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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The Sibelius Edition Volume 1 - Tone Poems
Sibelius: | En Saga, Op. 9 original and final versions Spring Song, Op. 16 The Wood-Nymph (Skogsrået), Op. 15 Improvisation/Spring Song [Op. 16] Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 also includes original versions of Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island, Lemminkäinen in Tuonela and Lemminkäinen’s Return, and intermediate version of Lemminkäinen’s Return Cassazione, Op. 6 original and final versions Finland Awakes (1899) Finlandia, Op. 26 Musik zu Einer Scène Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 Dance Intermezzo, Op. 45 No. 2 Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 In memorian, Op. 59 - Trauermarsch für Orchester original and final versions The Dryad, Op. 45 No. 1 Scènes historiques, Set I, Op. 25 Scènes historiques (Suite No. 2) The Bard, Op. 64 Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala) The Oceanides, Op. 73 original [Yale] and final versions Tapiola, Op. 112 |
Please note: Previously unreleased recordings included in this box are The Wood-Nymph, Op. 15, and Spring Song, Op. 16, made in 2006 and 2007. Other recordings have been taken from the following discs: BIS-CD-800, 864, 1015, 1115, 1125, 1225, 1445, 1485, 1565 (Lahti SO / Vänskä); BIS-CD-295 and 448 (Gothenburg SO / Järvi) “To hear Osmo Vänskä conducting Jean Sibelius is to change one's view of the music.” Financial Times | | | (also available to download from $38.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Sibelius Edition Volume 8 - Orchestral Music
Sibelius: | Overture in E major, JS145 Scène de ballet, JS163 Karelia completed and reconstructed by Kalevi Aho Karelia Overture, Op. 10 Karelia Suite, Op. 11 Impromptu for string orchestra Presto in D major for string orchestra Press Celebrations Music Menuetto Coronation Cantata, JS104 Porilaisten marssi, JS152 Overture in A minor, JS144 Romance in C major for strings, Op. 42 Cortège Pan and Echo, Op. 53 The Countess's Portrait (Grevinnans konterfej) Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Rakastava, Op. 14, for strings & percussion Fragments from a Suite for Orchestra (Predecessor of The Oceanides) Two Serenades, Op. 69 for violin and orchestra Earnest Melodies (2) for violin or cello & orchestra, Op. 77 Six Humoresques, Op. 87 and Op. 89 for violin and orchestra Academic March (1919) March of the Finnish Jaeger Battalion, Op. 91a Three Pieces, Op. 96 Suite mignonne, Op. 98a Suite champêtre, Op. 98b Suite caractéristique, Op. 100 Morceau Romantique sur un motif de M. Jacob de Julin Suite for Violin & Strings Op. 117 Andante festivo, JS34b Processional (‘Onward, Ye Peoples'), Op. 113 No. 6 |
Includes previously unreleased recordings with Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä: Karelia Suite, Op.11; Romance in C major for string orchestra, Op.42; March of the Finnish Jäger Battalion, Op.91a; Suite mignonne, Op.98a; Suite champêtre, Op.98b; Suite caractéristique, Op.100; Autrefois from Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op.96; Menuetto, JS127 Also includes the following world première recordings: Processional, Op.113 No.6; Rakastava, Op.14; Tableaux 7/8 from Karelia, JS115, with simplified version of Tableau 7; Impromptu for string orchestra This instalment returns to the field in which the Finnish master has earned the greatest acclaim. Sibelius himself is reported to have said: ‘I am a man of the orchestra. You must judge me from my orchestral works.’ This disc includes some of Sibelius’s best-known works (the Violin Concerto in Leonidas Kavakos’ award-winning recording and the Karelia Suite newly recorded by Osmo Vänskä to name but two) to rarities such as an early version of Rakastava never previously on disc. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Sibelius Edition Volume 5 - Theatre Music
