Solo Songs 2 / Yksinlauluja 2 - Voice and piano

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 2 covers the period from the late 1970s to the 1990s and includes songs from the operas Thomas and Aleksis Kivi. Also a duet cycle Almanac for Two is included.

Contents of Volume 2:
Matka / The Trip (Einojuhani Rautavaara)
1. Kuljin matkan aamupuolella yötä / I Took That Trip towards an Early Daybreak
2. Mitä on silmäluomiesi takaa syntymässä / What Is There Arising from behind Your Eyelids
3. Kuljen yli kevätlumisien puistikoiden / I Am Walking over Tiny Spots of Snow
4. Yö on syvä / Deep Is the Night

I min älsklings trädgård / In My Lovers Garden (Edith Södergran, translation by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi)
1. I de stora skogarna / In the Great Wild Woodlands
2. Mellan gråa stenar / In Between Grey Stones
3. Lyckokatt / Lucky Cat

Sinulle minä antaisin auringonkukkia / To You I Would Make a Gift of Sunflowers (Einojuhani Rautavaara, translation by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi)

Minä en puhu, minä laulan / I Am Not Speaking, I Am Singing (Einojuhani Rautavaara, translation by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi)

Vocalise from the opera Thomas

Neljä laulua oopperasta Aleksis Kivi / Four Songs from the Opera Aleksis Kivi (Aleksis Kivi, translation by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi)
1. Ikävyys / Melancholy
2. Laulu oravasta / The Squirrel
3. Oi mailma, elämä sä ihmeellinen / O Wonderful World
4. Sydämeni laulu / Song of My Heart

Eron hetki on kalveakasvo (Charlottan monologi oopperasta Aleksis Kivi) / Like a Pale Mask, the Hour of Parting (Charlotta's monologue from the opera Aleksis Kivi (Aleksis Kivi, translation by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi)

Almanakka kahdelle / Almanac for Two:
1. Vårvisa / Spring Song (Olof von Dalin)
2. Kesäyö / Summer Night (Aaro Hellaakoski)
3. Herbsttag (Rainer Maria Rilke)
4. Winter (William Shakespeare)