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SONGS OF THE SEA.(Review)
Karita Mattila [] "SONGS OF THE SEA" Songs by Martenson, Broberg, Taube. Jyvaskyla Sinfonia, Niemi. Finnish/Swedish texts only. Ondine ODE-907 (Koch, dist.)
Island Songs might be a more appropriate title for this CD. According to the brief English bio of Lasse Martenson, composer of eleven of the thirteen songs, he received a foundation grant "for the revival and setting to music of island poetry. This also meant a deepening interest and respect for the archipelago, its nature, people and culture." A couple of the songs have Swedish texts; the rest are in Finnish. Unfortunately, there are no translations.
To coin an oxymoron, this is outdoor salon music. The very first song, vocalized without words, is a sort of tone poem, with hints of Villa-Lobos's ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) Pettitt, Stephen April 7, 2003 700+ words
...GIVEN that the Finnish soprano Karita Mattila is one of the most charismatic...this work with five Duparc songs, exquisitely done. Afterwards...down with five Rachmaninov songs, passionate in a more voluptuous...Dvorak's delightful Gypsy Songs, Op 55, where Mattila kicked...
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- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) August 21, 2004 700+ words
...composers in this country, the orchestral songs of Grieg and Sibelius are still comparatively...the much-respected Finnish soprano Karita Mattila brings a welcome chance for us to acquaint...well-known to British ears: the two songs for Solveig from Grieg's Peer Gynt...
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- Magazine article from: Opera News Lewin, Harold F August 1, 1996 700+ words
Karita Mattila SIBELIUS SONGS. Ranta (piano). Texts & translations...ODE-856 Sibelius produced some 100 songs, nearly all to Swedish texts. In the...Mattila excels. The composer's few songs to Finnish texts, disarmingly direct...
- Mozart: Requiem. Karita Mattila, Rachel Harnisch, Sara Mingardo, Michael...
- Magazine article from: Sensible Sound Puccio, John April 1, 2000 700+ words
Mozart: Requiem. Karita Mattila, Rachel Harnisch, Sara Mingardo, Michael Schade, Bryn Terfel; Schwedischer Rundfunkchor; Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic...
- Weber: Der Freischutz. (Karita Mattila, Francisco Araiza, Ekkhard Wlaschiha,...
- Magazine article from: Consumers' Research Magazine Grueninger, Walter F. February 1, 1992 700+ words
Weber: Der Freischutz. Karita Mattila, Francisco Araiza, Ekkhard Wlaschiha, Eva Lind, Kurt Moll (solo singers) with Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden State Orchestra...
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- Magazine article from: Town & Country Tabachnik, Robin November 1, 2002 700+ words
With her lyric-dramatic soprano, delicate yet powerful, Karita Mattila is in constant demand on the international opera scene, appearing in roles that require a true singing actress. This month...
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- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) March 29, 2004 700+ words
...matchless career. Several nights later, a literal striptease occurred on the same stage--that of the Finnish soprano Karita Mattila, in the title role of Richard Strauss' Salome. For overwhelming nakedness, both performances were, in different ways...
- San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Richard Scheinin column: Karita Mattila:...
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) November 19, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Richard Scheinin Nov. 19--Few performers are so universally admired as Karita Mattila, the Finnish soprano who routinely is lauded for her staggering soulfulness and unsettlingly direct dramatic abilities. One might...
