[.ca] Sallinen: Kullervo - Opera in

From Amazon.com:
Sallinen is one of the great opera composers of the past few decades, although his first two, Ratsumies (The Horseman) and Punainen Viiva (The Red Line), are sadly out of print at the moment. Kullervo sets a powerfully tragic Finnish myth that is roughly comparable to the story of Oedipus. The title character is marked by fate to destroy all those closest to him, including his parents and his sister (whom he seduces and who subsequently kills herself). Finally, in a fit of remorse and self-loathing, he kills himself. Much of this opera is "horror-movie music"--static, bleak, and dissonant. It's a powerfully brooding piece of writing, but you have to be prepared to follow along with the text. This excellent performance gives the music maximum immediacy and impact. --David Hurwitz

• Act I, Intro: Chor: Untamoinen Laid His Netting - Finnish National Op Chor/Ulf Soderblom
• Act I, Scene 1: What's The Matter?/What Oppresses You? Again - Juha Kotilainen/Paula Etelavuori
• Act I, Scene 1: He Was A Small, And Lost His Father - Finnish National Op Chor/Ulf Soderblom
• Act I, Scene 1: If All The Trees Were One Tree - Jorma Hynninen/Jorma Silvasti
• Act I, Scene 1: Never, Dear God Most Gracious - Finnish National Op Chor/Ulf Soderblom
• Act I, Scene 1: Kullervo! It Was He Who Killed Me In That Nightmare - Juha Kotilainen/Paula Etelavuori/Jorma Hynninen
• Act I, Scene 1: Kalvero's Son He Sold Away To Be The Smith - Finnish National Op Chor/Ulf Soderblom
• Act I, Scene 2: I Want To Be Fragrant And Warm Like New-Baked Bread - Anna-Lisa Saarinen
• Act I, Scene 2: Greetings, The Smith's Beautiful Wife - Pertti Makela/Anna-Lisa Jakobsson
• Act I, Scene 2: I Came To You In The Night - Jorma Hynninen/Anna-Lisa Jakobsson/Finnish National Op Chor/Ulf Soderblom
• Act I, Scene 2: Once Upon A Time There Was A Man Whom His Brother Seriously Tried To Kill - Jorma Hynninen/Jorma Silvasti/Eeva-Liisa Saarinen
• Act I, Scene 3: Whose House Is This? - Jorma Hynninen/Jorma Silvasti/Satu Vihavainen/Eeva-Liisa Saarinen/Jorma Silvasti
• Act I, Scene 3: Kullervo, Don't Go! - Eeva-Liisa Saarinen/Matti Salminen/Jorma Silvasti/Jorma Hynninen/Finnish National Op Chor...
• Act II, Scene 4: These Are Long Endless Days In My Father's House - Jorma Hynninen/Jorma Silvasti/Matti Salminen
• Act II, Scene 4: The Young Man Was Travelling Far And Wide - Vesa-Matti Lori
• Act II, Scene 4: Interlude - Finnish National Op Orch/Ulf Soderblom
• Act II, Scene 5: Something Is Bothering Him - Eeva-Liisa Saarinen/Jorma Hynninen/Matti Salminen/Satu Vihavainen
• Act II, Scene 5: I Met Her In The Forest - Jorma Hynninen/Eeva-Liisa Saarinen/Satu Vihavainen/Matti Salminen
• Act II, Scene 5: Shall You Weep For Me, Father When You Hear That I Have Perished? - Jorma Hynninen/Matti Salminen/Satu Vihavainen
• Act II, Scene 5: Shall I Weep For You? - Eeva-Liisa Saarinen
• Act II, Scene 6: First We Take The Money From The House. Then We'll Take The Liquor... - Marko Putkonen/Matti Heinikari/Esa Ruuttunen/Jorma Hynninen/Pertti Makela/Jorma Silvasti...
• Act II, Scene 6: To Kullervo, Kalervo's Offspring, The Sword He Asked Was Granted - Finnish National Op Chor/Ulf Soderblom
• Act II, Scene 6: It's All Over - Marko Putkonen/Matti Heinikari/Esa Ruuttunen/Pertti Makela
• Act II, Scene 6: The Fire Has Nearly Burned Itself Down - Jorma Hynninen
• Epilogue: Clip-Clip-Cli-Pe-Tey-Clop! Run, My Horse - Jorma Silvasti/Jorma Hynninen/Eeva-Liisa Saarinen