芬蘭聖誕音樂 / 赫爾辛基室內合唱團

Riemuitkaamme! is an imaginative and unconventional selection of choral music associated with Christmas as it is celebrated in Finland. Several of the pieces are by Finnish composers - Sibelius, Rautavaara and Madetoja, to name a few - while others have become part of the Christmas traditions of the country despite their international background. Among these Berlioz The Shepherds Farewell and Tchaikovskys Christ, when a Child are quite late additions compared to the medieval hymns Puernatusin Bethlehem, Ecce novum gaudium and Angelus emittitur. All three of these were included in the collection Piae cantiones from 1582, the oldest Finnish music publication. Here, they are performed in settings by various composers from different countries and eras forming a kind of soundtrack of Christmases past and present, distant and close. Contemporary music forms an important part of the activities of the Helsinki Chamber Choir and Nils Schweckendiek, and true to form, the team includes a world premiere recording in their celebrations: Aattoilta, by the Canadian-born composer Matthew Whittall.

1 ) Wachet auf, ruft uns die
Stimme – Synkka yö ma an
peitti aivan
J.S. Bach / Nicolai

2 ) En etsi valta a, loistoa
Jean Sibelius, arr. Ossi Elokas

3 ) Arkihuolesi kaikki heita
Leevi Madetoja

4 ) Puer natus in Bethlehem /
Synnytti piltin Bethlehem
Piae Cantiones / Praetorius / Scheidt /
Buxtehude / Schein / J.S. Bach

5 ) Pa storale for organ solo
Taneli Kuusisto

6 ) Paimenten jaahyvaiset
pyhalle perheelle
Hector Berlioz

7 ) Joulun kellot
Armas Maasalo

8 ) Ecce novum gaudium
Piae Cantiones / Jean Sibelius

9 ) Angelus emittitur /
Enkel' ala s liihotta a
Piae Cantiones / Sibelius / Klemetti

10 ) On lapsonen syntynyt meille
Jean Sibelius

11 ) Aattoilta
Matthew Whittall

12 ) Enkeli taiva an lausui nain
J.S. Bach / Praetorius / Hassler /
Othmayr / Reger

13 ) Christma s Carol
Einojuhani Rautavaara

14 ) Jouluhymni
Ahti Sonninen

15 ) Pa storale for organ solo
Arvi Karvonen

16 ) Jeesuslapsen tarha ssa
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

17 ) Ma a on niin kaunis
Trad. (Folk Song from Silesia)