The Sibelius Edition was launched in September 2007 and, exactly four years later, in September 2011, the final Edition is here released.

Volume 13 of the Sibelius Edition focusses on the Masonic Ritual Music for tenor and organ and the complete music for solo organ, but also includes orchestral fragments and a recording of the bells from Helsinki’s Kallio Church, for which Sibelius composed the melody in 1912.

The Edition also features Sibelius himself conducting the Finnish Radio Orchestra in a performance of his own Andante festivo, recorded in 1939.

As a special feature, one of the discs also include a video file with the classic ‘Jean Sibelius at Home’ film, made in 1927 and 1945 by Aho & Soldan.

This Edition is completed with a bonus DVD of ’Visual Journey to the Music of Jean Sibelius’: Music by Sibelius accompanying sceneries from the Finnish archipelago.

With this final instalment, a separate booklet with the complete index of the recordings and works included in the entire edition is provided, as a key to the 80+ hours of music that form the lifework of Sibelius.

Contents:
Disc 1 - Organ Works and Religious Music [62'49]
- Two Pieces, Op.111
a. Intrada · single pedal version
b. Surusoitto · published version
(Mournful Music)

- [Two Pieces], JS 153
1. Preludium
2. Postludium

- Kolme johdantovuorolaulua, JS 110
(Three Introductory Antiphons) for liturgist [baritone], mixed choir and organ
1. Palmusunnuntaina (On Palm Sunday)
2. Pyhäinpäivänä tai hautajaisjumalanpalveluksissa (On All Saints’ Day)
3. Kristillisissä nuorisojuhlissa (For Christian Youth Ceremonies)

- Herran siunaus, JS 95
(The Lord’s Blessing) for baritone and organ

- Musique religieuse (Masonic Ritual Music), Op.113
for tenor, male voice choir and organ · first recording with original words
1. Avaushymni (Opening Hymn) (1927, rev. 1948 · version in G major)
Organ solo
2. Alttarin valmistus: Suloinen aate
(Adjusting the Altar: Thoughts Be Our Comfort)
Tenor, organ
3. I°. Kulkue ja hymni: Näätkö, kuinka hennon yrtin
(First Degree. Procession and Hymn: Though Young Leaves Be Green)
Tenor, organ
4. III°. Kulkue ja hymni: Ken kyynelin
(Third Degree. Procession and Hymn: Who Ne’er Hath Blent His Bread with Tears)
Tenor, organ
5. On kaunis maa (How Fair Are Earth and Living!)
Tenor, organ
6. Salem (Onward, Ye Brethren)
Tenor, organ
7. II°. Kellä kaipuu rinnassansa
(Second Degree: Whosoever Hath a Love)
Tenor, organ
8. Veljesvirsi (Ode to Fraternity)
Male voice choir, organ
9. Ylistyshymni (Hymn)
Male voice choir, organ
10. Marche funèbre
Organ solo
11. Suur’ olet, Herra (Ode)
Male voice choir, organ
12. Finlandia-hymni (Finlandia Hymn)
Male voice choir a cappella

Harri Viitanen playing the 1967 Marcussen organ of Helsinki Cathedral [1–19]
Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Hannu Jurmu (tenor)
Dominante Choir / Seppo Murto
YL Male Voice Choir / Matti Hyökki

Disc 2 - Fragments, Sketches and Incomplete Works [47'04]
Orchestral Music
1. Luonnotar – Pohjola’s Daughter, fragment
Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä

2. Untitled Fragment in A major
Material previously used in the choral work Ej med klagan, JS 69
Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Jaakko Kuusisto

Chamber Music
- Den lilla sjöjungfrun, fragment, JS 59
(The Little Mermaid) for recitation and string quartet
3. Långt ute i havet… Allegro
4. Hela långa dagen kunde de leka…Vivace – Più lento
5. Hon var ett underligt barn… Andantino
6. Ingen längtade så innerligt… Presto
Johan Simberg (recitation)
Tempera Quartet: Laura Vikman violin I · Silva Koskela violin II · Tiila Kangas viola · Ulla Lampela cello

Piano Music
7. Sketch for Kullervo, second movement
From a letter to Aino Järnefelt. Andante molto
8. Sketch for Symphony No.2 in D major, finale
From Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s house in Ruovesi
9. Sketch for Symphony No.5 in E flat major
From a letter to Axel Carpelan

