4) arose, rather by mischance, from a failed effort to compose a Requiem on verses by Lassi Nummi. Although title and outward form suggest Mahlerian associations, the conservative musical language rather brings Verdi to mind, and in a very real sense this cycle is a twentieth century equivalent to the latter’s Requiem: both are symphonic in construction and operatic in idiom, composed from spiritual rather than religious standpoints, and make use of secular elements. There are differences of course, not the least in scale and conception, which serve to underline a similarity of purpose and stature relative to their epochs. And while Sallinen's songs are very much songs of life, death is not here perceived as a grim or tragic end, and this imparts to the whole a peculiarly late twentieth-century aspect. Here at last is the choral-and-orchestral masterpiece Sibelius should have written, Finnish to the core yet international in appeal. It is, I believe, one of the very finest compositions Sallinen has yet produced...Very strongly recommended.

- Gramophone, 12/1995

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Kuin tulvavesi elamani paivat (Like Floodwaters the Days of My Life) 03:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Kuin tulvavesi elamani paivat (Like Floodwaters the Days of My Life)
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Performer
    Jorma Hynninen
    Ensemble
    Opera Festival Chorus, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  2. 2 No. 2. Me vaellamme taalla (We Wander Here) 05:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Me vaellamme taalla (We Wander Here)
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Performer
    Jorma Hynninen
    Ensemble
    Opera Festival Chorus, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  3. 3 No. 3. Mina, syntymation (I, Unborn) 05:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Mina, syntymation (I, Unborn)
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Performer
    Jorma Hynninen
    Ensemble
    Opera Festival Chorus, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  4. 4 No. 4. Tuba mirum 07:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Tuba mirum
    Duration
    07:57
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Performer
    Jorma Hynninen
    Ensemble
    Opera Festival Chorus, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  5. 5 No. 5. Voin ajatella sinun lahteneen (I Can Think You Departed) 06:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Voin ajatella sinun lahteneen (I Can Think You Departed)
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Performer
    Jorma Hynninen
    Ensemble
    Opera Festival Chorus, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  6. 6 No. 6. Dies irae 05:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Dies irae
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Performer
    Jorma Hynninen
    Ensemble
    Opera Festival Chorus, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  7. 7 No. 7. Kun viela olet talla rannalla (While You Are Still on This Shore) 08:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Kun viela olet talla rannalla (While You Are Still on This Shore)
    Duration
    08:02
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Performer
    Jorma Hynninen
    Ensemble
    Opera Festival Chorus, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  8. 8 No. 8. Ella taytta elamaa (Live a Full Life) 04:59
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Ella taytta elamaa (Live a Full Life)
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Performer
    Jorma Hynninen
    Ensemble
    Opera Festival Chorus, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  9. 9 I. Ilmarin ja Kultanaisen haakulkue (The Wedding Procession of Ilmari and the Golden Woman) 01:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Ilmarin ja Kultanaisen haakulkue (The Wedding Procession of Ilmari and the Golden Woman)
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Ensemble
    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  10. 10 II. Ainon laulu (The Song of Aino) 04:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Ainon laulu (The Song of Aino)
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Ensemble
    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  11. 11 III. Lemminki Pohjolassa (Lemminki in Pohjola) 03:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Lemminki Pohjolassa (Lemminki in Pohjola)
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Ensemble
    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  12. 12 IV. Lemminki hiihtaa Hiiden hirven (Lemminki Hunts the Devil's Elk) 03:32
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Lemminki hiihtaa Hiiden hirven (Lemminki Hunts the Devil's Elk)
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Ensemble
    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  13. 13 V. Lemminki Tuonelassa (Lemminki in Tuonela) 05:00
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Lemminki Tuonelassa (Lemminki in Tuonela)
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Ensemble
    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  14. 14 VI. Vainon soitto (Vaino's Song) 02:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    VI. Vainon soitto (Vaino's Song)
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Ensemble
    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  15. 15 VII. Lemminki ja Saaren neidot (Lemminki and the Maidens of the Island) 07:01
    Track
    15
    Title
    VII. Lemminki ja Saaren neidot (Lemminki and the Maidens of the Island)
    Duration
    07:01
    Composer
    Aulis Sallinen
    Ensemble
    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu