Jenni Lättilä, Kirill Kozlovski - Kuula: Complete Solo Songs, Vol. 2 (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Impi ja pajarin poika, Op. 18
02. 4 Songs, Op. 23: No. 1, Sinipiika
03. 4 Songs, Op. 23: No. 2, Ave Maria
04. 4 Songs, Op. 23: No. 3, Yli kukkien
05. 4 Songs, Op. 23: No. 4, Kohtalo
06. 4 Songs, Op. 24: No. 1, Lauantai-ilta
07. 4 Songs, Op. 24: No. 2, Jääkukkia
08. 4 Songs, Op. 24: No. 3, Vanha syyslaulu
09. 4 Songs, Op. 24: No. 4, Heidezauber
10. Vocalise
11. 3 Songs, Op. 29a: No. 1, Tule armaani
12. 3 Songs, Op. 29a: No. 2, Pesäänsä suojeleva lintu
13. 3 Songs, Op. 29a: No. 3, Paimenet
14. Music for the Play Taikapeili , Op. 30c: Imandran laulu
15. Kevätlaulu
16. 2 Songs, Op. 31a: No. 1, Purjein kuutamolla
17. 2 Songs, Op. 31a: No. 2, Karjapihassa

Toivo Kuula (1883–1918) is one of the many composers who died at a tragically young age – 34 in his case: he was hit by a bullet fired after a brawl at a victory celebration at the end of the Finnish Civil War. The immediacy of the music he wrote during his short life points to the immensity of the loss not only to Finnish culture but to music more generally – as this second album of two, presenting his entire output of songs for solo voice and piano, makes abundantly clear. The range of moods captured here is striking; the most passionate of these songs generate an operatic intensity in their short span, in a style that balances directness of expression and rich late-Romantic harmonies.

Jenni Lättilä, soprano
Kirill Kozlovski, piano

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