
Idylli - musiikkia rauhaisiin hetkiin
Music for a daydream

Pekka Kuusisto, conductor
Olli Mustonen, conductor
Tuomas Hannikainen, conductor
Peter Schreier, conductor
John Storgårds, conductor
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Kari Kriikku, clarinet
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Olli Mustonen, piano

Orchestral
Vocal


Digipak with liner notes and track listing in Finnish and English
CD
Released:
January 2008
Catalogue No.:
ODE 1120-2
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195112021

Released in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Tapiola Sinfonietta in 2008, "Idylli - Music for a daydream" contains thirteen famous slow movements by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, L. v. Beethoven, Jean Sibelius and Väinö Raitio. This digipak CD compilation also features several of Ondine's star artists: soprano Soile Isokoski (track 3), pianist Olli Mustonen (5), violinists Pekka Kuusisto (1, 8, 11) and Jaakko Kuusisto (1, 2) and clarinetist Kari Kriikku (4). The Tapiola Sinfonietta is conducted by Peter Schreier (3), John Storgårds (4, 6-7), Olli Mustonen (5, 8), Pekka Kuusisto (11), and Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen (9-10, 12-13).
The front cover features the painting 'Saimi in the Meadow' by Eero Järnefelt (1863-1937) who was Jean Sibelius's brother-in-law.