Tone Poems (incls En Saga, Op. 9 & Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22)

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SIBELIUS
Tone Poems (incls En Saga, Op. 9 & Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänska & Neeme Jarvi

[ BIS Complete Sibelius Edition / 6 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Friday 1 June 2007

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"To hear Osmo Vänskä conducting Jean Sibelius is to change one's view of the music." Financial Times

Please note: Previously unreleased recordings included in this box are The Wood-Nymph, Op. 15, and Spring Song, Op. 16, made in 2006 and 2007. Other recordings have been taken from the following discs: BIS-CD-800, 864, 1015, 1115, 1125, 1225, 1445, 1485, 1565 (Lahti SO / Vänskä); BIS-CD-295 and 448 (Gothenburg SO / Järvi)

Tracks:

En Saga, Op. 9 (original and final versions)
Spring Song, Op. 16
The Wood-Nymph (Skogsrået), Op. 15
Improvisation/Spring Song [Op. 16]
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22
(also includes original versions of Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island, Lemminkäinen in Tuonela and Lemminkäinen's Return, and intermediate version of Lemminkäinen's Return)
Cassazione, Op. 6 (original and final versions)
Finland Awakes (1899)
Finlandia, Op. 26
Musik zu Einer Scène
Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49
Dance Intermezzo, Op. 45 No. 2
Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55
In memorian, Op. 59 - Trauermarsch für Orchester (original and final versions)
The Dryad, Op. 45 No. 1
Scènes historiques, Set I, Op. 25
Scènes historiques (Suite No. 2)
The Bard, Op. 64
Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala)
The Oceanides, Op. 73 (original [Yale] and final versions)
Tapiola, Op. 112