Sibelius: Laulu ristilukista Op. 27 No. 4

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A Finnish Songbook (Elämäni Lauluja)

A Finnish Songbook (Elämäni Lauluja)

Orchestral songs by Finnish composers


Kilpinen:

Kesäyö (Summer Night)

Vanha kirkko

Rannalta I (From the Shore I)

Kuula:

Tuijotin tulehen kauan, Op. 2 No. 2

Kesäyö kirkkomaala, Op. 6 No. 1

Yö - Night

Luolajan-Mikkola:

Häätanhu (Wedding Dance)

Madetoja:

Yrtit tummat Op. 9 No. 1 (Dark Herbs) (Text: L. Onerva)

Itkisit joskus illoin (If you'd sometimes weep at evening), Op. 25/5

Merikanto, O:

Soi vienosti murheeni soitto

Merellä

Vallinkorvan laulu

Sibelius:

Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, duck, swim) (A.V. Forsman-Koskimies)

Lastu lainehilla, Op. 17, No. 7

Laulu ristilukista Op. 27 No. 4

trad.:

Tällaaselle poijalle

Tuuli se taivutti koivun larvan

Niin kauan minä tramppaan

Turunen:

Sunnuntai (Sunday)


Matti Salminen is an acoustic phenomenon, according to many the finest and darkest bass voice of our time. In the 1970s and ‘80s he inherited mantle of the legendary Martti Talvela as the great Finnish Wagner bass in Bayreuth, until, to the regret of Wolfgang Wagner, he decided to devote his summers to the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland. James Levine, for his part, considers Salminen so essential that the scheduling of Wagner operas at the Met is adjusted to suit Salminen's diary. Salminen's journey to his present status has been a long one.The son of a working-class family, he earned his living at first as a tango king on Finnish dance-floors. From the dance-floor, his career has taken him to all the important opera houses of the world to sing with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, James Levine, Nicolas Harnoncourt and Pierre Boulez. On this new recording, Matti Salminen performs rarities outside the standard repertoire and delivers a personal account of orchestral songs from Finnish composers.Accompanied by the Helsinki Philharmonic under its new chief conductor John Storgårds, Salminen is completely at home singing this music. Many of these songs about nature and love deserve greater attention or discovery, for which this exceptional disc forms a perfect vehicle.

“One of the greatest operatic basses of his generation and beyond, Matti Salminen…is, in effect, simply a folksinger. As its cosy "Finnish Songbook" title suggests, his latest disc celebrates the naturalness of his art, and the predominantly slow and lugubrious sequence of songs here ranges from mini-masterpieces by Sibelius to traditional numbers.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2009

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Sibelius - Orchestral Songs

Sibelius - Orchestral Songs


Sibelius:

Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson)

Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36 No. 4 (Text: Gustav Fröding)

Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell)

På verandan på vid havet, Op. 38 No. 2 (Viktor Runeberg)

Under strandens granar (Under the fir-trees) Op. 13 No. 1 (Runeberg)

Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg)

Kom nu hit, Död, Op. 60 No. 1 (Bertel Gripenberg after Shakespeare)

Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell)

Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5

Im Feld ein Mädchen singt, Op. 50 Nr.3 (Margarete Susman)

Die stille Stadt

Aus banger Brust, Op. 50 No. 4

Koskenlaskijan morsiamet (The Rapids-Rider’s Brides), Op. 33

Lastu lainehilla, Op. 17, No. 7

Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6 (Forsman-Koskimies)

Kaiutar, Op. 72, No. 4

Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, duck, swim) (A.V. Forsman-Koskimies)

Laulu ristilukista Op. 27 No. 4


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Sibelius Festival

Sibelius Festival


Sibelius:

Koivu (The Birch), Op. 75/4

The Spruce Tree Op. 75 No. 5

Romance, Op. 78 No. 2

Rondino (from Five Pieces, Op. 81)

Mazurka, Op. 81/1

Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6 (Forsman-Koskimies)

Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell)

Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson)

Elegie, Op. 27/1

Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell)

Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5

Laulu ristilukista Op. 27 No. 4

The Tempest, Op. 109 (excerpts)

Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: The Swan of Tuonela (No. 2)

Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: Lemminkäinen's Return (No. 4)

Finlandia, Op. 26


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The Sibelius Edition Volume 7 - Complete Songs

The Sibelius Edition Volume 7 - Complete Songs

The Complete Solo Songs, including preliminary and alternative versions


includes:

Sibelius:

Laulu ristilukista Op. 27 No. 4

Segelfahrt

Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, duck, swim) (A.V. Forsman-Koskimies)

Andantino in E flat minor [Säv, säv, susa / Sigh, Sigh, Sedges], JS42

Five Songs, Op. 37

Six Songs, Op. 36

Jag ville, jag vore i Indialand (I wish I were in India)

Five Songs, Op. 38

Les Trois Soeurs aveugles (The Three Blind Sisters), Op. 46 No. 4 (M. Maeterlinck)

Six Songs, Op. 50

Erloschen

2 Songs, Op. 35

Vänskapens blomma

Eight Songs, Op. 57 (Text: Ernst Josephson)

2 Songs from Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night', Op. 60

8 Laulut, Op. 61

Arioso, Op. 3 (Text: J.L. Runeberg)

Five Christmas Songs, Op. 1

Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala)

Six Songs, Op. 72 (Songs Nos. I & II are lost)

Tanken

Six Songs, Op. 86

Six Songs, Op. 88 'Flower Songs'

Six Songs, Op. 90

Kullervon valitus from Op. 7

Mummon syntymäpäivänä

Autrefois (Scène pastorale pour orchestre), Op. 96b

Små flickorna (Text: Hjalmar Procopé)

