Kuula: Complete Solo Songs, Vol. 1

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
May 17, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Toivo Kuula
    • PERFORMER
      Jenni Lattila, Kirill Kozlovski
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 17, 2024
    • UPC
      5060113447197
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0719
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Syystunnelma (Autumn Mood), Op. 2, No. 1

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    2. Tuijotin tulehen kauan, Op. 2, No. 2

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    3. Aamulaulu (Morning Song), Op. 2, No. 3

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    4. Yö (Night), Op. 22, No. 3

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    5. Kesayo kirkkomaalla (Summer Night in the Churchyard), Op. 6, No. 1

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    6. Epilogi (Epilogue), Op. 6, No. 2

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    7. Suutelo (The Kiss), Op. 8, No. 1

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    8. Marjatan laulu (Marjatta's Song), Op. 8, No. 2

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    9. Kas silloin vaan (It's Only Then)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    10. Maidens Bathing in the Sea, Op. 12

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    11. Sinikan laulu, Op. 16a, No. 1

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    12. Lyo sydan (Beat, My Heart), Op. 16a, No. 2

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    13. Ut min väg i världen går (My Road Leads out into the World)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    14. Elä itke impeni nuori (Don't Cry, My Dear Young Maiden)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    15. Hi and ho!

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    16. No. 1. Niin kauan mina tramppaan (I'll walk around this here village)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    17. No. 2. Eika sita sanaa ( I shouldn't say such a thing)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    18. No. 3. Huuda hautas pohjasta (Shout from thy grave)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    19. No. 4. Voi niita tuntia tuhansia (Oh, those thousands of hours)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    20. No. 5. Pappani maja on matala

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    21. No. 6. Poijat ne ne kulkee kylia (The boys wander around)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    22. No. 7. Tuoltapa nakyy se punainen tupa (Yonder is the red house)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    23. No. 8. Hautalan Heikki (Heikki Hautala)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    24. No. 9. Tuuli se taivutti koivun larvan (The wind bent down)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    25. No. 10. Ketolan Jukka (Jukka Ketola)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    26. No. 11. Hae poi pois vaan sormukses (Come and take back thy ring)

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski

    27. No. 12. Luullahan jotta on lysti olla

      Composer: Toivo Kuula

      Performer: Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski


Toivo Kuula (1883–1918) is one of the many composers who died at a tragically young age – 35 in his case, the result of an alcohol-fuelled pub brawl. The striking quality of the music he wrote during his short life points to the immensity of the loss not only to Finnish culture but to music more generally – as this first album of two, presenting his entire output of songs for solo voice and piano, makes abundantly clear. The range of moods captured here is striking, from cheery folksongs to dark existentialist contemplations of the meaning of life and death. The most passionate of them generate an operatic intensity in their short span, in a style that balances directness of expression and rich late-Romantic harmonies.