
In collaboration with Alba, FiBO released its third disc on its own label "FiBO Records" in October 2023 entitled The World is Born. The album combines early Italian Baroque music by composers such as Merula, Monteverdi, Uccellini and Valderrábano with Finnish folk music.
The album can be purchased from FiBO’s web shop.
THE WORLD IS BORN
Virpi Räisänen, mezzo-soprano
Taito Hoffrén: runo song, 5-string kantele with brass strings (Ontrei Malinen model) and birch trumpet
Pauliina Fred, recorders and overtone flute
Kirsi Ojala, recorders, overtone flutes, åspipa and birch trumpet
Anthony Marini, violin
Alina Järvelä, violin
Louna Hosia, viola da gamba and musical saw
Ilkka Heinonen, violone, Finnish bowed lyres and overtone flute
Pauliina Syrjälä, 5-string kantele with brass strings (Ontrei Malinen model), 15-string kantele (Korpiselkä model) and 20-string kantele (Saarijärvi model)
Eero Palviainen, archlute and Baroque guitar
Petteri Pitko, harpsichord
1. Trad. (arr. Taito Hoffrén & Pauliina Syrjälä): The World is Born (runo song accompanied on the kantele)
2. Enríquez de Valderrábano (c. 1500 – 1557): Discantar
3. Tarquinio Merula (1595–1665): Canzonetta spirituale sopra la Nanna from the collection Curtio precipitato et altri capricii (1638)
4. Trad. (arr. Taito Hoffrén & Pauliina Syrjälä): Mary’s Hymn (runo song accompanied by the ensemble)
5. Trad. (arr. Arto Järvelä): Taklax gee
6. Trad. / Kirsi Ojala & Pauliina Syrjälä: Lippa
7. Marco Uccellini (1603/10–1680): Bergamasca from the collection Sonate, arie et correnti (1642)
8. Trad. (arr. Ilkka Heinonen): Piilotanssi
9. Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643): Toccata & Il prologo della Musica from the opera L’Orfeo (1607)
10. Trad. (arr. Taito Hoffrén & Pauliina Syrjälä): Setting out to Sing (runo song accompanied by the ensemble)
Trad. (arr. Arto Järvelä): Mäkeläänen's Parade
11. Monteverdi: Si dolc’è il tormento from the collection Quarto scherzo delle ariose vaghezze (1624)
12. Trad. / Ilkka Heinonen, Kirsi Ojala & Pauliina Fred: Let the Sun Shine for the Shepherds
13. Trad. (arr. Ilkka Heinonen): Pinnin polska according to Elias Tallari
14. Trad. (arr. Ilkka Heinonen): Nuoren vaimon speli from Samuel Rinta-Nikkola’s music book (1809)