Sibelius: | King Kristian II, incidental music, Op. 27 Original theatre music (1898) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Kuolema, Op. 44 Original theatre music (1903) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Svanevit (Swanwhite), JS 189 Original theatre music (1908) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Pelléas and Mélisande, JS147 Original theatre music (1905) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Jokamies (Jedermann), Op. 83 Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä The Tempest, Op. 109 Original theatre music (1925) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Belshazzar's Feast, JS48 Original theatre music (1906) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä King Kristian II, incidental music, Op. 27 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Swanwhite Suite, Op. 54 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Belshazzar's Feast Suite, Op. 51 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Scaramouche, incidental music, Op. 71 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Op. 46 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi The Tempest, Op. 109 Prelude and Concert Suites (1927) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi |
Incidental music for the theatre is a genre in which Sibelius’s outstanding abilities as a composer of large canvases for orchestra were combined with his equally well-honed talent for writing concise, sharply characterized portraits of characters or scenes. The present volume of the Sibelius Edition focuses on the orchestral music that he wrote for plays and includes both the complete theatrical scores and the suites that the composer in several cases put together from these. Volume five in BIS’s acclaimed Sibelius Edition includes the world première recordings of Svanevit Preliminary sketch for No.9 from Svanevit & Canon from Suite No.1 (1927 version) from The Tempest. Other previously unreleased recordings are Valse triste and Scene with Crane from Kuolema. Among the plays given the Sibelius treatment are works by famous as well as less familiar authors: from Shakespeare, Strindberg and Maeterlinck to the composer’s brother-in-law Arvid Järnefelt. It was for a production of Järnefelt’s drama Kuolema (‘Death’) that Sibelius wrote one of his first scores in 1903 for the theatre – a score which included a Tempo di valse lente that would soon make its triumphant course around the world under the title Valse triste. | | | (also available to download from $38.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | The Sibelius Edition Volume 3 - Cantatas, Melodramas and Orchestral Songs
Sibelius: | Kullervo, Op. 7 Promotional Cantata of 1894, JS105 Coronation Cantata, JS104 Jungfrun i Tornet (The Maiden in the Tower) Koskenlaskijan morsiamet (The Rapids-Rider’s Brides), Op. 33 Sandels, Op. 28 Snöfrid, Op. 29 Tulen synty, Op. 32 (The Origin of Fire) Höstkväll, Op. 38:1 (Text: Viktor Rydberg) Oma maa, Op. 29 (Our Native Land) The Captive Queen, Op. 48 Jordens sång Väinön virsi, Op. 110 (Väinö's Song) Have you courage? (Har du mod?), Op. 31 No. 2 world première |
Helena Juntunen, MariAnne Häggander (sopranos), Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano), Erland Hagegård (tenor), Jorma Hynninen, Raimo Laukka, Tommi Hakala (baritones), Jyrki Korhonen (bass), Stina Ekblad (narration) & Lasse Pöysti (narration) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, YL Male Voice Choir, Dominante Choir, Jubilate Choir, Lahti Boys Choir & Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, Neeme Järvi and Jorma Panula “a first-class account, dramatic and powerfully atmospheric” Gramophone Magazine | | | (also available to download from $38.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | The Essential SibeliusA survey of the music of Jean Sibelius
