Toivo Kuula: Complete Solo Songs, Volume Two
Toivo Kuula (1883–1918) is one of the many composers who died at a tragically young age – 34 in his case: he was hit by a bullet fired after a brawl at a victory celebration at the end of the Finnish Civil War. The immediacy of the music he wrote during his short life points to the immensity of the loss not only to Finnish culture but to music more generally – as this second album of two, presenting his entire output of songs for solo voice and piano, makes abundantly clear. The range of moods captured here is striking; the most passionate of these songs generate an operatic intensity in their short span, in a style that balances directness of expression and rich late-Romantic harmonies.
Jenni Lättilä, soprano
Kirill Kozlovski, piano
Listen To This Recording:
- The Maiden and the Son of a Boyer, Op. 18 No. 2 (1911)* (11:43)
Four Songs, Op. 23 (1912) (10:18)
- No. 1, The Blue Maiden (2:28)
- No. 2, Ave Maria (3:55)
- No. 3, Treading on Flowers (1:19)
- No. 4, Fate (2:36)
Four Songs, Op. 24 (1913) (13:38)
- No. 1, Saturday Night (4:19)
- No. 2, Ice Flowers (3:04)
- No. 3, Old Autumn Song (3:35)
- No. 4, Heathland Allure (2:40)
- Vocalise (Mélodie Lugubre) Op. 17c, No. 2 (1909/1911)* (3:57)
Three Songs, Op. 29a (1915) (8:01)
- No. 1, Come, My Love (1915) (2:32)
- No. 2, The Bird Protecting its Nest (1914)
- No. 3, The Herder Boys (4:10)
- Imandra’s Song, Op. 30c No. 4 (1916) (2:19)
- Spring Song (1917) (3:40)
Two Songs, Op. 31a (1917) (4:45)
- No. 1, Sailing in the Moonlight (2:13)
- No. 2, In the Cattle-yard (2:32)
*First Recordings in this Version
First Complete Recording
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