Northern Lights-Music Of Contemplation For A New Age

Jukka Linkola (Composer), Urmas Sisask (Composer), Ahmad Pejman (Composer), Uuno Klami (Composer), Lepo Sumera (Composer), Erkki-Sven Tuur (Composer), Ester Magi (Composer), Joonas Kokkonen (Composer), Olli Mustonen (Composer), Peteris Vasks (Composer), Jukka Linkola (Conductor), Tallinn Camerata (Performer), Espoo Chamber Orchestra (Performer), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Eesti Projekt (Orchestra), Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra), Lauri Vainmaa (Performer), Raija Kerppo (Performer), Olli Mustonen (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Tallinn Camerata, Espoo Chamber Orchestra, Lauri Vainmaa, Raija Kerppo, Olli Mustonen
• Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eesti Projekt, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: Jukka Linkola
• Composer: Jukka Linkola, Urmas Sisask, Ahmad Pejman, Uuno Klami, Lepo Sumera, et al.
• Audio CD (November 14, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Finlandia
• ASIN: B000005IFQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,478 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Northbound - Jukka Linkola

2. Maja [From Starry Sky Cycle] - Urma Sisask

3. Excerpt [Excerpt] - Rene Eespere

4. Oremus [From Gloria Patri...] - Urma Sisask

5. Forest [From The Snow Queen] - Jukka Linkola

6. Song Of The Watch [From Sea Pictures] - Uuno Klami

7. Song Without Words - Lauri Saikkola

8. Piece from the Year 1981 - Lepo Sumera

9. Dominus Vobiscum [From Gloria Patri...] - Urmas Sisask

10. Excerpt [Excerpt] - Erkki-Sven Tuur

11. Excerpt [Excerpt] - Ester Magi

12. Adagio religioso [Excerpt from Music for String Orchestra] - Joonas Kokkonen

13. Gerda and Kai [From The Snow Queen] - Jukka Linkola

14. Excerpt [Excerpt] - Olli Mustonen

15. Excerpt [Excerpt] - Peteris Vasks

16. Pater Noster [From Gloria Patri...] - Urmas Sisask

17. Excerpt [Excerpt] - Rene Eepere

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Northern Lights, June 28, 2000

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This review is from: Northern Lights-Music Of Contemplation For A New Age (Audio CD)

Better than most "New Age" offerings, thanks to the overall choices and imagery the music conjures up. Northbound is first cut and gives actual feel of travelling very fast over snow and ice. Sounds like a well-crafted soundtrack. Well worth buying when you need a beautiful, lilting symphonic head-journey-or when you just need/want to hear musicians other than U.S./British-born artists.

Some of the cuts are quite moving, some sturm und drang, and others reminiscent of the best of classical artists. One friend told me he could almost hear the ice crackling underfoot in one track, and another said he thought of the time he saw flights of geese southbound for the winter.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars je ne sais quoi, July 1, 2005

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mrrena-com - See all my reviews

This review is from: Northern Lights-Music Of Contemplation For A New Age (Audio CD)

The music on this CD is hauntingly beautiful and much of it fills me with strange and wistful longings--a sort of "happy sadness," perhaps correspondent to the German concept of Sehnsucht.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 2 Stars for the Album, 5 stars for Urmus Sisak's Work, March 20, 2008

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Brittany "Brit" (Austin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Northern Lights-Music Of Contemplation For A New Age (Audio CD)

I heard Dominus Vobiscum on XM radio this morning and found myself just sitting down and meditating on the spot. Meditation is something I've started reading about but could not see myself doing though I knew I'd try somehow. Music like this makes meditation possible for anyone even those with totally undisciplined minds like mine. I've listened to the samples, and I'll buy this album but only for the 3 pieces by Urmus Sisak. He'll never know what this experience meant to me. One note: I only remembered the name "Sisak" and the word "Contemplation" and began my determined search for this music. Given that he is a composer and part of a compilation from various artists, what do you think the chances should have been that I would find his Dominus Vobiscum with that little information? His name never came up in a search. It must be true that if you are sincere, doors or paths do open. Just listen...