Sibelius: Siltavahti [The Guardian of the Bridge], JS170b

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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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The Sibelius Edition Volume 11 - Choral Music

The Sibelius Edition Volume 11 - Choral Music


Sibelius:

Kullervo, Op. 7

YL Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyökki

Rakastava, JS160a (text: Kanteletar)

YL Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyökki

Six Songs from Op. 18

YL Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyökki

Heitä, koski, kuohuminen, JS 94

YL Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyökki

Hymn (Natus in curas)

YL Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyökki

Kuutamolla

YL Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyökki

Atenarnes sång (Song of the Athenians), Op. 31 No. 3

Akademiska Sångföreningen, Henrik Wikström

Sandels, Op. 28

Akademiska Sångföreningen, Henrik Wikström

Har du mod? (Have you courage?), Op. 31 No. 2

Ej med klagan (Text: Johan Ludvig Runeberg)

Laulun mahti, JS 118

Veljeni vierailla mailla

Isänmaalle, JS 98b

Tulen synty, Op. 32 (The Origin of Fire)

Har du mod? (Have you courage?), Op. 31 No. 2

Uusmaalaisten laulu (Text: Kaarlo Terhi)

Five Songs, Op. 84

Fridolins dårskap (Fridolin’s Folly), JS84

Jone havsfärd (Jonah’s Voyage), JS100

Schybergson Songs (2), JS 224

Likhet

Jääkärien marssi

Viipurin Laulu-Veikkojen kunniamarssi (version 1), JS 219

Viipurin Laulu-Veikkojen kunniamarssi (version 2), JS 220

Humoreski

Ne pitkän matkan kulkijat

Skyddskårsmarsch, JS 173

Siltavahti [The Guardian of the Bridge], JS170b

Karjalan osa

En etsi valtaa, loistoa (text: Zacharias Topelius), Op. 1 No. 4

Finlandia, Op. 26 (for male choir and symphony orchestra)

Ensam i dunkla skogarnas famnn (Text: Emil von Quanten)

När sig våren åter föder, JS 139

Tanke, se, hur fågeln svingar, JS 191

Hur blekt är allt, JS 96

Upp genom luften, JS 213

Ack, hör du fröken Gyllenborg, JS 10

Työkansan marssi (Text: J.H. Erkko)

Soitapas soria neito, JS 176

Juhlamarssi (Text: Kasimir Leino)

Italian Folk Song Arrangements, JS 99

Songs for Mixed Choir from the Cantata for the University Degree Ceremony of 1897, Op. 23

Rakastava, JS160c (text: Kanteletar)

Six Songs from Op. 18

Min rastas raataa, JS 129

Isänmaalle, JS 98b

version for mixed choir

Aamusumussa (Text: J.H. Erkko)

Den 25 Oktober 1902: Till Thèrésa Hahl (Text: Nils Wasastjerna)

Ej med klagan (Text: Johan Ludvig Runeberg)

Listen to the Water Mill (fragment), JS 122

Two Songs, Op. 65

Uusmaalaisten laulu (Text: Kaarlo Terhi)

version for mixed choir

Three Songs for American Schools

Drömmarna (Text: Jonatan Reuter)

Partiolaisten marssi

Koulutie (Text: V.A. Koskenniemi)

Skolsång (Text: Nino Runeberg)

Den höga himlen, Op. 107 (Text: Simo Korpela)

On lapsonen syntynyt meille, JS 142

Finlandia, Op. 26 (for male choir and symphony orchestra)

four versions

Vi kysser du fader min fästmö här? JS 218

Kotikaipaus

Impromptu

Kansakoululaisten marssi

Kantat till ord av W. von Konow

Aamusumussa (Text: J.H. Erkko)

Terve ruhtinatar

Nejden andas

Soi kunniaksi Luojan

En etsi valtaa, loistoa (text: Zacharias Topelius), Op. 1 No. 4

On hanget korkeat, nietokset (text: Wilkku Joukahainen), Op. 1 No. 5

The World Song of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

Chorales written for Martin Wegelius in Helsinki

Chorales written for Albert Becker in Berlin

Kantaatti tohtorin- ja maisterinvihkijäisissä 31 [30] päivänä toukokuuta 1897, JS 106

Hymn (Natus in curas)

original version

Carminalia (3 versions)

Isänmaalle, JS 98b

original version for male voice choir

Atenarnes sång (Song of the Athenians), Op. 31 No. 3

version for boys’ and mens’ voices a cappella

Impromptu, Op. 19 [original* and final versions]

Har du mod? (Have you courage?), Op. 31 No. 2

original version for male voice choir and piano (1904)

Ej med klagan (Text: Johan Ludvig Runeberg)

version for mixed choir with later corrections

Nejden andas

version for children’s choir with first ending

Till havs (At Sea), Op. 84, No. 5

En etsi valtaa, loistoa (text: Zacharias Topelius), Op. 1 No. 4

three versions

Suur’ olet, Herra, JS 58b

version for male voice choir and organ


Performers include YL Male Voice Choir/Matti Hyökki, Orphei Drängar/Robert Sund, Akademiska Sångföreningen/Henrik Wikström, Jubilate Choir/Astrid Riska, Dominante Choir/Seppo Murto, Florakören/Ulf Långbacka, Helena Juntunen (soprano), Johanna Rusanen (soprano), Monica Groop (mezzo), Mika Pohjonen (tenor), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Folke Gräsbeck (piano), Ilmo Ranta (piano)

The complete works for choir a cappella and with piano/organ accompaniment. Including Rakastava, Venematka, Sydämeni laulu, Isänmaalle, Finlandia Hymn, Chorales, Jäger March, Giv mig ej glans, Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897, Origin of Fire and extracts from Kullervo. Full tracklist available upon request.

“The Finnish artists involved in these recordings invest genuine love, considerable craft and refined artistry into this enterprise. Even the least of their countryman's youthful chorales or occasional pieces receives first-rate care and attention...And yet the quality threshold of his music and these performances of it prove consistently high and endlessly delightful.” Classic FM Magazine, February 2011 ****

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