Ilmatar (album)
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| Ilmatar | ||
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| Studio album by Värttinä | ||
| Released | May 24, 2000 | |
| Recorded | November 1999, Finnvox Studios, Helsinki | |
| Genre | Finnish folk music | |
| Length | 47:03 | |
| Label | BMG Finland | |
| Producer(s) | Huges de Courson | |
| Värttinä chronology | ||
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| Vihma (1998) |
Ilmatar (2000) |
6.12 (2001) |
Ilmatar is Värttinä's 8th album, released in 2000.
The album is named for the Finnish goddess of air Ilmatar who, according to the creation story in the Kalevala, creates the world from two eggs from the eagle Kokko (which is also the name of an earlier Värttinä album). A version of this story (in English and Finnish) is printed in the liner notes of the United States release.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Itkin" (Pekka Lehti / Kirsi Käkhönen, Mari Kaasinen, traditional) – 5:20
- "Käppee" (Kaasinen / Kaasinen, trad.) – 2:34
- "Laiska" (Kari Reiman / Sirpa Reiman) – 4:06
- "Liigua" (Susan Aho / Aho, trad.) – 5:08
- "Milja" (K. Reiman / S. Reiman) – 4:27
- "Äijö" (Antto Varilo / Käkhönen) – 4:22
- "Kivutar" (K. Reiman / S. Reiman, K. Reiman, trad.) – 3:28
- "Linnunmieli" (K. Reiman, trad. / S. Reiman, trad.) – 3:57
- "Lieto" (K. Reiman) – 3:06
- "Sanat" (Janne Lappalainen / Käkhönen) – 4:37
- "Meri" (K. Reiman, S. Reiman, trad.) – 5:59
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Värttinä
- Susan Aho - vocals
- Mari Kaasinen - vocals
- Kirsi Käkhönen - vocals
- Riikka Väyrynen - vocals
- Janne Lappalainen - bouzouki, soprano saxophone, kaval
- Markku Lepistö - 5-row, 2-row and 1-row accordions, jouhikko
- Pekka Lehti - double bass
- Kari Reiman - fiddle
- Marko Timonen - Galician bass drum, tama, surdo, shekere, klong yaw, bucket, broom, bells, percussion
- Annto Varilo - 6 & 12 string guitars, cümbüs tanbur, 10-string kantele, vocals
[edit] Guests
- Hughes de Courson - kantele cluster, piano wires
- Gilles Chabenat - vielle á roue (1,3,9,11)
- Ismo Alanko - spell in 6
- Nagy Lucina - lament in 11 (recorded 1959 in Hungary)
