Yrjö Kilpinen - Sommernacht (Sung by Wilhelm Strienz).wmv

Sommernacht (Summer Night), op. 23, no. 3, by Yrjö Kilpinen (1892-1959). Words by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1886-1962). Sung in German by bass Wilhelm Strienz (1900-1987), with Michael Raucheisen (1889-1984), piano. Recorded in 1943. The original Finnish title of this song is “Kesäyö“ from Kilpinen’s Lauluja, op. 23.