Paul Taylor Orchestra – Alphorn & Nordic Winds
Artists: Title: Alphorn & Nordic Winds
Catalogue No.: SM221 – 2 CDs
Release: 10.07.2015
Description
Starting in the summer of 1999, my personal luck in returning every summer to Jakobstad, Finland, became musical fortune as well. The invitation to guest direct the city orchestra, Jakobstads‘ Orkester, the following season, expanded my interest in Finnish music. Jenny Wilhelms, singer and band-leader of the group peppered the performances with „kulning“, the Swedish form of cow-calling using natural intervals in her highest coloratura voice. This reminded me of Swiss Alpine blessings, melodies, and the Alpine horn. The same year I also heard Hedningarna, whose singer was Sanna Kurki-Suonio, a Rune singing specialist. . In 2013 Karoliina Kantelinen joined us with her multi-facetted expressive art, and her own songs to be adapted. In Eliana Burki I found a young adventuresome alphorn player, ready to perform classical scores as well as jazz, with that beautiful authentic sound.
In «Alphorn & Nordic Winds» string virtuosos with harp and percussion build a musical bridge from Switzerland to Finland. The composers and performers run a gamut of emotions and movements, a veritable fusion of classical, folk and jazz styles.
Paul Taylor
In «Alphorn & Nordic Winds» string virtuosos with harp and percussion build a musical bridge from Switzerland to Finland. The composers and performers run a gamut of emotions and movements, a veritable fusion of classical, folk and jazz styles.
Paul Taylor
Tracklist
| CD I | ||
| Concerto grosso 2010 | TIMO ALAKOTILA | |
| Ouverture, vivace | 08:21 | |
| Konzert Alphorn & Streicher | CARL RÜTTI | |
| I | 08:01 | |
| II | 06:25 | |
| III | 03:58 | |
| Improvisation I | ||
| Improvisation I | 03:34 | |
| Karelian Echoes | KAROLIINA KANTELINEN, ANDREAS PEER KÄHLER | |
| Wedding Song | 03:08 | |
| Wolf’s Spell | 04:46 | |
| Concerto Grosso | TIMO ALAKOTILA | |
| Polska, allegro | 04:36 | |
| Viaggio | 05:04 | |
| Running Time | 47:53:00 | |
| CD II | ||
| Concerto grosso 2010 | TIMO ALAKOTILA | |
| Fughetto, presto | 05:13 | |
| Weltreise Suite | ELIANA BURKI | |
| Heiweh | 02:49 | |
| Tango | 04:25 | |
| Homesick | 04:04 | |
| Cairo | 04:32 | |
| Nordic Winds | ||
| Min skog | 03:29 | Trad. Swedish |
| Täss on nainen | 06:57 | SANNA KURKI-SUONIO |
| Tina vieri | 04:35 | SANNA KURKI-SUONIO |
| Improvisation II | ||
| Improvisation II | 02:16 | |
| Smash | TIMO ALAKOTILA | |
| Smash | 03:15 | |
| Altes Guggisberg Lied | Trad. Canton Berne, Harmonisation: H.R. Willisegger | |
| Altes Guggisberg Lied | 03:14 | |
| Running Time | 44:49:00 | |
| Total Running Time | 1:32:42 |