Sunday Morning - Baltic Christmas
Iain takes a musical tour of the Baltic, with stops in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland, featuring performances from Mischa Maisky, Simon Barere, Gidon Kremer, Tonu Kaljuste and Neeme Jarvi. Including: Buxtehude 3.19 Part of Praeludium and Ciacona Rene Saorgin (organ) Harmonia Mundi HMX290148488 T5 and 6 Nørgård Winter Hymn 8’55 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier (conductor) Harmonia Mundi HMU 907331 tr 7 Peterson-Berger Like the Stars in the Sky 3’30 Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) / Bengt Forsberg (piano) DG 4449 189-2 tr 3 Tubin Symphony no 3 (finale) 11’35 Swedish RSO / Neeme Järvi (conductor) BIS CD 342 tr 3 Brahms Concerto for Violin + Cello op 102 8’45 (Finale) Gidon Kremer (violin) / Mischa Maisky (cello) / Vienna Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein (conductor) DG 410 031-2 tr 3 Piae Cantiones: early Finnish vocal music Finnish Radio Chamber Choir Ondine ODE 918-2 tr 18 + 19 Track 18: Jamalisten joucko 02.15 Jukka Linkola Janiksen joulu + An Evening Song Red Ribbon: Talla Vocal Ensemble Finlandia 2564-61484-2 tr 15+16 Track 15: Janiksen joulu: A Rabbit at Christmas 01.18 track 16: An Evening Song 2’45) 4’00 Arvo Pärt: 7 Magnificat-Antiphons BBC Singers / Bo Holten (conductor) Collins Classics 14722 Track 6: O Konig aller Volker 1’45 Peteris Vasks: Encounter 5’15 Latvian Radio Choir / Kaspars Putnins (conductor) BIS-CD-1145 tr 3 Einojuhani Rautavaara: Song of my Heart Gabriel Suovanen (baritone) / Helsinki PO / Leif Segerstam (cond) Ondine ODE 1085-2 Track 18: The Squirrel 3’20 Tracks 28-31: Four Estonian Lullabies (total 06.44) 6’40 Veljo Tormis: Choral Works Estonian Radio Choir / Toomas Kapten (conductor) Apex 0927-49871-2 Čiurlionis Nocturne VL 183 4’05 Muza Rubackyté (piano) Naxos 8.223549 tr7 Górecki Symphony no 3 (2nd movment) 9’15 Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / London Sinfonietta / David Zinman (conductor) Elektra Nonesuch 7559 79282-2 tr2 Rakhmaninov Piano Concerto no 1 (1st movement) Sergei Rakhmaninov (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (conductor) 11’50 Living Era Classics AJD 2014 CD1 tr1 Bryars And so ended Kant’s travelling in this world (text – de Quincey) Latvian Radio Choir / Sigvards Klava (conductor) BCGBCD 07 tr 1 7’45