Thank you for your opinion and the info and also it is nice to see that
you liked it......btw i have another one but i will post it later, that one
has also tenor solo tracks and duo tracks. but i want to see first what more
else i have.
see you
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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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