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Martti Talvela
voc, 1935-1989 FI
Singer / Musician of Classical
A.k.a. Martti Olavi Talvela
Martti Olavi Talvela (February 4, 1935 – July 22, 1989) was a Finnish operatic bass.Born in Hiitola, Finland (now in the Republic of Karelia), the eighth of ten children he studied in Lahti and Stockholm, and made his operatic debut in Helsinki in 1960 as Sparafucile. He trained as a boxer in his youth and developed the stamina necessary for the biggest roles. Originally Talvela was educated as a primary school teacher in Savonlinna, Eastern Finland (1952–1956), and he worked in that occupation at three schools (1957–1960). He sang at the Stockholm Royal Opera in Sweden from 1961 to 1962, before becoming a regularly employed singer at the Deutsche Oper of Berlin in 1962, the same year as his debut at Bayreuth.
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Messa da Requiem: VIII. Ingemisco on Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi & Marilyn Horne Rigoletto / Act 3: "La donna è mobile...E là il vostr'uomo" on The Pavarotti Edition, Vol.3: Verdi by Giuseppe Verdi & Luciano Pavarotti Messa da Requiem: II. Dies Irae on Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi & Marilyn Horne Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: XVI. Alles Vergängliche on Mahler 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" by Gustav Mahler, Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela, Vienna Boys' Choir, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Das Rheingold, Scene 4: Halt, du Gieriger! Gönne mir auch was! on Wagner: Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2: Der Hölle Rache...Morden soll ich? on Solti - Mozart - The Operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Sir Georg Solti Die Walküre, Act I Scene 2: Müd am Herd fand ich den Mann on Wagner: Die Walküre by Richard Wagner, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan Rigoletto / Act 1: "Quel vecchio maledivami...Va, non ho niente" on GRANDI VOCI - SHERRILL MILNES - Una collana dedicata con registrazioni originali Decca e Deutsche Grammophon rimasterizzate con le tecniche più moderne che ne garantiscono eccellenza tecnica e artistica by Sherrill Milnes, Giuseppe Verdi & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Walküre, Act I Scene 2: Friedmund darf ich nicht heissen on Wagner: Die Walküre by Richard Wagner, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan Die Walküre, Act I Scene 2: Die so leidig Los dir beschied on Wagner: Die Walküre by Richard Wagner, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von KarajanTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missa Solemnis / Messe C-dur | Ludwig van Beethoven — Margaret Price · Christa Ludwig · Wiesław Ochman · Martti Talvela - Wiener Staatsopernchor · Wiener Philharmoniker · Karl Böhm, Karl Richter | 2007 | Compil. |
| Der Fliegende Holländer - Tannhäuser - Parsifal | Richard Wagner - Grace Bumbry / Franz Crass / Irene Dalis / Josef Greindl / Hans Hotter / Gundula Janowitz / George London / Gustav Neidlinger / Gerd Nienstedt / Anja Silja / Gerhard Stolze / Martti Talvela / Jess Thomas / Wolfgang Windgassen / Hans Knappertsbusch / Wolfgang Sawallisch | 2005 | Album |
| Oratorio De Paques | Johann Sebastian Bach, Helen Donath, Anna Reynolds, Ernst Haefliger, Martti Talvela, RIAS-Kammerchor, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lorin Maazel | 2001 | Album |
| Oratorio De Pâques | Johann Sebastian Bach - Helen Donath, Anna Reynolds, Ernst Haefliger, Martti Talvela, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lorin Maazel | 2001 | Album |
| The Singers: Martti Talvela | Martti Talvela | 2001 | Compil. |
| Boris Godunow | Modest Mussorgsky, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Galina Vishnevskaya, Martti Talvela, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | 1998 | Album |
| Die Zauberflöte | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ileana Cotrubas • Eric Tappy • Zdzisława Donat • Christian Boesch • José van Dam • Martti Talvela, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine | 1995 | Album |
| Die verkaufte Braut (Großer Querschnitt) | Bedřich Smetana, Barry McDaniel, Cvetka Ahlin, Melitta Muszely, Martti Talvela, Ruth Hesse, Rudolf Schock, Kurt Böhme, Heinrich Hollreiser, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Chor Der Staatsoper Berlin | 1993 | Album |
| Richard Wagner Tristan Und Isolde | Richard Wagner - Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Christa Ludwig, Martti Talvela, Eberhard Wächter, Karl Böhm | 1992 | Album |
| Die Zauberflöte - The Salzburg Festival Production (Highlights) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Ileana Cotrubas, Eric Tappy, Zdzisława Donat, Christian Boesch, José van Dam, Martti Talvela, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine | 1990 | Compil. |
| »Die Jahreszeiten« (Chöre Und Arien) | Joseph Haydn - Gundula Janowitz • Peter Schreier • Martti Talvela, Wiener Singverein • Wiener Symphoniker • Karl Böhm | 1989 | Album |
| Lied Album | Martti Talvela, Modest Mussorgsky, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Yrjö Kilpinen | 1989 | Compil. |
| Opera Album | Martti Talvela | 1989 | Album |
| Rigoletto (Atto Primo) | Richard Bonynge, The London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Huguette Tourangeau, Martti Talvela - Giuseppe Verdi | 1989 | Album |
| Suomalaisia Kansanlauluja / Finnish Folk Songs | Martti Talvela | 1989 | Album |
| Don Carlo | Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bruno Prevedi, Piero Capuccili, Martti Talvela, Antonio Zerbini, Fiorenza Cossotto | 1989 | Album |
| Die Walkure | Richard Wagner, Herbert von Karajan, New York Metropolitan Orchestra, Birgit Nilsson, Jon Vickers, Régine Crespin, Theo Adam, Josephine Veasey, Martti Talvela, Judith DePaul, Carlotta Ordassy, Shirley Love | 1989 | Album |
| I Grandi de L'Opera Vol. III N. 2: Rigoletto Atto Secondo, Atto Terzo | Giuseppe Verdi, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Huguette Tourangeau, Martti Talvela | 1989 | Album |
| Missa Solemnis / Choral Fantasia | Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, New Philharmonia Orchestra - Elisabeth Söderström, Marga Höffgen, Waldemar Kmentt, Martti Talvela, New Philharmonia Chorus / Daniel Barenboim, John Alldis Choir | 1988 | Compil. |
| Ludwig Van Beethoven; The Nine Symphonies, Volume III | Ludwig van Beethoven, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti, Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Stuart Burrows, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis | 1987 | Compil. |
| Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Edita Gruberova, Kathleen Battle, Gösta Winbergh, Heinz Zednik, Martti Talvela, Will Quadflieg, Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti | 1987 | Album |
| Pictures At An Exhibition - Night On A Bare Mountain - Songs & Dances Of Death | Modest Mussorgsky, Radion Sinfoniaorkesteri, Leif Segerstam, Neeme Järvi, Martti Talvela | 1986 | Album |
| Nabucco | Giuseppe Verdi - Evelyn Lear, Liane Synek, Sándor Kónya, Thomas Stewart, Martti Talvela, Gernot Pietsch, Horst Stein | 1986 | Album |
| Winterreise | Franz Schubert / Martti Talvela, Ralf Gothóni | 1984 | Album |
| Joulun Lauluja | Martti Talvela | 1983 | Album |
| Boris Godunov - Highlights | Modest Mussorgsky, Martti Talvela, Nicolai Gedda, Aage Haugland, Polish Radio Chorus Of Krakow, Chór Chłopięcy Filharmonii Im. Karola Szymanowskiego W Krakowie, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | 1983 | Album |
| Die Zauberflöte - The Salzburg Festival Production | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Ileana Cotrubas, Eric Tappy, Zdzisława Donat, Christian Boesch, José van Dam, Martti Talvela, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine | 1981 | Album |
| Martti Talvela, Mussorgsky - Songs & Dances of Death, Rachmaninov - Songs | Martti Talvela, Modest Mussorgsky, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Ralf Gothóni | 1981 | Album |
| Oster-Oratorium = Easter Oratorio | Johann Sebastian Bach - Helen Donath, Anna Reynolds, Ernst Haefliger, Martti Talvela, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Lorin Maazel | 1980 | Album |
