Northlands

Tommi Hyytinen · Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra · Tapiola Sinfonietta · Helsinki Chamber Choir

2018 · ABCD 416

Credits

Performers: Tommi Hyytinen — French hornFinnish Radio Symphony OrchestraTapiola Sinfonietta — EnsembleHelsinki Chamber Choir — EnsembleIlari Angervo — ViolinJúlia Heéger — Soprano
Composers: Matthew Whittall
Conductors and other contributors: Nils Schweckendiek — Conductor

About this release

Northlands presents music by Matthew Whittall inspired by nature, poetry and northern landscapes. The album features Northlands for horn and strings, ad puram annihilationem meam and The return of light. Performers include horn player Tommi Hyytinen, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta and the Helsinki Chamber Choir, conducted by Nils Schweckendiek. The album was named Record of the Year 2017 by Yle’s Kulttuuriykkönen programme.

Tracks

Northlands - album for horn and strings
1.Part Icomp. Matthew Whittall (b.1975)ISRC FIABA170045812:09
2.Part IIcomp. Matthew WhittallISRC FIABA170045914:53
ad puram annihilationem meam
3.ad puram annihilationem meamcomp. Matthew WhittallISRC FIABA170046019:24
4.The return of lightcomp. Matthew WhittallISRC FIABA170046124:35

Reviews

The first rays of the returning sun glow in gorgeous chords from the orchestra and wordless chorus, and for a few minutes the flaming disc sets the ice-towers aflame in mounting waves of breathtaking refulgence before receding below the horizon, leaving a transformed, glowing twilight.
Records International · July 24, 2018
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Vuoden 2017 levy on Northlands – music by Matthew Whittall
Kulttuuriykkösessä julkisti Vuoden levyn 2017. Voittaja on Norrthlands – music by Matthew Whittall. Haastattelussa säveltäjä Matthew Whitall, käyrätorvensoittaja Tommi Hyytinen ja Alba Recordsin toimitusjohtaja Erkki Nisonen. Valintaraadin jäsen, musiikkikriitikko Kare Eskola kertoo, ketkä ovat Suomessa nyt säveltaiteen huippuja.
Ohjelman juontaa Jakke Holvas.
Matthew Whittall på strövtåg i poetiska nordliga landskap
Bild: Illustration: Cajsa Holgersson
Kulttuuriykkönen
13.12.2017 11:31 Uppdaterad 13.12.2017 11:40
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Northlands
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Skivrecension Mats Liljeroos