Nils Schweckendiek, Helsinki Chamber Choir – Rautavaara: Vigilia (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Nils Schweckendiek, Helsinki Chamber Choir – Rautavaara: Vigilia (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:34 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Classical
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In 1971, Einojuhani Rautavaara was asked to compose a Finnish Orthodox church service, an all-night vigil similar to that of Rachmaninov, comprising Vespers as well as Matins. Soon after the first performance he reshaped the music into what we now know as Vigilia, a concert version forming a musical whole. As his inspiration, Rautavaara has himself described a visit to the Valamo monastery in the middle of Lake Ladoga in 1939: ‘The bells began to ring, low-pitched booms and higher, shrill clinks: the world was filled with sounds and colors…’ The music is marked by dark colors, the heady smell of incense and the crepuscular church lit only by small candles. Divided into two parts, Vespers and Matins, the 70-minute work consists of 34 sections, and features prominent parts for a bass and a tenor soloist, as well as a number of solo voices emerging from the mixed choir. The work is enriched by the constantly changing combinations of choir and soloists, the perspective shifting from the personal to the universal. It is here performed by the 21-strong Helsinki Chamber Choir, under its artistic director Nils Schweckendiek – a team that has made several recordings for BIS in recent years. These include Riemuitkaamme!, a Christmas album (‘Schweckendiek’s immaculately blended singers make a glorious noise’, The Arts Desk), as well as a two-album survey of the choral works of Finnish modernist Erik Bergman (‘The Helsinki choir produces a radiant sound throughout’, Choir & Organ).

Tracklist:
1. Niall Chorell – Vigilia: No. 1, Tulkaa, kumartakaamme meidän (00:53)
2. Tuukka Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 2, Alkupsalmi (02:31)
3. Varvara Merras-Häyrynen – Vigilia: No. 3, Katisma (02:29)
4. Helsinki Chamber Choir – Vigilia: No. 4, Avuksihuutopsalmi (02:05)
5. Tuukka Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 5, Avuksihuutostikiira (04:08)
6. Niall Chorell – Vigilia: No. 6, Dogmistikiira Jumalansynnyttäjälle (02:16)
7. Helsinki Chamber Choir – Vigilia: No. 7, Ehtoohymni (02:26)
8. Helsinki Chamber Choir – Vigilia: No. 8, Hartauden ektenia (01:23)
9. Tuukka Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 9, Litanian stikiira (02:50)
10. Helsinki Chamber Choir – Vigilia: No. 10, Litanian ektenia (02:43)
11. Tuukka Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 11, Virrelmästikiira (01:11)
12. Meri Metsomäki – Vigilia: No. 12, Tropari I (03:01)
13. Niall Chorell – Vigilia: No. 13, Juhlapäivän tropari (02:54)
14. Helsinki Chamber Choir – Vigilia: No. 14, Loppusiunaus (01:39)
15. Niall Chorell – Vigilia: No. 15, Kunnia olkoon pyhälle (00:39)
16. Helsinki Chamber Choir – Vigilia: No. 16, Tropari II (01:48)
17. Helsinki Chamber Choir – Vigilia: No. 17, Tropari III (01:30)
18. Helsinki Chamber Choir – Vigilia: No. 18, Ylistysveisu (00:34)
19. Helsinki Chamber Choir – Vigilia: No. 19, Ylösnousemustropari (05:19)
20. Niall Chorell – Vigilia: No. 20, Antifoni (02:19)
21. Sampo Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 21, Prokimeni (01:19)
22. Júlia Heéger – Vigilia: No. 22, Ylösnousemusveisu (03:35)
23. Tuukka Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 23, Irmossi I (01:03)
24. Tuukka Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 24, Irmossi III (00:45)
25. Tuukka Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 25, Irmossi IV (01:04)
26. Tuukka Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 26, Irmossi V (02:09)
27. Tuukka Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 27, Irmossi VI (01:06)
28. Tuukka Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 28, Irmossi VII (00:49)
29. Tuukka Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 29, Irmossi VIII (00:37)
30. Tove Djupsjöbacka – Vigilia: No. 30, Jumalansynnyttäjän kiitosvirsi (05:23)
31. Sampo Haapaniemi – Vigilia: No. 31, Irmossi IX (01:31)
32. Júlia Heéger – Vigilia: No. 32, Kiitosstikiira (01:45)
33. Niall Chorell – Vigilia: No. 33, Ylösnousemustropari (02:30)
34. Helsinki Chamber Choir – Vigilia: No. 34, Loppusiunaus (02:05)

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