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Created:Mon Feb 17 1986
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512.0. "CAN YOU HELP FIND A CD?" by RDGE28::EARLY (JOAN - THE EARLY BIRD) Mon Oct 27 1986 10:57

    Is there anyone who can tell me whether or not there is a CD 
    with Sibelius Finlandia sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir?
    
    I would appreciate it if you could tell me because so far I 
    have had no joy and this seems to be the only choral version
    I have heard.
    
    PS.  I had it on Record and now would like a CD
    
    
    Waiting with baited breath
    
    
    The EARLY BIRD
    
    
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512.1������WORDS??????DSSDEV::CHALTASTue Oct 28 1986 08:287
    Funny -- FINLANDIA HAS NO WORDS!
    
    If you find it, I'd be curious to see what hack has grafted
    words onto it, and what those words are.
    
    
    			George
512.2Good tunes never die...COOKIE::ROLLOWRedneck cookin'... Fryit!Tue Oct 28 1986 13:3710
    "Finlandia" is used as the musical basis for many hymns.  The
    1968 Methodist Hymnal listed the musical credits for all the
    songs and "Finlandia" was right up there with "Traditional".
    
    For older re-released recordings of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
    I'd look though the CBS catalog.  I think that's who they
    recorded with.
    
    					Alan
    
512.3THE SOUND IS UNCOMPARABLERDGE43::EARLYJOAN - THE EARLY BIRDThu Oct 30 1986 08:4320
    Many thanks for replying to my query.  
    
    Re .1
    
    Normally Finlandia does not have any words, the
    record I have uses the choir right at the end. 
    Even though you seem a little sceptical I have
    yet to have anyone listen to it who does not think
    it adds a beautiul note to the piece.  Most people
    then want to go out and buy it!!
    
    
    I have the added disadvantage that I am in England
    and the choice is somewhat more limited than in the
    States.  My neighbour visits Las Vegas regularly so
    I figured he might be able to obtain a copy that way.
    No joy yet..
    
    
512.4More Finlandia infoCHECK::MWRESINSKIThu Oct 30 1986 14:1919
    
    A 1980 catalog lists "Finlandia" with Ormandy and the Philadelphia
    Orchestra with the Mormon T.  As with most Finlandias, there are
    other selections with which I am unfamiliar, so I don't know if 
    the Choir is actually heard on Finlandia or one of the other
    selections.  I don't know if any of these are on CD, but these LP
    listings may be helpful for a start:
    
    Finlandia, Valse Triste, Alfven and Grieg: Peer Gynt  Columbia MS-6196
    Finlandia, Valse Triste, En Saga, Swan of Tuonela     Columbia MS-6732
      both with the Ormandy/Mormon combination in English.
    
    I also found a Finnish version by the Helsinki University Chorus
    and the Cincinatti Symphony coupled with the Sibelius Origin of
    Fire cantata and Pohjola's Daughter on Varese/Sarabande 81041.
    
    > R.Michael
      
    
512.5COVERT::COVERTJohn CovertSun Nov 02 1986 07:227
>   I have the added disadvantage that I am in England
>   and the choice is somewhat more limited than in the
>   States.

Have you tried Tower Records in Piccadilly yet?

/john
512.6This one perhaps.COOKIE::ROLLOWEven Bricks need love.Sat Aug 08 1987 22:1513
    re: .0
    
    You might want to look at the recording of Finlandia on BIS
    CD-314.  It includes a male chorus.  A translation of the
    first few verses follows:
    
    	O Finland, look, your dawn approaches,
    	And the night is dispersed, dark and long.
    	Hear how the voive of the lark mixes with sighing space,
    	Soon the skies will be filled with 

    It was recorded by The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted
    by Neeme Jarvi, with the Laulun Ystavat Male Choir.
512.7PDVAX::P_DAVISPeter Davis (aka SARAH::P_DAVIS)Mon Aug 10 1987 12:574
    Re/ .6:
    
    I guess we have to buy this disc to find out what the skies will
    soon be filled with.