Liekut ja loitsut = Lullabies and spells (2000) (16:26) -- Neljä Puuhaara-laulua = Four songs from Antti Puuhaara (2008). Tuuti lasta Tuonelahan = Rock my child to Tuonela (3:11) ; Puun haarasta syntynyt = Born of a tree-branch (2:50) ; Metsä tietää = The forest knows (6:52) ; Loitsu = Spell (5:47) -- Papiermusik (1990/2008) (7:13) -- Rondo (1997) (8:47) -- Suomenkielinen vokaliisi = Vocalise in Finnish (1993) (8:14) -- Kipuloitsu = Spell against pain (2006) (13:26).
Note
The 2nd work excerpts from the opera includes the movements from the melodrama that can be performed a cappella or with harp only.
For mixed chorus, unacc. (3rd-4th, 6th works) or with instrumental ensemble (clarinet/bass clarinet and percussion) (1st), harp (2nd), or electronics (5th) acc.
Event (note)
Recorded Mar. 3, 2001, White Hall, Sept. 6, 2008, and May 18, 2007, Roihuvuori Church and Sandels Hall, May 9, 1997, Vaasa City Hall, and Dec. 10, 1993, House of Nobility, Helsinki.
Language (note)
Sung principally in Finnish; text of the 3rd work random phonemes and 2 German sentences, and the 5th has a nonsense text consisting of Finnish words chosen for phonetic properties.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Tuomela, Tapio.
Title
Spells [electronic resource] = Loitsut / Tapio Tuomela.
Kaisa Tuppurainen, percussion, Heikki Nikula, clarinets (1st work) ; Saara Rautio, harp (2nd) ; Tapio Tuomela, sampler (5th) ; Helsinki Chamber Choir (2nd-3rd, 6th) ; Finnish Radio Chamber Choir (1st, 4th-5th) ; Eric-Olof Söderström (1st, 5th-6th), Nils Schweckendiek (2nd-3rd), or Hannu Norjanen (4th), conductor.
Event
Recorded Mar. 3, 2001, White Hall, Sept. 6, 2008, and May 18, 2007, Roihuvuori Church and Sandels Hall, May 9, 1997, Vaasa City Hall, and Dec. 10, 1993, House of Nobility, Helsinki.
Language
Sung principally in Finnish; text of the 3rd work random phonemes and 2 German sentences, and the 5th has a nonsense text consisting of Finnish words chosen for phonetic properties.