Scenes from the Kalevala / Slobodeniouk, Lahti Symphony
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Scenes from the Kalevala / Slobodeniouk, Lahti Symphony

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Composer
KLAMI MADETOJA PYLKKANEN
Artist
Slobodeniouk
Format
SACD
Discs
1
Label
BIS
Released
Nov 05, 2021
Catalog #
BIS-2371
UPC
7318599923710

About

The Kalevala is a compilation of mostly original folk poetry, arranged into fifty extensive runos (‘poems’) by the Finnish physician and folklorist Elias Lönnrot. Beginning with the creation of the world, it develops into a series of separate episodes which nevertheless form a rich whole, introducing epic characters such as Väinämöinen, Lemminkäinen and Kullervo. The collection first appeared in 1835, with a final, extended version being published in 1849, and was soon hailed as Finland’s ‘national epos’ – a sensitive matter given that the country had been subjected to Russian rule since 1809. It came to play a major part in Finland’s national awakening and had a massive influence on Finnish art in the late 19th century, but its role in the national consciousness remains important even today. The present album, from the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Dima Slobodeniouk, brings together Kalevala-related works spanning the period between 1897 and 1943. No such collection could overlook Sibelius, who composed several works inspired by the epos. Included here is a rarity – the first recording of the 1897 version of Lemminkäinen in Tuonela, from the Lemminkäinen Suite. Finnish composers from later generations all had to find a way out from under Sibelius’s shadow – especially so when composing works based on the Kalevala. The portraits of Kullervo which bookend the disc, by Leevi Madetoja and Tauno Pylkkänen, are both compact works in contrast to Sibelius’s large-scale ‘choral symphony’ on the same theme, and when Uuno Klami used bold and primitive colors in his five-movement Kalevala Suite, he was looking towards Stravinsky rather than his countryman.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Kullervo, Op. 15 14:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    Kullervo, Op. 15
    Duration
    14:01
    Composer
    Leevi Madetoja
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  2. 2 I. Maan synty (The Creation of the Earth) 06:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Maan synty (The Creation of the Earth)
    Duration
    06:38
    Composer
    Uuno Klami
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  3. 3 II. Kevään oras (The Spout of Spring) 04:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Kevään oras (The Spout of Spring)
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Uuno Klami
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  4. 4 III. Terhenniemi 06:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Terhenniemi
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Uuno Klami
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  5. 5 IV. Kehtolaulu Lemminkäiselle (Cradle Song for Lemminkäinen) 05:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Kehtolaulu Lemminkäiselle (Cradle Song for Lemminkäinen)
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Uuno Klami
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  6. 6 V. Sammon taonta (The Forging of the Sampo) 05:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    V. Sammon taonta (The Forging of the Sampo)
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Uuno Klami
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  7. 7 Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: II. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela (1897 version) 15:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: II. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela (1897 version)
    Duration
    15:57
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  8. 8 Kullervon sotaanlähtö (Kullervo Goes to War), Op. 20 10:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    Kullervon sotaanlähtö (Kullervo Goes to War), Op. 20
    Duration
    10:24
    Composer
    Tauno Pylkkänen
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk