Kevät is an album by Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 a cappella

A cappella

A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...

 ensemble Rajaton

Rajaton

Rajaton is a Finnish a cappella ensemble, founded in Helsinki in 1997. The Finnish word rajaton means "boundless", to indicate the breadth of their repertoire, from sacred classical to near Europop...

, released in 2005. The word kevät means "spring" in Finnish. This Finnish pop album is decidedly different from the previous, more traditional albums. In each of the songs, one member acts as the soloist, with the other five as back up (except for Nälkäiset Linnut, which features two leads). The album peaked at #3 in the Finnish charts and sold gold within six weeks of release.

Track listing

Track (Composer), Soloist

1. Kivinen Tie, Soila Sariola
2. Lunta (Teemu Brunila), Ahti Paunu
3. Älä Mene Pois (Mia Makaroff), Essi Wuorela
   Essi Wuorela
   Essi Wuorela is a Finnish soprano. She is an original member of the ensemble Rajaton since 1997, but also began a solo career in 1994. She studied music at Sibelius High School and later Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory, from which she graduated as a music teacher in 1999...
   
   
4. Kertosäkeen Nainen (Ufo Mustonen), Jussi Chydenius
   Jussi Chydenius
   Jussi Chydenius is a Finnish musician and composer. He is best known for singing bass in the vocal ensemble Rajaton.He is the son of composer Kaj Chydenius and director Kaisa Korhonen. His brother is music producer Kalle Chydenius. He played drums for the rock band Don Huonot from 1989–2001 and...
   
   
5. Venelaulu (Markku Reinikainen), Soila Sariola
6. Sydän Ei Vastaa (Jarkko Kuoppamäki), Hannu Lepola
7. Jos Sanot (Timo Kiiskinen), Essi Wuorela
8. Nälkäiset Linnut (music by Jussi Chydenius, words by Heikki Salo), Essi Wuorela and Hannu Lepola
9. Kauniimpaa (music by Teemu Brunila and Hannu Korkeamäki, words by Teemu Brunila), Virpi Moskari
   Virpi Moskari
   Virpi Moskari is the Mezzo-soprano, and a founder member of the Finnish a-capella group, Rajaton.Virpi attended the East Helsinki Music School, learning how to play the Violin and Piano, undertaking voice training later...
   
   
10. Katosimme Kauneuteen (Kalle Chydenius), Hannu Lepola
11. Hopeaa Hiuksillaan (Tommi Lattunen), Essi Wuorela

Other Rajaton Albums

• Nova
  Nova (Rajaton album)
  Nova is the debut album of Finnish a cappella ensemble Rajaton, released August 14, 2000. It consists of vocal arrangements of folk and contemporary Finnish poetry. The first takes were recorded in June 1999, after Rajaton won the Tampere Vocal Music Festival 1999.-Track listing:-External links:* *...
  
  
• Boundless
  Boundless
  Boundless is the second album of Finnish a cappella ensemble Rajaton, released on October 26, 2001. To reach out to a wider audience, Rajaton released this CD with all but two songs in English.-Tracks:Title ...
  
  
• Sanat
  Sanat
  Sanat is the third album of Finnish a cappella ensemble Rajaton, released in 2002. The word sanat means "words" in Finnish, and "heals" in Latin. The album consists of sacred Christian songs and features music in Finnish, Latin, English, and Medieval Irish....
  
  
• Joulu
• Out of Bounds
  Out of Bounds (Rajaton)
  Out of Bounds is the sixth album of Finnish a cappella ensemble Rajaton, released in 2006. Like their 2001 album Boundless, this album is almost entirely in English, and was originally intended to be export only in order to reach out to foreign listeners...
  
  

External links

• official Rajaton website
• Rajaton - Kevät at Last.fm
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