Loituma - Things of Beauty
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Artist: LoitumaEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 1998-02-24
Music Label: Northside Records
Soundtracks:
- Eriskummainen Kantele/My Kantele
- Kultaansa Ikavoiva/There Is My Lover
- Viimesen Kerran/ The Very Last Time
- Minuet And Polska
- Kun Mun Kultani Tulisi/Missing Him
- Valamon Kirkonkellot/Valamo Cloister Bells
- Ai, Ai Taas Sattuu/Oh, Oh, It Hurts Again
- Suo/Marshland
- Kolme Kaunista/Three Things Of Beauty
- Ievan Polkka/leva's Polka
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Free Music Review: One jewel makes the CD worht buying
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this CD because it has the song "Ievan Polka" in it. I listened to "Ievan Polka" online, at Google Videos. This is one of the most amazing songs I have ever heard. It is full of life, joy, energy, happiness and enthusiasm. It is Finish folk music. Loituma sings the song with no instruments other than their voices. This one song is one of the most beautiful songs ever in my whole life. I really didn't care at all for all other items in the CD. I copied "Ievan Polka" to my computer, I burnt an 80-minute audio CD with nothing in it other than "Ievan Polka" over and over and over. The full CD I made has only "Ievan Polka" repeated time and time again. I listened to it in my car for three full weeks before changing the CD.
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The kantele, a mix of harp, hammered dulcimer, and zither, is Finland's national instrument, and Loituma show the range of its possibilities on this album. Ranging from the traditional, like "Leva's Polka" (which was released as a Finnish single and hit the charts), to the modern, the band covers a musical territory that encompasses the atmospheric with Marti Pokela's insidious "Marshaland" and "Three Things of Beauty," whose words are adapted from Kalevala poetry, and bring to mind an acoustic Cocteau Twins. Originally formed by two singers who later moved to Hedningarna, Loituma produce a lovely balance of vocal and instrumental pieces that offer unalloyed joy while introducing American audiences to the light magic that is the kantele. --Chris NicksonFolk Music CDs
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