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Notes and Editorial Reviews
Hynninen is a strong interpreter, and his partnership with Ralf Gothoni is a formidable one. Together they explore the full dynamic and expressive range, while avoiding anything that might seem a mere performer's tour de force. The third song in the Lieder um den Tod cycle is a good example of their strength in restraint (which, perhaps one should add, has not always been their apparent policy). This is a dialogue between Death and a drunkard: Death asks the questions, the drunk replies with the tippler's invariable ''health'' (''Dein Wohl'')... Hynninen makes Death a traveller, at first an almost casual acquaintance who might well pass by, and the drunk, though tipsy, is less of a caricature. In the other songs...Hynninen brings weariness
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and pallor into his voice, which can still ring out with exciting power and vigour when the need arises... The recording is clear and well-balanced.
-- Gramophone [11/1992]
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Works on This Recording
1.
Lakeus, Op. 22 by Yrjö Kilpinen
Performer:
Jorma Hynninen (Baritone),
Ralf Gothóni (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Finland
Language: Finnish
2.
Spielmannslieder, Op. 77 by Yrjö Kilpinen
Performer:
Jorma Hynninen (Baritone),
Ralf Gothóni (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932-1933; Finland
Language: Finnish
3.
Songs of Death, Op. 62 by Yrjö Kilpinen
Performer:
Jorma Hynninen (Baritone),
Ralf Gothóni (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; Finland
Language: Finnish
4.
Lieder (7), Op. 79 by Yrjö Kilpinen
Performer:
Ralf Gothóni (Piano),
Jorma Hynninen (Baritone)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Finland
Language: Finnish
Sound Samples
Spielmannslieder (Minstrel's Songs), Op. 77: No. 1. Ihr ewigen Sterne (You Eternal Stars)
Spielmannslieder (Minstrel's Songs), Op. 77: No. 2. Eingeschneite stille felder (Silent Snow-covered Fields)
Spielmannslieder (Minstrel's Songs), Op. 77: No. 3. Spiel ich wo zum Tanze auf (I Play where there's Dancing)
Spielmannslieder (Minstrel's Songs), Op. 77: No. 4. Tanzlied (Choral Dance)
Spielmannslieder (Minstrel's Songs), Op. 77: No. 5. Spielmannssehnen (Minstrel's Longing)
Spielmannslieder (Minstrel's Songs), Op. 77: No. 6. Vor Tau und Tag (In the Dewy Morn)
Spielmannslieder (Minstrel's Songs), Op. 77: No. 7. Wenn der Weine nicht war (If there Were no Wine)
Spielmannslieder (Minstrel's Songs), Op. 77: No. 8. Ich sang mich durch das deutsche Land (I Sang my Way through German Land)
Lieder um den Tod (Songs About Death), Op. 62: No. 1. Voglein Schwermut (Little Bird Melancholy)
Lieder um den Tod (Songs About Death), Op. 62: No. 2. Auf einem verfallenen Kirchhof (In a Ruined Graveyard)
Lieder um den Tod (Songs About Death), Op. 62: No. 3. Der Tod und der einsame Trinker (Death and the Solitary Drinker)
Lieder um den Tod (Songs About Death), Op. 62: No. 4. Winternacht (Winter Night)
Lieder um den Tod (Songs About Death), Op. 62: No. 5. Der Saemann (The Sower)
Lieder um den Tod (Songs About Death), Op. 62: No. 6. Unverlierbare Gewahr (Inviolable Guarantee)
Lakeus, Op. 22: Lakeus I: Mun sieluni sun yllas varajaa
Lakeus, Op. 22: Lakeus II: Sun rauhaas lemmin
Lakeus, Op. 22: Lakeus III: Yon ihmeelliseen valoon peityin
Lakeus, Op. 22: Lakeus IV: Ikavassa kenttain huojuvaisten
Lakeus, Op. 22: Lakeus V: Paivan viime sateet lankee
7 Lieder, Op. 79: No. 1. Mancher Stunden Wehen
7 Lieder, Op. 79: No. 2. Der Heimatlose
7 Lieder, Op. 79: No. 3. Vorfruhling
7 Lieder, Op. 79: No. 4. Venezianisches Intermezzo
7 Lieder, Op. 79: No. 5. Lied der Renate
7 Lieder, Op. 79: No. 6. Nachts auf Posten
7 Lieder, Op. 79: No. 7. Marienkirche zu Danzig im Gerust
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