Scandinavian Songs & Dances [Import]

1. Norrlands Polka

2. En Liten Gut (A Little Lad) /Kjaerringa Med Staven (The Old Woman With

3. Ebbes Polka [Instrumental]

4. Hilja Juuri Kuin Lammen Laine (Silent as a Wave.....)

5. Finn Phone [Instrumental]

6. Min Älskling (My Beloved)

7. Häverp Brudmarsch (Bridal March) [Instrumental]

8. Per Spelman (Per the Fiddler)

9. Det Var en LøRdag Aften (It Happened One Saturday Night)

10. Go Jawten (Good Evening)

11. Gungeligung (The Playground Swing)

12. Väarä Vitonen (The Little Hill) [Instrumental]

13. Suomen Salossa (In the Wilderness)

14. Mattsgardsvalsen (The Mattsgard Waltz) [Instrumental]

15. Fritiof Och Carmencita (Fritiof and Carmencita)

16. En Gammal Vals (Old Time Waltz)

17. Minun Kultani Kaunas on (My Sweetheart Is Beautiful)

18. Munga Låten [Dance Tune][Instrumental]

19. Pål Sine HøNer (Paul & The Chicken) /Å KJøRe Vatten (Hauling Water)

Tracks:

Hostkvall
Soluppgang
Se'n Har Jag Ej Fragat Mera
Arioso
Varen Flyktar Hastigt
Solveigs Sang
Solveigs Vuggesang
Fra Monte Pincio
En Svane
Varen
Luonnotar
Det Forste Mode
Sancta Maria, Mild Och Naderik (Jungfrun I Tornet)
Den Judiska Flickans Sang (Belsazar)

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Whether in Sibelius' Wagnerian-in-scope song "The Maiden in the Tower" (actually a solo from his brief opera of the same name) or his ominous "Fall Evening," Finnish soprano Karita Mattila, with her grand, soaring, secure voice brings a personal, storytelling, evocative stamp to the songs she sings. The Grieg songs are less emotionally complicated, and the effortlessness and expressiveness with which Mattila sings the two Solveig songs from Peer Gynt create an intimacy in wonderful contrast; her voice, scaled down, positively glistens. "Luonnotar," a 10-minute tone poem for soprano and orchestra, is the disc's centerpiece. This strange story of a "maiden of the skies" who descends into the sea and offers her knees as a place for a duck to build its nest has an ancient but hazy aura to it, and Mattila takes us through it with great intensity, building to a impressive climax which she rides easily. Conductor Sakari Oramo and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra catch the Northern lights in both voice and instruments. A fine disc of songs from a leading operatic soprano. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

Soothing, steady, melodic with a theme........2005-03-02

Otherworldly is the way I would describe this latest offering from Warner Classics featuring soprano Karita Mattila, backed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. It takes a little getting used to, but overall this CD is increasingly hypnotic the more you listen to it - meaning, give it a try, you won't be disappointed. This offering of fourteen songs, provides the listener with a sampling of the works of Jean Sibelius and Edvard Grieg, with some truly hypnotic and brooding background music that flows in and out: deep, rich, full, haunting, leaving ample room for Ms. Mattila to display her ample vocal skills, her clear diction and her understanding of the long, slow recitative style of the Finnish-Karelian vocal tradition. In this style, long before written literature existed for the Finns, the oral tradition, known as the Karelian tradition, dominated storytelling. It is well served here. Each of the songs tells a brief story or poem as a lament, and reinforces a thematic quality of the whole, making this an easy CD to put on and listen to, with one exception which I will discuss below. I use the word "haunting" here decisively, because for the most part the musical passages are highly evocative and full, conjuring images of a mist covered mountainside, rising from the banks of a lake, perhaps at dawn, when the sun begins to come over the horizon and the traces of mist cling stubbornly before dissipating. That is the mood created here. As with every CD I review, I ask where and how would I listen to it? What mood does it create and does it sustain that mood once created? Here, as just noted, the mood is consistent, with one annoying exception contained in cut 13, Sibelius' "sancta maria, mild och naderik". Its sound borders on shrill, and the mood and effort that went into creating this otherwise wonderful CD is lost, if momentarily. Even with that one diversion, I can recommend this CD for all the rest. It is a fine effort with some truly moving orchestration throughout and top notch singing with only an occasional rough spot from Ms. Mattila.

Brilliant.......2005-01-02

This is a real surprise. I love this cd. It is really haunting and beautiful. Buy it. Sibelius, Grieg, and Karita Mattila are just wonderful.

Suttle beauty of music and voice with fabulous artistry.......2004-12-17

It is a pure golden find in musical recording when you are being able to enjoy such a perfect performamce at home. I did listen it again and again with such a joy. The majical voice of Karita Mattila soars gently above most beautiful music. Even I do not
know Finnish language it did not mater. Everything was superb
with quiet and not showy beauty, I could close my eyes and get drawn deeply into the songs.
We are so fortunate to be able to listend this heavenly recording . I will do it again and again....

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Scandinavian Songs and Ballads

Manufacturer: Gala
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Jussi Björling Early Swedish Recordings

ASIN: B000001XMM
Release Date: 2000-06-06

Tracks:

You Are Near Me In My Dream
Bacchanal
Little Princess
Sweden, Op. 22:2
A Ballad About Lamech's Sons
A Ballad About The Jester And Death
A Ballad About Good Sleep
You Are Near Me In My Dreams
Black Roses, Op. 36:1
Sigh, Rushes, Sigh Op. 36:4
En svane, Op. 25:2
Thou Blessed Land
The Diamond On The March Snow
The Tryst, Op. 37:5
Among The High Fir Trees In The Forest, Op. 5:4
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The Kalevala Heritage: Archive Recordings of Ancient Finnish Songs

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Archive Recording of Ancient Finnish Songs

The Kalevala Heritage: Archive Recordings of Ancient Finnish Songs
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Ondine
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Kalevala: Dream of the Salmon Maiden
Folk Voices: Finnish Folk Song Through Ages
The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lonnrot (Oxford World's Classics Series)
The Key to the Kalevala
Karelian Folk Music Ensemble

ASIN: B00000378I
Release Date: 1995-11-21

Tracks:

Kantele - Anni Kiriloff
Vainamoinen's Wounded Knee - Anni Tenisova
Eagle Song - Maura Vatanen
Lemminkainen - Iivana Harkonen
The Birth Of The World - Iivana Onoila
The Birth Of Fire - petri Shemeikka
Spinning Song And Lullaby - Oksenja Makiselka
The Maid Iro - Ogio Maaranen
The Song Challenge - Iivo Lipitsa
Home-Coming - Veera Korhonen
I Set Off Through The Village - Tatjana Jegorov & Chorus
Departing Song - Anna Kivisoo & Chorus
Leg-Pulling Song - Valpuri Vohta & Chorus
Counselling Song - Valpuri Vohta & Chorus
Pitful, I Set Off To Toil - Valpuri Vohta & Chorus
Though I Cry And Though I Sing - Mari Vahter & Chorus
Join In A Ring Around - Valpuri Vohta & Chorus

Customer Reviews:

Archive Recording of Ancient Finnish Songs.......1999-12-14

This rare recording is not for the casual listener, but is of particular interest to serious students of ancient Finnish culture and folklore. The recordings of several soloists and groups dating from the early 1900's(on wax cylinders) up to fairly recent times comprise the collection of songs. The sound quality varies considerably depending on the time of the original recording, but they probably represent the old chanting style of primitive song/poem singers as authentically as possible. No instruments accompany the singers.

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Listen to this if you want to learn Swedish - you'll enjoy it...!
This music will colonize a portion of your brain...

Songs from 63 Degrees N
Triakel
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Wintersongs: Winter Holiday in Sweden
Vittrad
Trä
Vengeance

ASIN: B0002T2Q4W
Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

Where D'you Think...?
Maclay And Macrae
Wee Willie Wattie
Little Toe
Friends And Neighbors
My Pretty Maid
The Cruel Mother
Trust In God/Steklat
The Lover At The Window
Now One More Day
The Farm Lad Who Cried
In Your Father's Footsteps
The Dung Beetle's Wedding
Young Ricky Rider
Farewell To You All
Jamtland

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Listen to this if you want to learn Swedish - you'll enjoy it...!.......2006-03-08

After growing up with Polka's at the family parties, I was under the impression that was the only purely Swedish music available - Triakel is a pleasant discovery for me.

I found this record who teaches Swedish how I should begin - she said start with music and listen to the words. This record is outstanding for that - I am memorized.

The music is upbeat and well performed - a good mix of old and new adaptations of old. I enjoy listening to this on a regular basis - well worth the price.

This music will colonize a portion of your brain..........2004-10-06

Mark Twain once wrote a short story in which a trolley conductor's rhyming lyric about different color tickets became so ingrained in the narrator's brain that it occupied every waking moment and only receded when he found someone else to take up the ditty and passed it on like something contagious. Well, so am I smitten. Emma Härdelin's clear, haunting vocals - and the fulsome instrumental backing of Kjell-Erik Eriksson and Janne Strömstedt - have colonized a portion of my brain and won't let it go. I wake up in the middle of the night hearing Emma's lovely voice singing the rather naughty "Älskaren i gluggen" - about a young woman whose lullaby to her child by an open window is also a warning to her lover that her husband is at home. Or the slightly mysterious sounding "Lihll-Pe i Floa." Or a song about toes and life, or... almost every other track on this CD. Incidentally, Emma's father is Thore Härdelin - perhaps the most celebrated fiddler in all of Sweden.

I wasn't totally sure I liked the record the first time I listened, but something pulled me back in. Then again. And again, like an addiction. Now I can't get enough of Emma and the gang. I am in love. I should confess a bias. I am a second generation American of Swedish descent with all four grandparents having been born in the old country. And so there may be a genetic attraction to the unique scandinavian musical blend of minor and major keys that co-exist in any given song in the most captivating ways. But I guarantee that any folk-music lover - and I'm talking about the genuine article, not watered down commercial stuff - will adore this body of work. I am ordering Triakel's other two CD's and can't wait for them to arrive. At which point, every waking moment... Unless YOU buy the CD and like Mark Twain's conductor, I find some peace having passed it on!

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Carl Nielsen: Songs

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ASIN: B00008PZW0
Release Date: 2003-06-17

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The Art Deco Café

Manufacturer: Meridian
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ASIN: B00000F1RW
Release Date: 1998-11-17

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Scandinavian Express
Toulouse
Valse Triste
Snow-Flakes
Roumanian Gypsy Dance
Illusion
Bird Songs at Eventide
Da Capo
Sunshine over Capri
Piccadilly Prld
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To Wander Around the World
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Complete Aksel Schiøtz Recordings, Vol. 10: The Complete Carl Nielsen Recordings

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The "other" great Danish tenor

Complete Aksel Schiøtz Recordings, Vol. 10: The Complete Carl Nielsen Recordings

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ASIN: B0000065HL
Release Date: 1998-03-03

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The "other" great Danish tenor.......2004-09-12

During the 1930s and `40s, Wagnerian tenor Lauritz Melchior was the most famous Danish tenor in the world, singing virtually every role Wagner ever wrote worldwide, but in Denmark during the same period a very different kind of tenor was flourishing: Aksel Schiøtz, with his light, silvery voice, high standards of musicianship, excellent command of lieder and wide popularity among his countrymen for his singing of Danish folk and art songs.

All of this came to an abrupt end in the fall of 1946 when Schiøtz, suffering from severe headaches and impaired vocal control, was diagnosed with a brain tumor that had to be removed immediately. The operation saved his life but left one side of his face, and vocal muscles, paralyzed. Through sheer hard work he was able to com back, two years later, as a baritone, but though the phrasing and musicianship remained intact the voice no longer had its silvery bloom. He continued to perform and record as a baritone through the late 1950s, then became a teacher of voice and interpretation in Colorado before accepting a similar post in his native Denmark in 1969. He died ten years later.

This, the last album in the Schiøtz series, contains all of his recordings of songs by the great composer Carl Nielsen, better-known internationally nowadays than he was in the 1930s and `40s. Schiøtz' readings, long considered classic, are here lovingly restored to their original pristine sound. The result is an incredible sense of intimacy created between performer and listener. The Danish engineer responsible for most of the Schiøtz recordings had one object in mind: to properly balance voice and piano or voice and orchestra, then let them perform as they would in a natural concert environment.

None of the cramped, dry LP pressings we all became to familiar with were used here, or indeed in any of the volumes of this series; every single track was lovingly and meticulously restored in London's Abbey Road studios from mint-condition copies of the original 78s or brand-new transfers made from the original metal parts. The results are simply magical, creating a tremendous intimacy between the tenor and listener in a way that is hard to describe unless you hear it for yourself. A shame that most of these CDs are now hard to obtain, but I urge you to get them if you can!

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Doom Songs: The Singles 1986-1989
Candlemass
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ASIN: B000A2GYXA
Release Date: 2005-05-03

Album Description

Limited edition box set comprises 8 tracks on four 7- inch singles. Features the tracks 'Solitude', 'Crystal Ball', 'At The Gallows End', 'Samarithan', 'Mirror Mirror', 'The Bells Of Acheron', 'Dark Reflections' & 'Into The Unfathomed Tower'. Spun Records

Toronto Children's Chorus: Come, Ye Makers of Song

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Toronto Children's Chorus: Come, Ye Makers of Song

Manufacturer: Marquis Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TW1N
Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

Come, Ye Makers Of Song
Freedom Trilogy
1. Dixit Dominus
2. Juravit Dominus
3. Judicabit In Nationibus
1. Psalm 92
2. Psalm 47
3. Psalm 23
1. Stabat Mater Dolorosa
2. Quae Maerebat Et Dolebat
3. Fac, Ut Ardeat Cor Meum
4. Inflammatus Et Accensus
5. Quando Corpus
6. Amen
Agnus Dei
Laudate Pueri
Lift Thine Eyes
Ave Maria
Prayer Of St. Francis
1. La Petite Fille Sage
2. Le Chien Perdu
3. En Rentrant De L'Ecole
4. La Petite Garcon
5. Le Herisson
Glory To Thee, My God This Night

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Don't miss this.......2001-07-31

"The Freedom Trilogy" is worth the price of the album -- an interweaving of Gregorian Chant and complex, exciting Gospel -- beautifully performed. One of the most exquisite things I have heard in a long time. Paul Halley was the organist at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City when the Paul Winter Consort was in residence. You can hear him play that fabulous instrument in "Missa Gaia" and the wonderful recording of the celebration of the Winter Solstice. I think after that Halley went out on his own to do the kind of thing you find here. A good story and wonderful music.

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