Tapiola Children's Choir - Sounds of Finland: Sibelius; Putro; Panula; Etc - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ssens Trio is out with it's third on the LAWO Classics tag. This spotlights Norwegian music. With this deep dive into the Norwegian repertoire, Ssens Trio wishes to call attention to four works for string trio deserving of inclusion in the international string trio repertoire. The album is called InchRicercareInch, the title of the last work on the album, composed by Bertil Palmar Johansen, but it could have been used for the other three works as well. InchRicercareInch means to search out or explore, the very elements we find in Johan Kvandal's String Trio, op. 12. The work stands out in Kvandal's longlist of piano pieces and songs from this period. It is his search to find his own musical expression in a new European music. Finn Mortensen's Trio, op. 3 was the first of his works ever performed in a public concert. The three instruments follow distinct lines in their dynamic interplay, each retaining it's individual tone. We find many of the compositional means from this debut work further developed in Mortensen's later works. In Edvard Fliflet Bræin's InchTrioInch, op. 15, variations are created by twisting and turning the musical motifs and themes. The entire work is composed in one movement, with a fresh rhythmic playfulness between the instruments, and with metric shifts and changes in sound and register. Bertil Palmar Johansen's string trio begins with an old-fashioned InchRicercareInch, set up as an expansive instrumental narrative in which the texture alternates between free and strict linearity. Inherent in the work is a search for new paths in an effort to weed out our tonal expectations. Album Tracks 1. String Trio, Op. 12 2. Trio, Op. 3 3. Trio, Op. 15 4. Ricercare for String Trio (1996)

Album Tracks 1. Marjatta Matala Neiti (Marjatta the Lowly Maid) 2. Puusepan Poika (The Carpenter's Son) 3. Lorca Suite, Op. 72B I. Cancion de Jinete 4. Lorca Suite, Op. 72B II. El Grito 5. Lorca Suite, Op. 72B III. La Luna Asoma 6. Lorca Suite, Op. 72B IV. Malague'na 7. Lorulei I. Mista on Pienet Pojat Tehty 8. Lorulei II. Hus Sika Metsaan 9. Lorulei III. Peukaloputti Sian Sai 10. Viatonten Valssi (Waltz of the Innocents) 11. Wenn Sich Die Welt Auftut I. Freude Steigt in Uns Auf 12. Wenn Sich Die Welt Auftut II. Meine Liebe 13. Wenn Sich Die Welt Auftut III. Dann, in Jener Nacht 14. Wenn Sich Die Welt Auftut IV. Der Brief 15. Wenn Sich Die Welt Auftut V. Flustern 16. Rakkaus Ei Koskaan Havia (Love Never Dies) 17. Lapsimessu (Children's Mass) Kyrie 18. Lapsimessu (Children's Mass) Meditatio Super Kyrie 19. Lapsimessu (Children's Mass) Gloria 20. Lapsimessu (Children's Mass) Meditatio Super Gloriam 21. Lapsimessu (Children's Mass) Agnus Dei 22. Lapsimessu (Children's Mass) Meditatio Super Agnum 23. Lapsimessu (Children's Mass) Halleluja

Tapiola Choir - Finnish Sacred Songs [COMPACT DISCS] date 12/04/2008