[MP3 320] Einojuhani Rautavaara: Complete Works for String Orchestra (Ondine, 2001)

Here’s this fine set featuring music performed by the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Reija Bister, and Juha Kangas. Enjoy and you know what.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/pttb7hgud99pon9/Rautavaara%2C_Einojuhani_-_Complete_Works_for_String_Orchestra_%282001%29.ra r

Thank you Chronos for this sombre but appealing music, especially on the first disc. I prefer his early work from 1952 and 1953 – his later ones are too atonal for me.

Ostrobothnia is a region in western and northern Finland and means ‘low lands’. It does not relate to Austria where the CD was made.

Track list

The Fiddlers, Op. 1 (1952)
01. N�rb�l�isten braa speli 1:46
02. Kopsin Jonas 1:58
03. Klockar Samuel Dickstr�m 1:04
04. Pirun polska 1:35
05. Hypyt 0:57

Divertimento for String Orchestra (1953)
06. Allegro 2:35
07. Adagio 2:51
08. Allegretto ma energico 2:58

Suite for Strings (1952)
09. Presto 2:58
10. Andante 6:40
11. Vivace assai (Alla giga) 2:49

12. Hommage � Liszt F�renc (1989) 4:01

13. An Epitaph for B�la Bart�k (1955/86) 6:16

14. Hommage � Kod�ly Zolt�n (1982) 14:21

CD 2

01. Canto I (1960) 5:25

02. Canto II (1961) 8:24

03. Canto III "A Portrait of the Artist at a Certain Moment" (1972) 9:16

04. Canto IV (1992) 16:34

05. Ballad for Harp and Strings (1973/81) harp Reija Bister 10:04

06. A Finnish Myth (1977) 6:16

07. Ostrobothnian Polska (1980/93) 3:05

Thank you very much, Chronos X!

thank you!