Riemuitkaamme! A Finnish Christmas

~ Release by Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek, Jan Lehtola (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Wachet auf - Synkkä yö maan peitti aivan
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
organ:
Jan Lehtola (organist) (in 2016-11)
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Synkkä yö maan peitti aivan (in 2016-11)
lyricist:
Elias Lönnrot (in 1867)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Sechs Choräle von Verschiedener Art (Schübler-Choräle): Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Johann Sebastian Bach, Philipp Nicolai9:30
2En etsi valtaa, loistoa (Give me no Splendour, Gold or Pomp)
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
arranger:
Ossi Elokas
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
En etsi valtaa, loistoa (catch-all for arrangements) (in 2016-11)
lyricist:
Zacharias Topelius
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1909)
translator:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1909)
arrangement of:
Julvisa, op. 1 no. 4 (for voice and piano)
Jean Sibelius2:48
3Arkihuolesi kaikki heitä (Throw Off All Your Daily Cares)
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Arkihuolesi kaikki heitä (in 2016-11)
lyrics written in:
Ingå, Uusimaa, Finland (in 1916)
lyricist:
Alpo Noponen (in 1916)
composer:
Leevi Madetoja (Finnish composer)
Leevi Madetoja1:39
4Puer natus in Bethlehem / Synnytti piltin Bethlehem
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
organ:
Jan Lehtola (organist) (in 2016-11)
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Synnytti piltin Bethlehem (in 2016-11)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603
The Piae Cantiones, Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Hermann Schein, Johann Sebastian Bach7:07
5Pastorale, Op. 18 No. 2
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
organ:
Jan Lehtola (organist) (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Pastorale, op. 18 no. 2 (for organ) (in 2016-11)
composer:
Taneli Kuusisto (in 1926)
publisher:
Fennica Gehrman
Taneli Kuusisto4:59
6Paimenten jäähyväiset pyhälle perheelle (L’Adieu des Bergers)
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
organ:
Jan Lehtola (organist) (in 2016-11)
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Paimenten jäähyväiset pyhälle perheelle (in 2016-11)
lyricist:
Kare Valke
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer)
arrangement of:
L'Enfance du Christ
Hector Berlioz4:27
7Joulun kellot (Christmas Bells)
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
organ:
Jan Lehtola (organist) (in 2016-11)
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Joulun kellot (in 2016-11)
lyricist:
Helmi Auvinen (in 1897)
composer:
Armas Maasalo (Finnish organist and composer) (in 1914)
Armas Maasalo3:15
8Ecce novum gaudium
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
organ:
Jan Lehtola (organist) (in 2016-11)
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Carminalia, JS 51: I. Ecce novum gaudium (for mixed choir and organ (or harmonium)) (in 2016-11)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1898)
part of:
Carminalia, JS 51 (for mixed choir and organ (or harmonium))
The Piae Cantiones, Jean Sibelius2:47
9Angelus emittitur / Enkel' alas liihottaa
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
organ:
Jan Lehtola (organist) (in 2016-11)
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Angelus emittitur (in 2016-11)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Piæ cantiones (first published in 1582 in Greifswald, Sweden; a collection of 74 Latin and Swedish/Latin songs)
recording of:
Carminalia, JS 51: II. Angelus emittitur (for mixed choir and organ (or harmonium)) (in 2016-11)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1898)
arrangement of:
Angelus emittitur
part of:
Carminalia, JS 51 (for mixed choir and organ (or harmonium))
recording of:
Enkel' alas liihottaa (in 2016-11)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Heikki Klemetti (Finnish composer)
arrangement of:
Angelus emittitur
The Piae Cantiones, Jean Sibelius, Heikki Klemetti4:18
10On lapsonen syntynyt meille (A Child is Born Unto Us)
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
On lapsonen syntynyt meille, JS 142 (for mixed choir, lyrics by Jaakkola) (in 2016-11)
lyricist:
August Verner Jaakkola
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1929)
part of:
Sibelius-Werkverzeichnis (number: JS 142)
Jean Sibelius3:12
11Aattoilta (Christmas Eve)
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Aattoilta (Christmas Eve) (in 2016-11)
lyricist:
Ester Ahokainen
composer:
Matthew Whittall (in 2016)
dedicated to:
Helsinki Chamber Choir
publisher:
Fennica Gehrman
Matthew Whittall3:35
12Enkeli taivaan lausui näin (Vom Himmel hoch)
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
organ:
Jan Lehtola (organist) (in 2016-11)
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Enkeli taivaan (in 2016-11)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional translator:
Julius Krohn and Elias Lönnrot
translator:
Hemminki Maskulainen
part of:
Virsikirja (1986) (number: 21)
translated version of:
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
Johann Sebastian Bach, Michael Praetorius, Hans Leo Hassler, Caspar Othmayr, Max Reger7:15
13Christmas Carol
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Christmas Carol (in 2016-11)
lyricist:
Einojuhani Rautavaara (composer)
composer:
Einojuhani Rautavaara (composer) (in 2010)
translator:
Chris Latham and Hanna-Mari Latham
was commissioned by:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
premiered at:
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2010 (2010-12-24)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
Einojuhani Rautavaara4:19
14Jouluhymni (Christmas Hymn)
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Jouluhymni (Rauhaa, vain rauhaa) (in 2016-11)
lyricist:
Une Haarnoja
composer:
Ahti Sonninen
publisher:
Fennica Records
Ahti Sonninen2:54
15Pastorale
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
organ:
Jan Lehtola (organist) (in 2016-11)
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Pastorale (for organ) (in 2016-11)
composer:
Arvi Karvonen (composer)
Arvi Karvonen4:55
16Jeesuslapsen tarhassa (Christ, when a Child, a Garden Made)
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Jeesuslapsen tarhassa (in 2016-11)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1889-01)
arrangement of:
Sixteen Songs for Children, op. 54: no. 5. Legend (for mixed choir)
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky3:54
17Maa on niin kaunis (Glorious is the Earth [Fairest Lord Jesus])
sound engineer:
Hans Kipfer (in 2016-11)
producer, mixer and editor:
Hans Kipfer
organ:
Jan Lehtola (organist) (in 2016-11)
choir vocals:
Helsinki Chamber Choir (in 2016-11)
conductor:
Nils Schweckendiek (in 2016-11)
recorded at:
Paavalinkirkko (Saint Paul Church) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (in 2016-11)
recording of:
Maa on niin kaunis (Finnish translation of “Dejlig er jorden”) (in 2016-11)
lyricist:
Bernhard Severin Ingemann (in 1850)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Hilja Haahti (in 1903)
part of:
Virsikirja (1986) (number: 30)
translated version of:
Dejlig er jorden (incipit: “Dejlig er Jorden! Prægtig er Guds Himmel!”)
Traditional2:49

Credits

Release

photography:Peter von Bagh
Markku Pihlaja
liner notes:Tove Djupsjöbacka
liner notes translator:Andrew Barnett (liner notes author / designer)
Horst A. Scholz
graphic design:Andrew Barnett (liner notes author / designer)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/11180144 [info]
ASIN:UK: B076KHXRQ4 [info]
discography entry:http://bis.se/performers/helsinki-chamber-choir/riemuitkaamme-a-finnish-christmas [info]