Recordings

Rajaton sings Queen with Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Bohemian Rhapsody
I Want It All
Killer Queen
A Kind Of Magic
Somebody To Love
You Take My Breathe Away
Under Pressure
Innuendo
We Are The Champions
Who Wants To Live Forever
Don’t Stop Me Now
Bicycle Race
Love Of My Life
The Show Must Go On

Jaakko Kuusisto, conductor
Lauluyhtye Rajaton

Plastinka Records
Plastinka PLACD 059

Gold Disc 10/2008  (15.000 pcl in Finland)
Platinum Record 2010

Kalevi Aho – Simfonia nro. 12 ‘Luosto’

Kalevi Aho (s. 1949)
Symphony No. 12 (Luosto Symphony) (2002-03)
1) I. The Shamans 13’16
2) II. Winter Darkness and Midsummer 14’00
3) III. Song in the Fells 9’36
4) IV. Storm in the Fells 11’06

TT: 48’56

Taina Piira, soprano
Aki Alamikkotervo, tenor
Hannu Lehtonen, saxophone
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra of Lapland
John Storgårds, conductor

Nielsen & Aho – Clarinet Concertos

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931):
Clarinet Concerto (1928)

Kalevi Aho (b. 1949):
Clarinet Concerto

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Martin Fröst, clarinet

BIS-SACD-1463, 3/2007

Jean Sibelius – The Origin of Fire

1. Tulen synty (The Origin of Fire), Op. 32
revised version (1902/19)
2. Sandels, Op. 28, revised version (1898/1951)
3. Har du mod? (Have You Courage?), Op. 31 No.
2, second version (1904/11), WPR
4. Vapautettu kuningatar (The captive Queen),
Op. 48, WPR
5. Jääkärien marssi
(March of the Finnish Jäger Battalion), Op. 91a
6. Koskenlaskijan morsiamet
(The Rapids-Rider’s Brides), Op. 33, WPR
7. Rakastava (The Lover), JS160b, WPR
8. Har du mod? (Have You Courage?), Op. 31 No. 2
fourth version (1904/14), WPR
9. Sandels, Op. 28, original version (1898), WPR
10. Tulen synty (The Origin of Fire), Op. 32,
original version (1902), WPR

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Tommi Hakala, baritone (1, 10)
Tom Nyman, tenor (7)
YL Male Voice Choir

BIS-CD-1525, 2/2007

WPR= World Première Recordings

The Essential Sibelius

15 cds of Sibelius’s music

BIS-CD-1697-1700

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Rajaton sings Abba with Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Dancing Queen
Chiquitita
Money Money Money
One Of Us
Voulez-Vous
Does Your Mother Know
Head Over Heels
Mamma Mia
Gimme Gimme Gimme
The Winner Takes It All
Thank You For The Music
Fernando
Waterloo

Jaakko Kuusisto, conductor
Rajaton

PLA-CD-043, 11/2006

Platinum Record 2006 (30.000 pcl in Finland)

Jean Sibelius – Seriously Sibelius

In memoriam, Op. 59, first Version (WPR)
Two Serious Melodies, Op. 77
Marko Ylönen, cello
Presto for strings (1894)
Lemminkäinen in Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
reconstructed 1896 version (WPR)
Humoresque No. 1 in D minor, Op. 87 No. 1
first version (WPR)
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 96
In memoriam, Op. 59, revised version

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
Marko Ylönen, cello

BIS-CD-1485, 8/2006

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Jean Sibelius – Spirit of Nature

Songs, Cantatas and Orchestral Works

Overture in E major, JS 145
Scéne de ballet, JS 163
Kullervon valitus from Kullervo, Op. 7
for bass and orchestra (WPR)
Serenade, JS 168
I natten, Op. 38 No. 3 (WPR)
Impromptu, Op. 19 – original version
for women’s chorus and orchestra (WPR)
Impromptu, Op. 19 – final version
for women’s chorus and orchestra
Pan and Echo, Op. 53
Höstkväll, Op. 38 No. 1
for soprano and string orchestra (WPR)
Hertig Magnus, Op. 57 No. 6
for soprano and orchestra (WPR)
Luonnotar, Op. 70
for soprano and orchestra
Väinön virsi, Op. 110
for mixed chorus and orchestra

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Helena Juntunen, soprano
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Jyrki Korhonen, bass
Dominante Choir

BIS-CD-1565, 3/2006

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The Legend of Jean Sibelius

Disc 1
Finlandia, Op. 26
Karelia Suite, Op. 11
Raimo Laukka, baritone
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
The Oceanides, Op. 73
Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1

Disc 2
Andante Festivo, JS 34b
En saga, Op. 9
Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49
The Wood-Nymph, Op. 15
Tapiola, Op. 112
Porilaisten marssi, JS 152 (Arr. Jean Sibelius)

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

BIS-CD-1557/58, 10/2005

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