Symphony No. 8 (Rautavaara)

Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara wrote his Symphony No. 8, subtitled The Journey, in 1999. The total playing time is approximately 28 minutes.

Orchestra	Conductor	Record Company	Year of Recording	Format
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra	Leif Segerstam	Ondine Records	2001	CD
Lahti Symphony Orchestra	Osmo Vänskä	BIS Records	2004	CD
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra	Pietari Inkinen	Naxos Records	2006	CD
Philadelphia Orchestra	Wolfgang Sawallisch	RM Associates / Image Entertainment (Region 1)	2000 (First European Performance in Kölner Philharmonie)	DVD

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List of compositions
Opera	Thomas (1985) Vincent (1990) The House of the Sun (1990) The Gift of the Magi (1994) Aleksis Kivi (1995–1996) Rasputin (2001–2003)
Symphonies	Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 "Sinfonia intima" Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 6 "Vincentiana" Symphony No. 7 "Angel of Light" Symphony No. 8 "The Journey"
Concerto	Piano Concerto No. 1 (1969) Piano Concerto No. 2 (1989) Piano Concerto No. 3 "Gift of Dreams" (1998) Percussion Concerto "Incantations" (2008) Cello Concerto No. 2 "Towards the Horizon" (2009)
Orchestral	Cantus Arcticus (1972) Autumn Gardens (1999)
Chamber	String Quartet No. 4 (1975)
Brass band	A Requiem in Our Time (1953)
Piano	Études (1969)
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Symphony No. 8 (Rautavaara)

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