Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite & The Wood-Nymph

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As ever with Vanska, the interpretation is full of incidental insights, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra's playing captured in excellent sound. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2014 More…

Release Date: 2nd Jun 2014
Catalogue No: BIS1745
Label: BIS
Length: 69 minutes

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Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22

Work length1:02:50

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Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä

I. Lemminkainen and the Maidens of the Island

Track length22:10

Album only

II. The Swan of Tuonela

Track length15:09

Album only

III. Lemminkainen in Tuonela

Track length9:17

$1.50

$2.30

IV. Lemminkainen's Return

Track length16:14

Album only

Sibelius: The Wood-Nymph (Skogsrået), Op. 15

Work length6:45

$1.00

$1.50

Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä

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The two tone poems presented here pre-date Sibelius’ first symphony.

The source of the Lemminkäinen Suite is the Finnish national epic Kalevala, and its four movements – of which ‘The Swan of Tuonela’ is often performed separately - tell of the adventures of the young hero Lamminkäinen.

In comparison, The Wood-Nymph only had its first complete performance in 1996. This was given by the performers on this disc, a team which has become synonymous with top-flight idiomatic Sibelius performances.

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August 2014

As ever with Vanska, the interpretation is full of incidental insights, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra's playing captured in excellent sound.

16th May 2014

Vänskä’s performance projects powerfully the first few minutes of the score; his reading has biting urgency and sweep...An abundance of detail registers and at the same time the listener gets the Big Picture too. In a word, the sound is thrilling.

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite & The Wood-Nymph

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