Narciss (Narcissus) (B. Gripenberg)

Siltavahti [The Guardian of the Bridge], JS170b

Den judiska flickans sång (from Belshazzar's Feast, Op. 51)

Hymn to Thaïs (Text: Arthur H. Borgström)

plus:

CD1

1. Serenad, JS167 2'48

2. Medan nordanvinden gnyr [While the North Wind Roars] 1'11

3. Näcken, JS138 3'19

4. Då världar ännu skapade ej voro [When Worlds Still Uncreated Were], JS56 2'23

5. En visa [A Song], JS71 1'25

6. Solen slog himlen röd… [The Sun Reddened the Sky…], 1888, fragment 1'34

7. Orgier [Orgies], JS143 2'17

8. Skogsrået [The Wood-Nymph], JS171 6'40

9. Höstkväll [Autumn Evening], 1888–89, fragment 2'22

10. Flickan gick en vintermorgon [The Maiden Went One Winter Morning], 1890–92, fragment 0'45

11. Jag kysser dig [och ledsnar] ej [I Kiss You and Weary Not], 1889–91 0'54

12. Löjet var utan hem [Wit Was Without a Home], 1890–91 2'25

13. Likhet [Alikeness], JS120 1'40

14. Den första kyssen [The First Kiss], JS57 2'08

15. Tule, tule kultani [Come, Come, My Sweetheart] (folk-song arrangement), JS211 1'14

Seven Runeberg Songs, Op.13

16. 1. Under strandens granar [Under the Fir-Trees] 5'24

17. 2. Kyssens hopp [The Kiss’s Hope] 2'10

18. 3. Hjärtats morgon [The Heart’s Morning] 2'27

19. 4. Våren flyktar hastigt [Spring Flies Speedily] 1'33

20. 5. Drömmen [The Dream] 1'43

21. 6. Till Frigga [To Frigga] 3'59

22. 7. Jägargossen [The Young Huntsman] 2'44

Seven Songs, Op.17

23. 1. Se’n har jag ej frågat mera [Since Then I Have Questioned No Further] 2'14

24. 2. Sov in! [Go to Sleep!] 1'41

25. 3. Fågellek [Play of the Birds] 1'32

26. 4. Vilse [Astray] 0'52

27. 5. En slända [A Dragonfly] 4'22

28. 6. Illalle [To Evening] 1'15

29. 7. Lastu lainehilla [Driftwood] 1'06

30. Koskenlaskijan morsiamet [The Rapids-Rider’s Brides], Op.33

CD5

1. Serenad, JS167 (preliminary version, 1887) 2'53

Seven Runeberg Songs, Op.13 (preliminary versions)

2. 2. Kyssens hopp [The Kiss’s Hope], 1892 2'21

3. 3. Hjärtats morgon [The Heart’s Morning], 1890 2'25

4. 5. Drömmen [The Dream], 1891 2'02

5. Kullervos Wehruf [Kullervo’s Lament], from Op.7 (first version 1892, rev. 1892–93) 2'12

Seven Songs, Op.17 (early draft copies)

6. 1. Se’n har jag ej frågat mera [Since Then I Have Questioned No Further], 1890–92 2'37

7. 6. Illalle [To Evening], 1898 1'50

8. Soluppgång [Sunrise], JS87 (preliminary version 1902) 2'14

9. Judeflickans sång [The Jewish Girl’s Song], JS48 No.2b [Op.51 No.2] (first version 1906, rev. c.1907) 2'51

10. Hundra vägar [A Hundred Ways], Op.72 No.6 (preliminary version 1907) 2'13

11. Teodora, Op.35 No.2 (preliminary version 1908) 4'39

12. Hymn to Thaïs, the Unforgettable, JS97 (first version 1909) 2'06

Two Songs from ‘Twelfth Night’, Op.60 (Original versions for voice and guitar)

13. 1. Kom nu hit, död! [Come Away, Death!] 3'12

14. 2. Hållilå, uti storm och i regn [Hey, ho, the Wind and the Rain] 2'07

15. Dolce far niente, Op.61 No.6 (preliminary version 1910) 1'43

16. On hanget korkeat, nietokset [High are the Snowdrifts], Op.1 No.5 (1901, rev. 1903–05) 2'07

17. Pastorale, extract from ‘Autrefois’, Op.96b, 1919–20 2'45


Artists include Helena Juntunen (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter and Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano), Dan Karlström (tenor), Gabriel Suovanen and Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Folke Gräsbeck, Bengt Forsberg and Love Derwinger (piano), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Marko Ylönen and Joel Laakso (cello)

This box contains a large number of previously unreleased recordings, as well as many world premières on disc. The 236 page booklet contains all song texts in the original language, with English translations.

Sibelius’s earliest music was instrumental and it wasn’t until he was in his twenties that he turned to the solo song genre. From that time on, however, he wrote songs at regular intervals – more than a hundred in total. They form a substantial part of his output and are treasured highly by admirers of the composer, although only a handful have gained a regular place in the international repertoire.

As Andrew Barnett remarks in his informative liner notes, ‘listening to them in their entirety reveals considerable lightness of touch and many a flash of genuine humour. The finest of them certainly reveal his gift for melody and his acute response to nature imagery, especially when setting poems featuring pantheistic imagery.’

Many of the songs were written for or premièred by leading Finnish singers. It is a fine cast of Finnish singers who perform their compatriot’s music on this collection, which also includes the highly acclaimed recordings by the Swedish mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter of some of the best-known songs, including Black Roses, The Diamond on the March Snow and But My Bird is Long in Homing. As for the accompaniments, the lion’s share is in the hands of Folke Gräsbeck, an undisputed authority on Sibelius’s piano scores and a key contributor to this edition.

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