Artist.......: Rajaton
Album........: Maa
Label........: Plastinka Records
Genre........: Vocal
Catnr........: PLACD0053
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Aug-18-2008
str.date.....: Oct-10-2007
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.rajaton.net
track title time
01. Nouse Lauluni 03:06
02. Oin ja paivin 04:22
03. Tasangot 03:45
04. Villihanhen laulu 03:47
05. Tuuti lasta 03:27
06. Talvilaulu 03:30
07. Hiljaisuus 02:43
08. Ikavoi ihminen 03:45
09. Hiljaa 04:53
10. Pakkanen 03:34
11. Kevat saapui 04:02
12. Valse triste 04:58
Runtime 45:52 min
Size 54,9 MB
Release Notes:
Vocal Ensemble Rajaton was founded in the fall of
1997, and their debut album Nova (2000) consisted
merely of new songs composed to Finnish poetry.
Since then, the group has enhanced its artistic
expression to many directions: they've recorded
some English-language repertoire, sacred music,
Christmas carols, songs of contemporary Finnish
songwriters, even ABBA.
This fall, Rajaton wants to celebrate its tenth
anniversary by returning to its Finnish roots.
Their eighth album, called Maa, contains once again
nothing but new songs composed to Finnish poetry.
This is the first ever Rajaton album where most of
the songs were written, arranged and produced by
the group members themselves. It's also the first
album that was completely mixed by the group's own
concert sound engineer Ilkka Herkman.
The name of the album, Maa, is a Finnish word with
various meanings. It can be translated either to
earth, land, country, ground or soil, depending on
the context. The name refers to the "back to the
roots" attitude of the whole album, both
figuratively and concretely.
The release date, 10/10, is well-considered; not
only does it refer to Rajaton's tenth anniversary,
but that particular day is also celebrated as the
Finnish Literature Day. The album is meant to
honour Finland's 90 years of national independency
as well as the whole Finnish arts and culture
heritage.
Finland's national composer Jean Sibelius passed
away 50 years ago. To him is dedicated the closing
track of the album, Valse Triste, which Rajaton
interpretes in its touching and recognizable
manner; not imitating instruments but always
sounding like itself û a vocal group.