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 |
Helena Juntiunen (soprano) (Luonnotar) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Op. 25 and Op. 66), Osmo Vänskä, Neeme Järvi (Op. 25 and Op. 66) 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 |
