OK--- now I've had a chance to listen to the whole thing, and I have to
admit it has a certain charm. Most of what I thought was a harsh sound in
his voice was due to a little excess input gain in my system. Once I reset
that, things sounded much better. Classical? Whatever is the definition of
that? Certainly the Vienna Symphony seems to consider the Radetzky March in
that category--at least once a year!
Thane
"amahl" <2cetaqe02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> Classical or not, I enjoyed it. Thanks, nene!
>
> I spent a little time with an online Finnish-English translator, and
> figured out that this collection is just what it sounds like --
> patriotic songs, with an emphasis on military hymns. The title came up
> as "Finland the song rings!," which I suppose might be more colloquially
> translated as "The song of Finland rings out!"
>
> The first few lines of the notes say something like this:
>
> "I was born in Finland. Finland is an independent country. In Finland
> it is peaceful, safe, and at the moment we are not at war. To win our
> independence, Finns had to make war. We Finns are indebted to those who
> made war in the past..."
>
> (After that, I got tired of typing all those umlauts into the
> translator.)
>
> Are military hymns "classical?" These were written by serious composers
> for a serious purpose -- they're not "barracks ballads" like WWII's
> "Hitler has only one big ball..." I suppose that military and patriotic
> hymns are just as "classical" as religious hymns, so I will give them
> the benefit of the doubt.
>
> By the way, Ossi Kinnunen is an alto, not a treble, and reminds me of
> Alex Prior. With more training, I think he could sing opera. (I also
> thought the solo by his 4-year-old brother on track 4 was unbearably
> cute.)
>
> A
>
> In article <%nvJk.196896$4p1.91764@en-nntp-09.dc1.easynews.com>,
> "Thane" <thane100@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi nene,
>>
>> Well, it is surely different than the usual! Rather than downloading
>> everything, I grabbed "Finlandia" since it was the only thing
>> recognizable
>> to me. There may be other familiar songs, but I have no knowledge of
>> Finnish.
>>
>> Honestly, the boy's voice sounded strained, almost hoarse in places.
>> Perhaps
>> he is over-exerting himself in this patriotic hymn. I will listen to some
>> others later, but I agree with you that he doesn't sound like a
>> chorister.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Thane
>>
>> "nene" <nenepil(nospam)@excite.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9B388A461FC34nene@216.151.153.66...
>> > Hi Group:
>> >
>> >
>> > Nice to see more good friends comming here !
>> >
>> > well, this is a dilema...I myself have this doubt about this
>> > recording, the songs sounded to me quite good enough to consider them
>> > part of the classical spectrum, in fact i think i have listened some of
>> > them ( not sure how many ) sung by other choirs ( like the Finlandia
>> > hymn
>> > for example ) but the treble boy doesn't sounded to me too much like a
>> > Chorister...or, Am i wrong ????...well perhaps this is something like
>> > the
>> > movie i some time watched in DVD ...hehehe with the tilte "The Thin Red
>> > Line"....Ok, who knows ? but i'm quite sure that this cd will be a new
>> > discovering for some of you.
>> >
>> > Any way i would like to see what Do you think.
>> >
>> > And also if yes or no i hope you like it
>> >
>> > see you
>> >
>> > p.d. Thanks to one friend who let me share it whit all you
>> >
>
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