Sibelius: Symphonic Poems & Cantatas (Incls 'The Maiden in the Tower', 'Pelleas et Melisande' & 'Finlandia')
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Sibelius: Symphonic Poems & Cantatas (Incls 'The Maiden in the Tower', 'Pelleas et Melisande' & 'Finlandia')
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & National Male Choir of Estonia / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi
[ Virgin Classics / 4 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Thursday 20 October 2011
"Sibelians will welcome this collection as might choral conductors looking for ideas for a short concert appetiser. Sibelians will want to hear the battle scene in Sandels, the rounded invocation of Oma Maa and the superbly structured Maan Virsi."
(Music Web)
*** (Three Stars) Penguin Stereo Guide
Paavo Järvi makes a welcome return to Virgin Classics and the music of Sibelius with two major works for the stage: the atmospheric incidental music to Maeterlinck's Pelléas et Mélisande, and a work of extreme rarity, Sibelius' only opera, The Maiden in the Tower (Jungfrun i tornet).
Tracks:
Kullervo, Op. 7
Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55
Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala)
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22
Jungfrun i Tornet (The Maiden in the Tower)
Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Op. 46
Snöfrid, Op. 29
Oma maa, Op. 29 (Our Native Land)
Väinön virsi, Op. 110 (Väinö's Song)
Sandels, Op. 28
Maan virsi, Op. 95 (Hymn To Earth)
A Song for Lemminkäinen, Op. 31 No. 1, for male chorus and orchestra (Text: Yrjö Weijola)
Finlandia, Op. 26
