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Einojuhani Rautavaara

*1928 FI, Helsinki
Composer of Classical

Einojuhani Rautavaara (About this sound pronunciation ; born 9 October 1928) is a Finnish composer of classical music. He is one of the most notable Finnish composers after Jean Sibelius and Kaija Saariaho.Rautavaara has written 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".

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Spoken Word
  • Brass
Popular Tracks   
Thomas: Act I: Soma, Soma … (Chorus, Thomas) on Rautavaara: Thomas by Einojuhani Rautavaara & Pekka Haapasalo
Deux Sérénades (Written for Hilary Hahn): No. 1. Sérénade pour mon amour. Moderato on Rautavaara: Deux Sérénades: No. 1. Sérénade pour mon amour. Moderato by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Hilary Hahn, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France & Mikko Franck
The Fiddlers: III. Klockar Samuel Dikström on The Fiddlers: III. Klockar Samuel Dikström by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti
Cantus arcticus, Op. 61, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": II. Melankolia (Melancholy) on Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3 by Einojuhani Rautavaara
Cantus arcticus, Op. 61, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": I. Suo (The Marsh) on Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3 by Einojuhani Rautavaara
Missa a cappella: I. Kyrie on Rautavaara: Missa a cappella by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Latvijas Radio koris & Sigvards Kļava
Cantus arcticus, Op. 61, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": III. Joutsenet muuttavat (Swans Migrating) on Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3 by Einojuhani Rautavaara
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 45: III. Molto vivace on Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3 by Einojuhani Rautavaara
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 45: I. Con grandezza on Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3 by Einojuhani Rautavaara
Harp Concerto: II. Adagietto on Rautavaara, E.: Harp Concerto / Symphony No. 8 by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Marielle Nordmann & Leif Segerstam

