Sung in English (1st-2nd works), Finnish (3rd, 5th works), Spanish (4th work) or Ingrian, a Baltic-Finnic language (6th work).
Contents
I am the great sun / Jussi Chydenius (5:58) -- Four Shakespeare songs / Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (12:19) -- Rakastava = Beloved / Jean Sibelius (7:20) -- Villancicos / Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (7:30) -- Keskustelu = A conversation / Riikka Talvitie (9:36) -- Inkerin illat = Ingrian evenings / Veljo Tormis (20:18).
All works performed by unacc. mixed chorus; 2nd work for chorus (SSAATTBB); 3rd work originally for men's chorus and solo tenor; arr. by composer for mixed chorus and solo voices (MezBar); 6th work is a choral cycle of Ingermanland-Finnish folk song settings, the 4th of 6 cycles in Unustatud rahvad. Text of 1st work by Charles Causley; text of 3rd work from the Kanteletar; text of 5th work a Finnish translation of an excerpt from the German play Gespräch by Horst Hussel. AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Participant/Performer Note
Katri-Liis Vainio, mezzo-soprano, Nicholas Söderlund, baritone (6th work) ; Dominante ; Seppo Murto, conductor.
Data/Place of Event
Recorded at Riihimäki Garrison Church, 22-24 Apr. 2006.
