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Matti Salminen: A Finnish Songbook

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Label: Ondine

Cat No: ODE11352

Barcode: 0761195113523

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 12th January 2009

Works

Merikanto
Soi vienosti murheeni soitto - Play Softly Thou Tune of My Mourning

Merikanto
Merella - At Sea

Merikanto
Vallinkorvan laulu - The Vallinkorva Song

Sibelius
Souda souda sinisorsa

Sibelius
Lastu lainehilla Op.17/7

Sibelius
Ristilukki - The Song of the Cross-spider

Madetoja
Yrtit tummat - Dark-Hued Leaves Op.9/1

Madetoja
Itkisit joskus illoin - If You’d Sometimes Weep at Evening Op.25/5

Kilpinen
Kesayo - Summer Night

Kilpinen
Vanha kirkko - The Old Church Op.54/1

Kilpinen
Rannalta I - From the Shore I

Turunen
Sunnuntai - Sunday

Luolajan-Mikkola
Haatanhu - Wedding Dance

Kuula
Tuijotin tulehen kauan - Long Gazed I into the Fire

Kuula
Kesayo kirkkomaalla - Summer Night in the Churchyard

Kuula
Yo - Night

Traditional
Tallaaselle poijalle - For a Boy Like This

Traditional
Tuuli se taivutti koivun larvan - The Wind Bent Down

Traditional
Niin kauan mina tramppaan - I’ll Walk Around This Here Village

Artists

Matti Salminen (bass)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

John Storgards

Works

Artists

Matti Salminen (bass)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

John Storgards

About

Matti Salminen is an acoustic phenomenon - according to many, the finest and darkest bass voice of our time. In the 1970s and ‘80s he inherited the mantle of the legendary Martti Talvela as the great Finnish Wagner bass in Bayreuth until, to the regret of Wolfgang Wagner, he decided to devote his summers to the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland. James Levine considers Salminen so essential that the scheduling of Wagner operas at the Met is adjusted to suit Salminen's diary.

Salminen's journey to his present status has been a long one. The son of a working-class family, he earned his living at first as a tango king on Finnish dance-floors. From the dance-floor his career has taken him to all the important opera houses of the world, to sing with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, James Levine, Nicolas Harnoncourt and Pierre Boulez.

On this new recording, Matti Salminen performs rarities outside the standard repertoire and delivers a personal account of orchestral songs from Finnish composers. Accompanied by the Helsinki Philharmonic under its new chief conductor John Storgårds, Salminen is completely at home singing this music. Many of these songs about nature and love deserve greater attention or discovery, for which this exceptional disc forms a perfect vehicle.