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Works For Cello And PianoEinojuhani Rautavaara, Tanja Tetzlaff, Gunilla Süssmann2018Album
Violin ConcertosJean Sibelius / Einojuhani Rautavaara, Tobias Feldmann, Orchestre Philharmonique De Liège, Jean-Jacques Kantorow2018Album
FantasiaAnne Akiko Meyers, Einojuhani Rautavaara / Karol Szymanowski / Maurice Ravel, Philharmonia Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi2017Album
Missa a cappella - Sacred Choral WorksEinojuhani Rautavaara, Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava2013Album
Modificata / Incantations (Percussion Concerto) / Towards The Horizon (Cello Concerto No. 2)Einojuhani Rautavaara, Colin Currie, Truls Mørk, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds2012Album
Marjatta The Lowly MaidenEinojuhani Rautavaara, Tapiolan Kuoro, Pasi Hyökki2011Album
Kaivos = The MineEinojuhani Rautavaara2011Album
Musiikkia Mestarin Kynasta: RautavaaraEinojuhani Rautavaara2010Album
Choral MusicEinojuhani Rautavaara, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, James Burton2010Album
The 8 SymphoniesEinojuhani Rautavaara2009Compil.
12 ConcertosEinojuhani Rautavaara2009Compil.
Manhattan Trilogy / Symphony No. 3Einojuhani Rautavaara, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam2008Album
Symphony No. 8 'The Journey' • Manhattan Trilogy • ApotheosisEinojuhani Rautavaara - The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Pietari Inkinen2008Album
Jehkin Iivana Complete Guitar MusicOlli Mustonen, Einojuhani Rautavaara - Ismo Eskelinen, Petri Alanko2007Album
Cantus Arcticus / Angel Of Dusk / String Quartet No. 2Einojuhani Rautavaara, Klemetti Institute Symphony Orchestra, Pertti Pekkanen, Olli Kosonen, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Leif Segerstam, Jean Sibelius Quartet2007Album
Song Of My Heart - Orchestral SongsEinojuhani Rautavaara / Gabriel Suovanen, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam2006Album
Book Of Visions/ Adagio Celeste/ Symphony No. 1Einojuhani Rautavaara, Mikko Franck, Nationaal Orkest Van België2005Album
Garden Of Spaces - Clarinet Concerto - Cantus ArcticusEinojuhani Rautavaara, Leif Segerstam, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Stoltzman2005Album
Symphony No. 8 'The Journey' Violin ConcertoEinojuhani Rautavaara2004Album
Zolo : Finnish Works For AccordionMatti Rantanen - Einojuhani Rautavaara, Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Jukka Tiensuu, Otto Romanowski, Tapio Tuomela, Harri Vuori2004Album
Symphony No. 7 "Angel Of Light"Einojuhani Rautavaara - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Hannu Koivula2003Album
Apotheosis / Symphony No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'Einojuhani Rautavaara / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2003Album
True & False UnicornEinojuhani Rautavaara2003Album
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 And 3Einojuhani Rautavaara - Laura Mikkola, Nederlands Radio Symfonie Orkest, Eri Klas2003Album
SongsEinojuhani Rautavaara, Jyrki Korhonen, Ilkka Paananen2003Album
GhostsAulis Sallinen - Kalevi Aho - Einojuhani Rautavaara - Tuomas Kantelinen / Kaartin Soittokunta2003Album
Suomi / FinlandJean Sibelius, Toivo Kuula, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Chœur De Chambre Accentus, Eric Ericson2002Album
Complete Works For String OrchestraEinojuhani Rautavaara - Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas2001Album
Symphony No. 8, "The Journey" / Harp ConcertoEinojuhani Rautavaara2001Album
A Requiem In Our TimeEinojuhani Rautavaara - Finnish Brass Symphony, Hannu Lintu2000Album
Piano Concerto No. 3 "Gift Of Dreams"; Autumn GardensEinojuhani Rautavaara / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy2000Album
Playgrounds For Angels (Nordic Music For Brass)Brass Partout, Hermann Bäumer - Einojuhani Rautavaara • Jean Sibelius • Edvard Grieg • Knut Nystedt2000Album
Works For PianoEinojuhani Rautavaara, Laura Mikkola1999Album
Sacred Works For Mixed ChorusEinojuhani Rautavaara - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir • Timo Nuoranne1999Album
Angel Of Light, etc.Einojuhani Rautavaara1999Album
On The Last Frontier / Flute Concerto / AnadyomeneEinojuhani Rautavaara - Patrick Gallois, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Philharmonic Choir, Leif Segerstam1999Album
Total TrumpetJouko Harjanne - Georg Philipp Telemann, Jouni Kaipainen, Giuseppe Torelli, Einojuhani Rautavaara . Bohuslav Martinů, Jarmo Sermilä1999Album
Angel of Dusk · Symphony No. 2 · A Finnish Myth · FiddlersEinojuhani Rautavaara / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Esko Laine1998Album
Angels And BeyondEinojuhani Rautavaara1998Compil.
Einojuhani RautavaaraEinojuhani Rautavaara1998Compil.
String Quintet "Unknown Heavens" / String Quartets 1 & 2Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jean Sibelius Quartet, Jan-Erik Gustafsson1998Album
Book Of LifeEinojuhani Rautavaara1998Album
Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3Einojuhani Rautavaara - Laura Mikkola, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Hannu Lintu1998Album
VigiliaEinojuhani Rautavaara1998Album
Violin Concerto / Isle Of Bliss / Angels And VisitationsEinojuhani Rautavaara - Elmar Oliveira, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam1997Album
Einojuhani RautavaaraEinojuhani Rautavaara1997Compil.
Angel Of LightEinojuhani Rautavaara1996Album
The Myth Of Sampo (For Male Chorus, Soloists And Tape)Einojuhani Rautavaara - Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, Matti Hyökki1995Album
Complete Works For String Orchestra Vol. 2Einojuhani Rautavaara / Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas1995Album
Complete Works For String Orchestra Vol. 1Einojuhani Rautavaara / Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas1994Album
Symphony No. 6 "Vincentiana" & Cello ConcertoEinojuhani Rautavaara / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Max Pommer, Marko Ylönen1994Album
Cantus ArcticusEinojuhani Rautavaara1994Album
Pelimannit String Quartet No. 4 Monologues Of The Unicorn Serenades Of The Unicorn Ludus Verbalis LapsimessuEinojuhani Rautavaara1993Album
Piano ConcertosFranz Schubert, Joseph Haydn, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Ralf Gothóni, Münchener Streichtrio, Finlandia Sinfonietta, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Max Pommer1993Album
Piano Concertos 1 & 2Einojuhani Rautavaara - Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Max Pommer, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Ralf Gothóni1991Album
VincentEinojuhani Rautavaara, Jorma Hynninen, Finnish National Opera Orchestra And Chorus, Фуат Мансуров1990Album
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 / Cantus ArcticusEinojuhani Rautavaara - Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Max Pommer1990Album
Symphonies Nos 1, 2 & 3Einojuhani Rautavaara, Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Max Pommer1990Album
Nordic Music Vol. 1Musica Vitae, Wojciech Rajski, Helén Jahren - Johan Helmich Roman, Jean Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Lars-Erik Larsson, Jan Carlstedt1990Album
Cantus Arcticus / Angel Of Dusk / A Requiem In Our TimeEinojuhani Rautavaara1989Album
Works For PianoEinojuhani Rautavaara - Izumi Tateno1987Album
Three Folk Song Arrangements, Pétrouchka, Fiddlers, The Sheep's PolskaJean Sibelius, Igor Stravinsky, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Toivo Kuula1986Album
Thomas (Opera In Three Acts)Einojuhani Rautavaara1986Album
Rautavaara: Angel Of Dusk / Meriläinen: Concerto For Double Bass And Percussion InstrumentsEinojuhani Rautavaara, Usko Meriläinen, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri Conducted By Leif Segerstam1984Album
Cantus Arcticus / Symphony No. 2Einojuhani Rautavaara / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Klemetti Institute Symphony Orchestra, Pertti Pekkanen1981Album
Symphony No. 5 / A Requiem In Our TimeJean Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jorma Panula, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra1980Album
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 In C Minor Op.110, Einojuhani Rautavaara String Quartet No.4 Opus 87Dmitri Shostakovich, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Voces Intimae Quartet1977Album
Sibelius, Rautavaara, SegerstamHelsinki Chamber Orchestra, Leif Segerstam - Jean Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara1975Album
Giuliani, Ibert, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Von Koch, RautavaaraGunilla von Bahr, Diego Blanco, Mauro Giuliani, Jacques Ibert, Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco, Erland Von Koch, Einojuhani Rautavaara1975Album
VigiliaEinojuhani Rautavaara, Klemetti-Opiston Kamarikuoro, Harald Andersén1972Album
Contemporary Finnish Music 2Leif Segerstam / Usko Meriläinen / Einojuhani Rautavaara / Joonas Kokkonen1967Album
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