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The Essential Sibelius

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISCD16971700

Barcode: 7318591697008

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 15

Release Date: 2nd January 2007

Penguin Guide 4 stars Radio 3 Building a Library First Choice

Contents

Works

Sibelius, Jean

Andante cantabile in G major
Andante festivo
Andante in E flat major (1887), JS30a
Characteristic Impressions (5), op.103
» no.1 The Village Church
Danses champetres (5), op.106
En saga, op.9
Finlandia, op.26
Florestan: Suite for Piano, JS82
Fridolins darskap, JS84
Humoresques (2) for violin and orchestra, op.87
Humoresques (4) for violin and orchestra, op.89
Impromptus (6), op.5
» no.5
Jone havsfard, JS100
Karelia Suite, op.11
King Kristian II, op.27: Incidental Music
Kullervo, op.7
Kyllikki, op.41
La pompeuse Marche d'Asis, JS116
Lemminkainen Suite, op.22
Luonnotar, op.70
Malinconia, op.20
Man fran slatten och havet (Men from land and sea), op.65a
March of the Finnish Jaeger Battalion, op.91a
Moderato - Allegro appassionato in C sharp minor, JS131
Pelleas and Melisande Suite, op.46
Piano Quintet in G minor, JS159
Piano Sonata in F major, op.12
Piano Trio in D major 'Korpo'
Pieces (2), op.77 'Earnest Melodies'
Pieces (4) for violin/cello and piano, op.78
Pieces (5), op.75 'The Trees'
» no.2 Den ensamma furan (The Solitary Fir Tree)
» no.5 The spruce tree
Pieces (10) for piano, op.24
» no.9 Romance in D flat major
Pohjola's Daughter, op.49
Rakastava (The Lover), op.14 JS160c
Romantic Pieces (5), op.101
» no.5 Scene romantique
Scenes historiques I, op.25
Selected songs
Serenades (2), op.69
Snofrid, op.29
Soi kunniaksi Luojan
Sonata in F major, JS178
Sonatina in E major, op.80
Sonatinas (3), op.67
Songs (3) for chorus, op.31
» no.3 Atenarnes sang (Song of the Athenians)
Songs (6), op.18
» IV Saarella palaa (Fire on the Island)
Sortunut aani
String Quartet in A minor, JS183
String Quartet in D minor, op.56 'Voces Intimae'
Suite mignonne, op.98a
Sydameni laulu (Song of my Heart)
Symphonies 1-7 (complete)
Tapiola, op.112
The Bard, op.64
The Captive Queen, op.48
The Oceanides, op.73
The Origin of Fire, op.32
The Tempest (excerpts)
The Wood Nymph (Skogsraet), op.15
Till havs (At Sea), op.84 no.5
Valse triste, op.44 no.1
Venematka
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Water Drops for Violin and Cello

Works

Sibelius, Jean

Andante cantabile in G major
Andante festivo
Andante in E flat major (1887), JS30a
Characteristic Impressions (5), op.103
» no.1 The Village Church
Danses champetres (5), op.106
En saga, op.9
Finlandia, op.26
Florestan: Suite for Piano, JS82
Fridolins darskap, JS84
Humoresques (2) for violin and orchestra, op.87
Humoresques (4) for violin and orchestra, op.89
Impromptus (6), op.5
» no.5
Jone havsfard, JS100
Karelia Suite, op.11
King Kristian II, op.27: Incidental Music
Kullervo, op.7
Kyllikki, op.41
La pompeuse Marche d'Asis, JS116
Lemminkainen Suite, op.22
Luonnotar, op.70
Malinconia, op.20
Man fran slatten och havet (Men from land and sea), op.65a
March of the Finnish Jaeger Battalion, op.91a
Moderato - Allegro appassionato in C sharp minor, JS131
Pelleas and Melisande Suite, op.46
Piano Quintet in G minor, JS159
Piano Sonata in F major, op.12
Piano Trio in D major 'Korpo'
Pieces (2), op.77 'Earnest Melodies'
Pieces (4) for violin/cello and piano, op.78
Pieces (5), op.75 'The Trees'
» no.2 Den ensamma furan (The Solitary Fir Tree)
» no.5 The spruce tree
Pieces (10) for piano, op.24
» no.9 Romance in D flat major
Pohjola's Daughter, op.49
Rakastava (The Lover), op.14 JS160c
Romantic Pieces (5), op.101
» no.5 Scene romantique
Scenes historiques I, op.25
Selected songs
Serenades (2), op.69
Snofrid, op.29
Soi kunniaksi Luojan
Sonata in F major, JS178
Sonatina in E major, op.80
Sonatinas (3), op.67
Songs (3) for chorus, op.31
» no.3 Atenarnes sang (Song of the Athenians)
Songs (6), op.18
» IV Saarella palaa (Fire on the Island)
Sortunut aani
String Quartet in A minor, JS183
String Quartet in D minor, op.56 'Voces Intimae'
Suite mignonne, op.98a
Sydameni laulu (Song of my Heart)
Symphonies 1-7 (complete)
Tapiola, op.112
The Bard, op.64
The Captive Queen, op.48
The Oceanides, op.73
The Origin of Fire, op.32
The Tempest (excerpts)
The Wood Nymph (Skogsraet), op.15
Till havs (At Sea), op.84 no.5
Valse triste, op.44 no.1
Venematka
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Water Drops for Violin and Cello

About

This box offers a panoramic view of a composer who is all too often thought of as 'only' a great symphonist. The Essential Sibelius attempts to rectify this view by presenting a varied selection of all the genres pursued by the Finnish master: besides the seven symphonies, the box also includes the violin concerto, tone poems and theatre music as well as songs, choral pieces, chamber works and piano music. 
 
Pride of place naturally goes to the orchestral works, however - the first four discs consist of the cycle of symphony recordings that made critics dub Osmo Vänskä and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra “the pre-eminent Sibelius interpreters of our day” when it was first released. The same performers share the task of presenting the other orchestral works - including Finlandia, Kullervo and the theatre music to The Tempest, to name but three - with the Gothenburg SO conducted by Neeme Järvi, in recordings that many consider the finest available of this music. 
 
Participating artists include international soloists such as Leonidas Kavakos, whose performance of the violin concerto won a Gramophone Award, and Anne Sofie von Otter, whose interpretations of the songs set a never-surpassed standard, as well as Jorma Hynninen and Monica Groop, heading a field consisting of some of Finland's finest musicians. Again, universally acclaimed masterpieces such as the string quartet Voces intimae are juxtaposed with less well-known gems – including the world première recording of The Watersprite, a brief ‘melodrama’ for mezzo-soprano, narrator and piano trio. 
 
In fact, of the more than 19 hours of music in this generous collection, a good one and a half hours consists of recent, previously unreleased recordings. The accompanying 132-page booklet contains an authoritative essay (in English, Finnish, German, French and Japanese) by Andrew Barnett, one of today's leading Sibelius experts, as well as all song texts (with English translations).

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