Solo Songs 1 / Yksinlauluja 1 - Voice and piano
This collection features the early solo songs of Einojuhani Rautavaara, inspired by poets like Shakespeare and Rilke, presented in multiple languages with English translations by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi.
Kenelle: For those interested in vocal music and solo song repertoire.
The vocal works of Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) were inspired by poets both Finnish and foreign, but above all Rainer Maria Rilke. Rautavaara has himself written the texts for some of his songs.
Volume 1 of the Solo Songs contains the early songs, such as the popular Three Sonnets of Shakespeare, Fünf Sonette an Orpheus and Die Liebenden.
Volume 2 (9790550095052) covers the period from the late 1970s to the 1990s and includes songs from the operas Thomas and Aleksis Kivi.
All the texts in Finnish and Swedish have been translated into English by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi.
Contents of Volume 1:
Three Sonnets of Shakespeare (WIlliam Shakespeare)
1. That Time of Year
2. When I Do Count the Clock
3. Shall I Compare Thee
Pyhiä päiviä / Sacred Feasts (Kustavi Lounasheimo)
1. Suuri pitkäperjantai / The Great Good Friday
2. Iltarukous / Evening Prayer
3. Kynttilänpäivä / Candlemas
4. Joulun virsi - elämän virsi / Hymn of Christmas - Hymn of Life
Fünf Sonette an Orpheus (Rainer Maria Rilke)
1. Da stieg ein Baum
2. Und fast ein Mädchen wars
3. Ein Gott vermags
4. O ihr Zärtlichen
5. Errichtet keinen Denkstein
Die Liebenden (Rainer Maria Rilke)
1. Liebes-Lied
2. Der Schauende
3. Die Liebende
4. Der Tod der Geliebte
Guds väg / God's Way (Bo Setterlind)
1. Guds väg / God's Way
2. Barnet / The Child
3. Pingst / Pentecost
4. Dröm i katedralen / Dream in the Cathedral.
Maailman uneen / Dream World (Aaro Hellaakoski)
1. October
2. Viatonten valssi / Waltz of the Innocents
3. Tulen / I Approach Thee
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| Co-authors | By (composer): Einojuhani Rautavaara |
| Title | Solo Songs 1 / Yksinlauluja 1 - Voice and piano |
| Keywords | lied, yksinlaulu |