Sibelius: | Symphonies Nos. 1-7 (complete) En Saga, Op. 9 Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1 Finlandia, Op. 26 Tapiola, Op. 112 Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Earnest Melodies (2) for violin or cello & orchestra, Op. 77 Marko Ylönen (cello) Two Serenades, Op. 69 for violin and orchestra Dong-Suk Kang (violin) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Kullervo, Op. 7 Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano) & Raimo Laukka (baritone) Helsinki University Chorus The Wood-Nymph (Skogsrået), Op. 15 Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 Six Humoresques, Op. 87 and Op. 89 for violin and orchestra Dong-Suk Kang (violin) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Karelia Suite, Op. 11 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Scènes historiques, Set I, Op. 25 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Atenarnes sång (Song of the Athenians), Op. 31 No. 3 Lahti Boys’ Choir & Helsinki University Chorus Tulen synty, Op. 32 (The Origin of Fire) Tommi Hakala (baritone) Helsinki University Chorus The Captive Queen, Op. 48 Dominante Choir Rakastava, Op. 14, for strings & percussion Andante festivo, JS34b King Kristian II, incidental music, Op. 27 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Op. 46 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi The Tempest, Op. 109 (excerpts) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Snöfrid, Op. 29 Stina Ekblad (narrator) Jubilate Choir The Bard, Op. 64 The Oceanides, Op. 73 Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala) Helena Juntunen (soprano) Sortunut ääni Helsinki University Chorus, Matti Hyökki Venematka (Text: Kalevala) Helsinki University Chorus, Matti Hyökki Sydämeni laulu (Song of my Heart) (Text: Aleksis Kivi) Helsinki University Chorus, Matti Hyökki Rakastava, JS160c (text: Kanteletar) Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) & Sauli Tiilikainen (baritone) Jubilate Choir, Astrid Riska Suite mignonne, Op. 98a Jubilate Choir, Astrid Riska Saarella palaa (Fire on the Island), Op. 18, No. 4 Jubilate Choir, Astrid Riska Soi kunniaksi Luojan Jubilate Choir, Astrid Riska Män från slätten och havet (Men from Land and Sea), Op. 65a Jubilate Choir, Astrid Riska Till havs (At Sea), Op. 84, No. 5 Orphei Drängar, Robert Sund Fridolins dårskap (Fridolin’s Folly), JS84 Orphei Drängar, Robert Sund Jone havsfärd (Jonah’s Voyage), JS100 Orphei Drängar, Robert Sund March of the Finnish Jaeger Battalion, Op. 91a Helsinki University Chorus Finlandia, Op. 26 (for male choir and symphony orchestra) Jubilate Choir, Astrid Riska Selected songs Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) & Bengt Forsberg (piano) Moderato - Allegro appassionato in C sharp minor, JS131 Tempera Quartet String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 'Voces Intimae' Tempera Quartet String Quartet in A minor Tempera Quartet Piano trio in D major ‘Korpo' Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Marko Ylönen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano) Piano Quintet in G minor Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I), Laura Vikman (violin II), Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola), Joel Laakso (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano) La pompeuse Marche d’Asis, JS116 Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Marko Ylönen (cello) & Folke Gräsbck (piano) Water Drops for Violin and Cello Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Taneli Turunen (cello) Andante in E flat major (1887), JS 30a Folke Gräsbeck (piano) & Harri Viitanen (harmonium) Andante cantabile in G major (1887) Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano) Sonata in F major, JS 178 (1889) Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano) Malinconia, Op. 20 Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano) Four Pieces, Op. 78 Nils-Erik Sparf (violin) & Bengt Forsberg (piano) Sonatina in E major, Op. 80 Nils-Erik Sparf (violin) & Bengt Forsberg (piano) Danses champêtres Op. 106 Nils-Erik Sparf (violin) & Bengt Forsberg (piano) Florestan. Suite for Piano, JS 82 (1889) Folke Gräsbeck (piano) Impromptu in B minor, Op. 5, No. 5 Folke Gräsbeck (piano) Sonata in F major, Op. 12 Folke Gräsbeck (piano) Romance in D flat major, Op. 24, No. 9 Erik T. Tawaststjerna (piano) Kylikki, Three Lyric Pieces, Op. 41 Erik T. Tawaststjerna (piano) Three Sonatinas, Op. 67 Erik T. Tawaststjerna (piano) Den ensamma furan (The Solitary Fir Tree), Op. 75, No. 2 Erik T. Tawaststjerna (piano) The Spruce Tree Op. 75 No. 5 Erik T. Tawaststjerna (piano) Scène romantique, Op. 101, No. 5 Erik T. Tawaststjerna (piano) The Village Church, Op. 103, No. 1 Erik T. Tawaststjerna (piano) |
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