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Songs by Jean Sibelius
Pia Freund (soprano), Tommi Hakala (baritone) & Kristian Attila (piano)
Freund and Tommi Hakala here find an attractively intimate, chamber route into these songs, short-changing on neither enjoyment nor pain…this new collection, with well-balanced natural recording...
Norden
Songs by Jean Sibelius
Pia Freund (soprano), Tommi Hakala (baritone) & Kristian Attila (piano)
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Freund and Tommi Hakala here find an attractively intimate, chamber route into these songs, short-changing on neither enjoyment nor pain…this new collection, with well-balanced natural recording...
About
Cardiff singer of the world competition winner Tommi Hakala, baritone, Pia Freund, soprano and Kristian Attila, piano, perform Sibelius “hits” that have become especially dear to them. Examples are Säf, säf susa (Sigh, Rushes, Sigh), Illalle (To Ilta) and Var det en dröm? (Was it a Dream?). Some of the songs are truly rare; these include En visa (A Song), which despite its serious message shows a very exceptional, relaxed and jovial Sibelius. It is also the first Lied he allowed to be published, and it dates from 1888. Examples of songs that are interesting in an unusual way are Marssnön (The March Snow), which comes very close to a Scandinavian folk song, and I natten (In the Night), with its simply evocative and impressionistic moods.
Contents and tracklist
- Pia Freund, Tommi Hakala, Kristian Attila
- Tommi Hakala, Kristian Attila
- Pia Freund, Kristian Attila
- Pia Freund, Kristian Attila
- Tommi Hakala, Kristian Attila
- Tommi Hakala, Kristian Attila
- Tommi Hakala, Kristian Attila
- Tommi Hakala, Kristian Attila
- Tommi Hakala, Kristian Attila
- Pia Freund, Kristian Attila
- Tommi Hakala, Kristian Attila
- Tommi Hakala, Kristian Attila
- Tommi Hakala, Kristian Attila
- Pia Freund, Kristian Attila
- Tommi Hakala, Kristian Attila
Awards and reviews
February 2016
Freund and Tommi Hakala here find an attractively intimate, chamber route into these songs, short-changing on neither enjoyment nor pain…this new collection, with well-balanced natural recording and including many better known items, stands up well alongside [its competitors]