Jean Sibelius
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Sibelius: The Tempest / Kamu, Royal Danish Orchestra
Symphonic in scale and ambition, the incidental music to Shakespeare’s play The Tempest was among the last orchestral works Sibelius composed before entering the mysterious ‘silence of Järvenpää’ that lasted until his death. Commissioned by leading Danish theatre producer Johannes Poulsen in 1925, the wide expressive demands of the play saw Sibelius calling on large musical forces. From the terrifying tone picture of the opening shipwreck via ethereal songs, boisterous character portraits and remarkable evocations of nature, Sibelius took full advantage of being set free to convert the themes of Shakespeare’s magical world into his own unique sound.
SIBELIUS: KULLERVO
SYMPHONIES 1-7
SYMPHONIES
SIBELIUS PIANO MUSIC
Sibelius: Piano Quintet, String Quartet / Gabrieli Quartet
Recorded in: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk 25-27 January 1989 Producer(s) Tim Oldham Sound Engineer(s) Anthony Howell
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 / 'The Tempest', Suite No. 1
Sibelius: Piano Music
SIBELIUS: Kullervo, Op. 7
Sibelius: Oceanides (The), Op. 73 / Symphony No. 4 In A Mino
Sibelius: Complete Original Piano Music, Vol. 4
Sibelius: Symphonies No 2 & 3 / Vänskä, Lahti So
American Record Guide (11-12/97, p.201) - "...Osmo Vanska leads a slow version of Symphony 2, at 44:44 almost ideally paced....The orchestra sounds rich, warm, and full-blooded....[Vanska's] phrasing is richly varied and expressive, and his grasp of large-scale architecture is most compelling..."
Sibelius: Swanwhite, Belshazzar's Feast, Etc / