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Lieder JÄRNEFELT JORMA HYNNINEN CAMILLA NYLUND ILKKA PAANANEN ODE1029-2 ODE1029-2 ARMAS Lieder JÄRNEFELT JORMA HYNNINEN CAMILLA NYLUND ILKKA PAANANEN ODE1029-2 ARMAS Lieder JÄRNEFELT JORMA HYNNINEN CAMILLA NYLUND ILKKA PAANANEN 1029 booklet 23.6.03 11:43 Sivu 2 ARMAS JÄRNEFELT (1869–1958)Lieder 1 Sunnuntaina On Sunday 1:54 13 I solnedgången At Sunset 2:15 Kasimir Leino Gustaf Fröding 2 Skymning Twilight 1:56 14 Laula, laula! Sing, Sing! 3:37 Alceste K. Killinen 3 Puhjetessa kukka puhtahin A Flower Is Purest When Blossoming 1:26 15 Solsken Sunshine 1:54 J.H. Erkko Jonatan Reuter 4 Kanteleelle To the Kantele 2:38 16 Unelma Dream 3:37 K. Killinen Eino Pakarinen 2 5 Suvirannalla Summer Shore 1:16 17 Lina 1:53 3 Väinö Siikaniemi Emil Kléen 6 När alla klockor klämtat tolf When All Clocks Have Struck Twelve 4:15 18 En spel- och dansvisa A Fiddling and Dancing Tune 2:27 Alceste Jacob Tegengren 7 Köyhä The Poor One 2:51 19 Titania 1:26 Otto Manninen Gustaf Fröding 8 Kehtolaulu (Liekku liiku) Lullaby (Rock, O Cradle) 3:19 20 Kehtolaulu (Hiljaa, hiljaa) Lullaby (Soft, soft) 1:56 Mustakallio Mustakallio 9 En drömmares sång till livet A Dreamer’s Song to Life 4:12 21 Toivoni My Hope 1:44 Jacob Tegengren Paavo Cajander 10 Du You 1:55 22 Leivo The Lark 2:25 Karl Asplund A. Rahkonen 11 Isänmaan kasvot The Face of the Fatherland 2:56 [55:38] V.A. Koskenniemi JORMA HYNNINEN, BARITONE (1–11) 12 Aallon kehtolaulu Lullaby to a Breaker 2:26 CAMILLA NYLUND, SOPRANO (12–22) Iisa Asp ILKKA PAANANEN, PIANO 1029 booklet 23.6.03 11:43 Sivu 2 ARMAS JÄRNEFELT (1869–1958)Lieder 1 Sunnuntaina On Sunday 1:54 13 I solnedgången At Sunset 2:15 Kasimir Leino Gustaf Fröding 2 Skymning Twilight 1:56 14 Laula, laula! Sing, Sing! 3:37 Alceste K. Killinen 3 Puhjetessa kukka puhtahin A Flower Is Purest When Blossoming 1:26 15 Solsken Sunshine 1:54 J.H. Erkko Jonatan Reuter 4 Kanteleelle To the Kantele 2:38 16 Unelma Dream 3:37 K. Killinen Eino Pakarinen 2 5 Suvirannalla Summer Shore 1:16 17 Lina 1:53 3 Väinö Siikaniemi Emil Kléen 6 När alla klockor klämtat tolf When All Clocks Have Struck Twelve 4:15 18 En spel- och dansvisa A Fiddling and Dancing Tune 2:27 Alceste Jacob Tegengren 7 Köyhä The Poor One 2:51 19 Titania 1:26 Otto Manninen Gustaf Fröding 8 Kehtolaulu (Liekku liiku) Lullaby (Rock, O Cradle) 3:19 20 Kehtolaulu (Hiljaa, hiljaa) Lullaby (Soft, soft) 1:56 Mustakallio Mustakallio 9 En drömmares sång till livet A Dreamer’s Song to Life 4:12 21 Toivoni My Hope 1:44 Jacob Tegengren Paavo Cajander 10 Du You 1:55 22 Leivo The Lark 2:25 Karl Asplund A. Rahkonen 11 Isänmaan kasvot The Face of the Fatherland 2:56 [55:38] V.A. Koskenniemi JORMA HYNNINEN, BARITONE (1–11) 12 Aallon kehtolaulu Lullaby to a Breaker 2:26 CAMILLA NYLUND, SOPRANO (12–22) Iisa Asp ILKKA PAANANEN, PIANO 1029 booklet 23.6.03 11:44 Sivu 4 he slightly over 60 solo songs of Both Järnefelt’s wives were singers, and accordingly Armas Järnefelt (1869–1958) are he dedicated some of his songs to one or the other of a notable segment of Finnish them. For Maikki Järnefelt, he wrote several songs, National Romantic vocal music. including the above-mentioned Aallon kehtolaulu; the T His lyrical writing stems from the flighty and cheerful fairy story Titania (Gustaf Fröding), ancient runo chants of Karelia, in the spirit of the the nostalgic I solnedgången (At sunset, also by national epic, the Kalevala. While his early songs Fröding) which reflects on the transitory nature of life; are wholly grounded in folklore, his later output the dramatic and pompous yet also humble En imports Impressionist and even Expressionist tones. drömmares sång till havet (A dreamer’s song to life, Järnefelt’s songs are characterized by their use of Jacob Tegengren); and the highly inspired and powerful melody, cantabile, colourful harmony and a Nordic Toivoni (My hope, Paavo Kajander). The composer’s freshness and lucidity. In technical terms they testify second wife Liva Järnefelt became the dedicatee of the to the high professionalism of the composer. Some of Romantically lovely Du (You, Karl Aspelund). Järnefelt the songs are in a Romantic minor-key mood, such as wrote several lullabies; Liekku liiku (Rock, O cradle) many of the lullabies, whereas others burst with the and Hiljaa, hiljaa (Soft, soft!) are among the most joy of living in a major key, combined with a breezy tender of their kind ever written in Finland. När alla 4 playfulness. A wholly separate group is that of the klockor klämtat tolf (When all clocks have struck 5 dramatic ballad-like poems many of which approach twelver, Alceste) is also a soporific song, with a opera in their scope. This is no doubt related to the descending dream-like pianissimo accompaniment. composer’s extensive career as an opera conductor The joy of life in summer at its most brightest is at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. Järnefelt, who celebrated in Solsken (Sunshine, Jonatan Reuter); despite his multicultural background was an ardent Lina (Emil Kléen), a description of a young girl’s Fennophile, set many poems in Finnish to music; daily life; Puhjetessa kukka puhtahin (A flower is this was rare at the beginning of the 20th century, purest when blossoming, J.H. Erkko), a paean to the since composers at the time favoured Swedish, virgin beauty of awakening youth; the jubilant which was then the language of the cultural élite. wooing song Suvirannalla (Summer shore, Väinö Among Järnefelt’s best-known solo songs are the Siikaniemi); and the fresh, fiddler-like En spel- och wistfully melancholic Aallon kehtolaulu (Lullaby to dansvisa (A fiddling and dancing tune, Tegengren). a breaker, Isa Asp), the nationally tinted Kantele The most sensitive face of National Romanticism is (To the kantele, Kustaa Killinen) and the church-bell apparent in the dreamily melancholy Skymning accompanied Sunnuntaina (On Sunday, Kasimir (Twilight, Alceste), the vivacious Leivo (Lark, A. Leino). He began his career as a vocal composer Rahkonen) and Unelma (Dream), a song about with a folk-like Romantic setting of Kustaa Killinen longing for peace of mind to a poem by the entitled Laula, laula! (Sing, sing!). Indeed, many of composer’s brother-in-law Eino Pakarinen. An his early songs have a folk-music flavour complete Expressionist idiom, rare in Järnefelt’s output, with melodic figures typical for the kantele. appears in Köyhä (The poor one, Otto Manninen), Alma Schindler-Mahler 1029 booklet 23.6.03 11:44 Sivu 4 he slightly over 60 solo songs of Both Järnefelt’s wives were singers, and accordingly Armas Järnefelt (1869–1958) are he dedicated some of his songs to one or the other of a notable segment of Finnish them. For Maikki Järnefelt, he wrote several songs, National Romantic vocal music. including the above-mentioned Aallon kehtolaulu; the T His lyrical writing stems from the flighty and cheerful fairy story Titania (Gustaf Fröding), ancient runo chants of Karelia, in the spirit of the the nostalgic I solnedgången (At sunset, also by national epic, the Kalevala. While his early songs Fröding) which reflects on the transitory nature of life; are wholly grounded in folklore, his later output the dramatic and pompous yet also humble En imports Impressionist and even Expressionist tones. drömmares sång till havet (A dreamer’s song to life, Järnefelt’s songs are characterized by their use of Jacob Tegengren); and the highly inspired and powerful melody, cantabile, colourful harmony and a Nordic Toivoni (My hope, Paavo Kajander). The composer’s freshness and lucidity. In technical terms they testify second wife Liva Järnefelt became the dedicatee of the to the high professionalism of the composer. Some of Romantically lovely Du (You, Karl Aspelund). Järnefelt the songs are in a Romantic minor-key mood, such as wrote several lullabies; Liekku liiku (Rock, O cradle) many of the lullabies, whereas others burst with the and Hiljaa, hiljaa (Soft, soft!) are among the most joy of living in a major key, combined with a breezy tender of their kind ever written in Finland. När alla 4 playfulness. A wholly separate group is that of the klockor klämtat tolf (When all clocks have struck 5 dramatic ballad-like poems many of which approach twelver, Alceste) is also a soporific song, with a opera in their scope. This is no doubt related to the descending dream-like pianissimo accompaniment. composer’s extensive career as an opera conductor The joy of life in summer at its most brightest is at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. Järnefelt, who celebrated in Solsken (Sunshine, Jonatan Reuter); despite his multicultural background was an ardent Lina (Emil Kléen), a description of a young girl’s Fennophile, set many poems in Finnish to music; daily life; Puhjetessa kukka puhtahin (A flower is this was rare at the beginning of the 20th century, purest when blossoming, J.H. Erkko), a paean to the since composers at the time favoured Swedish, virgin beauty of awakening youth; the jubilant which was then the language of the cultural élite. wooing song Suvirannalla (Summer shore, Väinö Among Järnefelt’s best-known solo songs are the Siikaniemi); and the fresh, fiddler-like En spel- och wistfully melancholic Aallon kehtolaulu (Lullaby to dansvisa (A fiddling and dancing tune, Tegengren). a breaker, Isa Asp), the nationally tinted Kantele The most sensitive face of National Romanticism is (To the kantele, Kustaa Killinen) and the church-bell apparent in the dreamily melancholy Skymning accompanied Sunnuntaina (On Sunday, Kasimir (Twilight, Alceste), the vivacious Leivo (Lark, A.
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