| The Flying Dutchman - Highlights | Richard Wagner • Georg Solti, Norman Bailey, Janis Martin, Martti Talvela, René Kollo, Werner Krenn, Isola Jones, Chicago Symphony Chorus & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1979 | Album |
| Symphonie N°9 | Ludwig Van Beethoven | 1979 | Album |
| The Last Temptations | Joonas Kokkonen - Martti Talvela, Ritva Auvinen, Ulf Söderblom | 1978 | Album |
| Der Fliegende Holländer | Richard Wagner - Norman Bailey, Janis Martin, René Kollo, Isola Jones, Werner Krenn, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Chorus & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1977 | Album |
| Boris Godunov | Modest Mussorgsky, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow, Martti Talvela, Chór Chłopięcy Filharmonii Im. Karola Szymanowskiego W Krakowie, Polish Radio Chorus Of Krakow | 1977 | Album |
| Grosse Sänger Der Bayreuther Festspiele Seit 1960 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Gwyneth Jones - James King - Christa Ludwig - Birgit Nilsson - Karl Ridderbusch - Thomas Stewart - Martti Talvela - Jess Thomas - Wolfgang Windgassen | 1976 | Compil. |
| Sinuhun Turvaan, Jumala | Martti Talvela, Pentti Savolainen | 1976 | Album |
| Missa Solemnis | Ludwig van Beethoven — Margaret Price · Christa Ludwig · Wiesław Ochman · Martti Talvela - Wiener Staatsopernchor - Wiener Philharmoniker — Karl Böhm | 1975 | Album |
| ...Ja Laulun Lauleli (Suomalaisia Kansanlauluja = Finnish Folk Songs) | Savonlinnan Oopperajuhlakuoro, Martti Talvela, Kyösti Haatanen | 1975 | Album |
| Tuonne Taakse Metsämaan (Suomalaisia Kansanlauluja) | Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat & Martti Talvela | 1974 | Album |
| Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunow | Nicolai Ghiaurov, Galina Vishnevskaya, Ludovic Spiess, Aleksei Maslennikov, Martti Talvela | 1973 | Album |
| Rigoletto | Giuseppe Verdi • Joan Sutherland • Luciano Pavarotti • Sherrill Milnes • Huguette Tourangeau • Martti Talvela • The London Symphony Orchestra • Richard Bonynge | 1973 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral' | Ludwig van Beethoven - Georg Solti / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus / Pilar Lorengar / Yvonne Minton / Stuart Burrows / Martti Talvela | 1972 | Album |
| A Lieder Recital | Martti Talvela, Irwin Gage | 1972 | Album |
| Boris Godunov | Modest Mussorgsky - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Nicolai Ghiaurov - Wiener Philharmoniker - Herbert von Karajan – Galina Vishnevskaya · Ludovic Spiess · Aleksei Maslennikov · Martti Talvela | 1971 | Album |
| Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Martti Talvela, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti | 1968 | Album |
| Don Giovanni | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ezio Flagello, Birgit Nilsson, Peter Schreier, Martina Arroyo, Martti Talvela, Reri Grist, Alfredo Mariotti, Orchestr Národního Divadla, Karl Böhm | 1967 | Album |
| Die Jahreszeiten | Joseph Haydn, Gundula Janowitz, Peter Schreier, Martti Talvela, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Symphoniker, Karl Böhm | 1967 | Album |
| Missa Solemnis | Ludwig Van Beethoven - Otto Klemperer | 1966 | Album |
| Symphony No 9 'Choral' | Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, James King, Martti Talvela, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Wiener Philharmoniker | 1966 | Album |
| Der Fliegende Holländer ( Grosser Querschnitt ) | Richard Wagner, Theo Adam ∙ Anja Silja ∙ Martti Talvela, Gerhard Unger ∙ Ernst Kozub ∙ Annelies Burmeister | Album | |
| Ⅵ Pastorale Egmont-Overtüre / Ⅸ Mit Der Ode An Die Freude | Ludwig van Beethoven - Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, James King, Martti Talvela, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt | Album | |
| Nyt Ylös, Sieluni | Martti Talvela, Pentti Savolainen | Album | |
| Chor Der Gefangenen / Welche Klage Muß Ich Hier Vernehmen (Nabucco) | Giuseppe Verdi, Martti Talvela, Horst Stein | Single | |
| Tristan Und Isolde - Bayreuther Festspiele 1966 | Richard Wagner - Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Christa Ludwig, Martti Talvela, Eberhard Wächter, Karl Böhm | Album |
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