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Sibelius - The Origin Of Fire | BIS BISCD1525

Sibelius - The Origin Of Fire

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISCD1525

Barcode: 7318590015254

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 26th February 2007

Contents

Artists

Tommi Hakala (baritone)
Tom Nyman (tenor)
YL Male Voice Choir
Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Osmo Vänskä

Works

Sibelius, Jean

Koskenlaskijan morsiamet (The Rapid-Rider's Brides), op.33
March of the Finnish Jaeger Battalion, op.91a
Rakastava (The Lover), op.14 JS160c
Sandels, op.28
Songs (3) for chorus, op.31
» no.2 Har du mod? (Have You Courage?)
The Captive Queen, op.48
The Origin of Fire, op.32

Artists

Tommi Hakala (baritone)
Tom Nyman (tenor)
YL Male Voice Choir
Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Osmo Vänskä

About

This exciting new disc includes seven world première recordings, bringing together works by Sibelius for male voice choir and orchestra. 
 
Three of the works - The Origin of Fire, Sandels and Har du mod? - are presented in two alternative versions, giving the opportunity to sample the composer’s development and the way he responded to circumstances when adapting his works. 
 
Other works are better known in different scorings, such as The Captive Queen (normally performed by mixed choir and orchestra) and Rakastava (string orchestra). In various ways these pieces are the products of a preoccupation with national identity and independence which the composer shared with his fellow Finns, under Russian domination until 1917.
 
Performing this volatile programme is the YL Male Voice Choir (formerly known as Helsinki University Choir), for whom Rakastava was composed in 1894; to this day, YL is widely acknowledged to be the foremost interpreter of Sibelius’s music for male choir. The choir is joined by the expert forces of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä.

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