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This is the atmospheric, evocative score Finnish composer and pianist Jukka Linkola wrote
for the 1986 fantasy film The Snow Queen (Lumikuningatar), inspired by the fairy tale
by Hans Christian Andersen. Also included is a suite from his 1989 ballet Ronia, the
Robber's Daughter, based on a novel by Astrid Lindgren. This is not the score for the Ronia movie!

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Music Composed and Conducted by Jukka Linkola
Played by the Finnish National Opera Orchestra

Tracks:

"The Snow Queen" (Original Score)
1. Space (02:06)
2. Kai and Gerda on the Beach (01:19)
3. The Dance of the Snow Queen (05:35)
4. Spring Carnival (02:28)
5. Limpid (02:20)
6. Gerda's Journey (02:25)
7. The Enchanted Flower Garden (03:13)
8. The Charm of the Music Box (02:28)
9. The Spirits of the Rose (02:08)
10. The Fool (01:09)
11. Memories (01:55)
12. Gerda and Kai (01:11)
13. The Forest (02:12)
14. The Castle (02:28)
15. Northbound (01:22)
16. At the Robbers' Feast (04:15)
17. On the Glacier (01:44)
18. The Sorceress (03:55)
19. The Power of the Snow Queen (01:17)
20. Struggle of Light and Darkness (03:21)
21. Death of the Snow Queen (01:48)
22. Carnival (04:09)
Suite from the ballet "Ronia, the Robber's Daughter"
23. The Robbers' Dance (08:38)
24. The Forest (03:46)
25. The Wolf Song (03:55)
26. The Summer (02:13)
27. The Love (02:35)
Total Time: 76'

"Composer, conductor and performing musician Jukka Linkola was born in Helsinki in 1955. From the beginning
his most important instrument and a tool of work has been the piano. He studied at the Sibelius Academy and
already during his student years he worked as a rehearsal pianist at the Helsinki City Theatre where he later
worked also as a conductor in 1975-1990.

Jazz plays an important part in Linkola's production. His octet was in its time one of the most significant groups
of Finnish jazz. Linkola has conducted many big bands, for example UMO (Orchestra of New Music), the big band
of EBU, the big band of the Danish Radio and Bohusl�n Big Band. Linkola has taught in projects for example at
Berklee College of Music, the world famous music institute in Boston.

Linkola has composed a lot of stage music, operas and music for plays and films. The opera Elin in 1991 was a big
stage work. The television opera Angelika in 1992 was more like an oratory. Angelika was awarded at Paris Opera
Screen competition in 1992 and in 1993 it was chosen the best at Cannes Midem Awards. The third opera of
Linkola is called Matka (A Journey) and it was premiered in 1998.

Linkola likes to compose for symphony and chamber orchestras or for big jazz orchestras and he often uses
soloists with orchestras. Examples of these works are Crossings for tenor saxophone and orchestra in 1983,
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in 1988 and Trumpet Concerto II in 1993. The latest concertos are
Flute Concerto (1997), Euphonium Concerto (1995) Tuba Concerto (1995), Organ Concerto (2000) and Horn Concerto (2000).

In recent years Linkola has composed several choral works for instance Evoe and English Series for YL (Helsinki University
Male chorus) and Primitive Music for Tapiola Choir.

Conducting his own works Linkola has performed with The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic,
the Orchestra of the Finnish national Opera, the Opera of Gothenburg, Radio Orchestras of Ljubljana and Prague
and the Orchestra of Aalborg.

Linkola has received several awards for his works. So far he has published about 35 recordings. His whole production
including operas, musicals, orchestra concertos, chamber music, songs and jazz for various combinations is immense."

Source: Finlandia CD (my rip!)
Format: FLAC(RAR), DDD Stereo
File Size: 160 MB

Download Link (FLAC) - http://depositfiles.com/files/t7yebosih

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