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Einojuhani Rautavaara
12+ albums
contemporary classicalClassicalfinnishAvant-Garde20th Century Classical
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Einojuhani Rautavaara (9 October 1928 – 27 July 2016) was a Finnish composer of classical music. He was one of the most notable Finnish composers after Jean Sibelius. Rautavaara wrote a great number of works spanning various styles. Having written early works using 12-tone serial techniques, his later music may be described as neo-romantic and mystical. Major works include Cantus Arcticus and Symphony No. 7 "Angel of Light". Rautavaara was born in Helsinki in 1928. His father Eino was an opera singer and cantor, and his mother Elsa was a doctor. Both of his parents died before he reached his 16th birthday, and he went on to live with his aunt Hilja Teräskeli in a Helsinki suburb. Rautavaara studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki under Aarre Merikanto from 1948 to 1952. He first came to international attention when he won the Thor Johnson Contest for his composition A Requiem for Our Time in 1954, and the work prompted Jean Sibelius to recommended him for a scholarship to study at the Juilliard School in New York City. There he was taught by Vincent Persichetti, and he also took lessons from Roger Sessions and Aaron Copland at Tanglewood. He graduated at the Sibelius Academy in 1957. Rautavaara served as a non-tenured teacher at the Sibelius Academy from 1957 to 1959, music archivist of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from 1959 to 1961, rector of the Käpylä Music Institute in Helsinki from 1965 to 1966, tenured teacher at the Sibelius Academy from 1966 to 1976, art
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Symphony No. 7, "Angel of Light": III. Come un sogno
6,0562Cantus arcticus, Op. 61, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": II. Melankolia (Melancholy)
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3,3964Cantus Arcticus Op_61-2 / Melankolia (Melancholy)
3,3165Cantus arcticus, Op. 61, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": III. Joutsenet muuttavat (Swans Migrating)
3,1016Thomas: Act I: Soma, Soma … (Chorus, Thomas)
2,8327Cantus arcticus, Op. 61, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": I. Suo (The Marsh)
2,4558Cantus arcticus, Op. 61, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": I. The Bog
2,3279Cantus Arcticus Op_61-1 / Suo (The Marsh)
2,17710Tranquillo
2,045albums
RAUTAVAARA: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3
RAUTAVAARA: Piano Works
Cantus Arcticus, Piano Concerto No 1, Symphony No 3
Apotheosis: The Best of Einojuhani Rautavaara
Rautavaara: Thomas
RAUTAVAARA: Symphony No. 7 / Angels and Visitations
Rautavaara: Symphony No. 7, Angel of Light / Dances With Winds, Op. 69 / Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61
RAUTAVAARA: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 / Isle of Bliss
Rautavaara, E.: Concertos
Rautavaara, E.: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Autumn Gardens
Rautavaara, E.: Harp Concerto / Symphony No. 8
Rautavaara: Missa a cappella