An authoritative, comprehensive Edition covering all of the most important music written by Sibelius.
 
The 7 symphonies plus ‘Kullervo’, tone poems, concertos, stage music and songs are all here, all performed by some of the most prominent Sibelius interpreters including Bernstein & Karajan for symphonies and tone poems; Mutter for violin works; the Emerson String Quartet, and Kim Borg (songs).

Contents:
SYMPHONIES
CD 1     
- Symphony no.1
Wiener Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein

CD 2
- Symphony no.2
Wiener Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein

CD 3
- Symphony no.3
- Lemminkänen Suite
Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra / Okko Kamu

CD 4
- Symphonies nos 4 & 6
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 5
- Symphonies nos 5 & 7
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD 6
- Kullervo Symphony
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra / Jorma Panula

TONE POEMS / ORCHESTRAL
CD 7 Tone Poems 1
- En saga op.9
- Karelia Suite op.11
Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra / Okko Kamu
- Rakastava for Strings op.14
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner
- Spring Song op.16
- Finlandia op.26
- Pohjola’s Daughter op.49
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi

CD 8 Tone Poems 2
- Night Ride and Sunrise op.55
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi
- In Memoriam op.59
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra / Jussi Jalas
- The Bard op.64
Helsinki Radio Symphony / Okko Kamu
- Luonnotar op.70
- The Oceanides op.73
- Andante festivo (1924)
- Tapiola op.112
Soile Osokoski (soprano)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi

CONCERTOS
CD 9
- Violin Concerto in D minor op.47
- 2 Serenades op.69
- Humoresque op.87 no.1
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Staatskapelle Dresden / André Previn

SONGS
CD 10
1. Våren flyktar hastigt op.13/4 (Runeberg): Spring Flies Fast
2. Diamanten på Märssnon op.36/6 (Wecksell): A Diamond on March Snow
3. Säv, säv, susa op.36/4 (Fröding): Sigh, Sigh, Sedges
4. Svarta rosor op.36/1 (Josephson): Black Roses
5. Come Away, Death op.60/1 (Shakespeare: Twelfth Night)
6. When that I was a little tiny boy op.60/2 (Shakespeare: Twelfth Night)
7. Les trois sœurs aveugles op.46/5 (Maeterlinck, from Pelléas et Mélisande): The Three Blind Sisters
8. Im Feld ein Mädchen singt op.50/3 (Susman)
9. Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Forsman-Koskimies): Swim, Little Duck, Swim
10. Finlandia-Hymni op.26 (Koskenniemi)
11. Lastu lainehilla op.17/7 (Calamnius-Kianto): Driftwood
12. Illalle op.17/6 (Forsman-Koskimies): To The Evening
Kim Borg (bass), Erik Werba (piano)

13. Var det en dröm? op.37/4 (Wecksell): Was it a Dream?
14. Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte op.37/5 (Runeberg): The Maiden Returned from her Lover’s Tryst
15. Längtan heter min arfvedel op.86/2 (Karlfeldt): Longing is my Heritage
16. På verandan vid havet op.38/2 (Rydberg): On a Balcony by the Sea
17. Romeo op.61/4 (Tavaststjerna) 1:44
18. Höstkväll op.38/1 (Rydberg): Autumn Evening
19. Den första kyssen op.37/1 (Runeberg): The First Kiss
20. Långsamt som qvällskyn op.61/1 (Tavaststjerna): Slowly as the Evening Sky
21. Norden op.90/1 (Runeberg): The North
22. Narciss (Gripenberg): Narcissus
23. Vilse op.17/4 (Tavaststjerna): Astray
24. Kullervon valitus from Kullervo Symphony op.7 (Kalevala – Runo XXXV): Kullervo’s Lament
Tom Krause (baritone), Pentti Koskimies (piano)

CHAMBER / SOLO PIANO
CD 11
- String Quartet in D minor op.56 'Voces intimae'
Emerson String Quartet
- Malinconia op.20 for cello and piano
Heinrich Schiff (cello)
- The Spruce, Winter Landscape for solo piano
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
- Romance in D flat for solo piano op.24/9
Shura Cherkassky (piano)

STAGE WORKS
CD 12 Stage Works 1
- King Christian II op.27: Suite for orchestra
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi
- Pelleas & Melisande
Suisse Romande Orchestra / Horst Stein

CD 13 Stage Works 2
- Scénes historiques – Suite no.1 op.25
- Scénes historiques – Suite no.2 op.66
- Scaramouche op.71
- Swanwhite – Suite op.54
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra /Jussi Jalas
               
CD 14 Stage Works 3
Four Kuolema extracts:
- Valse triste op.44 no.1
- Scene with Cranes op.44 no.2
- Canzonetta op.62a
- Valse romantique op.62b
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi

- The Tempest Suite no.1 op.109
- The Tempest Suite no.2 op.109
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra / Jussi Jalas