10-30. 21 Pianokompositioner för barn, JS 148
(Piano Works for Children)

- Sketches for Kyllikki, three lyric pieces, Op.41
31. I. [Largamente – Allegro] (start of movement)
32. II. [Andantino]
33. III. [Comodo] (middle section of movement)

- Sketches for Landscape II
Material possibly planned for Op.114 but ultimately used in Surusoitto, Op.111b
34. First sketch
35. Second sketch

36. Sketch for O Herra, Siunaa
Possibly material for a projected choral work, based on the third movement of the Piano Quintet in G minor, JS 159 (1890). [Adagio]
Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Organ Music
- Four Musical Examples for Organ
From a letter to Into Inha
37. Snabbt [Fast]
38. Mycket långsamt [Very slowly]
39. Moderato
40. Tungt och långsamt [Heavily and slowly]

41. Theme for Improvisation for the London Organ Music Society

- Sketches for Two Pieces, Op.111
42. Intrada
43. Surusoitto (Mournful Music)

Harri Viitanen playing the 1967 Marcussen organ of Helsinki Cathedral
All tracks on Disc 2 are World Première Recordings

Disc 3 - Alternative Versions [53'12]
- Two Pieces for organ, Op.111
1. Intrada · double pedal version
2. Surusoitto (Mournful Music) · manuscript version
World Première Recordings
Harri Viitanen playing the 1967 Marcussen organ of Helsinki Cathedral

- [Two Contrapuntal Exercises] for mixed choir and orchestra, alternative versions
3. Herr, du bist ein Fels (Lord, you are a rock)
4. Herr, erzeige uns deine Gnade (Lord, show us your mercy)
World Première Recordings
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Dominante Choir  / Osmo Vänskä

- Vorschläge für die Glocken [der Kallio-Kirche]
(Proposals for the Bell Melody [for Kallio Church]) for glockenspiel
5. Version 1 (D flat major)
6. Version 2 (G flat major)
World Première Recordings
Andrew Barnett (glockenspiel)

7. Kallion kirkon kellosävel, Op.65b/JS 102 (The Bells of Kallio Church)

- Musique religieuse (Masonic Ritual Music), Op.113
Alternative versions
8. 1. Avaushymni (Opening Hymn) (1927 · version in E flat major)
Organ solo
9. 2. Alttarin valmistus: Suloinen aate (1927)
(Adjusting the Altar: Thoughts Be Our Comfort)
Organ solo
10. 7. II°. Kulkue [Kellä kaipuu rinnassansa] (1927)
(Second Degree: Procession [Whosoever Hath a Love])
Organ solo
11. 9. Ylistyshymni (Hymn) (first version, 1946) (World Première Recording)
Tenor, male voice choir, organ
12. 9. Hymn (1946, revised New York edition 1950)
Tenor, male voice choir, organ

Movements with harmonium:
13. 1. Avaushymni (Opening Hymn) (1927 · version in E flat major)
Harmonium solo
14. 5. On kaunis maa (How Fair Are Earth and Living!) (1927)
Tenor, harmonium

Movements with piano:
15. 4. Third Degree. Procession and Hymn:
Who Ne’er Hath Blent His Bread with Tears (1927, revised New York edition 1950)
Tenor, piano
16. Marche funèbre (1927, revised New York edition 1950)
Piano solo

Harri Viitanen (organ / harmonium)
- The 1967 Marcussen organ of Helsinki Cathedral
- Harmonium by O. Lidholm / M. Hofberg, Borna/Leipzig, No. 57772
- Harmonium from Kangasalan urkutehtas

Hannu Jurmu (tenor), Folke Gräsbeck (piano)
YL Male Voice Choir / Matti Hyökki

17. Andante festivo, JS 34b (1922, orch. 1938), for string orchestra and timpani
Recorded on 1st January 1939 – mono
Finnish Radio Orchestra / Jean Sibelius

Disc 4: ‘Around Sibelius’ – a full-length CD with music by Sibelius's friends, contemporaries and pupils

Bonus DVD: ’Visual Journey to the Music of Jean Sibelius’

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