Description

EINO ALFRED RAUTAVAARA (ILMAJOKI, 14 MARCH, 1876 – HELSINKI, 7 AUGUST, 1939)

From 1903 to 1906 and in 1910, he studied singing in Rome, in Berlin in 1906, in Paris in 1909, and in Milan in 1911 and 1914. He was the conductor of Kallio Church in Helsinki, where he also worked as a musician in 1900. He continued his work at Kallio Church from 1912 onwards and taught singing at the Helsinki Music Institute from 1907 to 1909, and at the Kirkkomusiikkiopisto from 1922. Rautavaara was a founder of the Finnish Opera and one of Finland’s first professional opera singers. His son was the composer Einojuhani Rautavaara. His brother, Gustaf Wäinö Rautawaara (1872-1950), was also a singer and choir director. Wäinö Rautawaara’s children were the opera singer Aulikki Rautawaara and cellist Pentti Rautawaara. Another of Eino Rautavaara’s brothers was A. E. Rautavaara, who served as Permanent Secretary and Justice Minister.

TRACKLIST

1. Voi niitä tuntia tuhansia Traditional Gramophone 2-82801
2. Talonpojan serenadi Traditional Gramophone 282762
3. Sydänmaan lammella (Melartin) Gramophone 83602
4. Soipa kieli (Merikanto) with Ester Forsman Gramophone 284092
5. Silloin se ilma lämmin on Traditional Gramophone 282763
6. Oli koivu kosken rannalla Gramophone 282762
7. Nocturne (Merikanto) Gramophone 2-82686
8. Niin kauan minä tramppaan Traditional Gramophone 282763
9. Myrskylintu (Merikanto) Gramophone 282764
10. Lastu lainehilla op. 17 No. 7 (Calamnius myöh. Kianto) Gramophone 82519 4736 l
11. Kottarainen (Merikanto) Gramophone 72102 1150d
12. Kasakan laulu Traditional Gramophone 282760
13. Kanteleelle (Järnefelt) Gramophone 283172
14. Indiani (Melartin Erkki) Gramophone 2-82519
15. Illalle (Sibelius) Gramophone 72149 1147d
16. Gondolilaulu (Merikanto) Gramophone 2-282317
17. Eteläpohjalainen kansanlaulu Traditional Gramophone 72618
18. Amarilli (Caccini) Gramophone 282765
19. Eikä sitä sanaa sanoa saisi Traditional Gramophone 2-82801
20. Eljen unkari (Frantz) Gramophone 282758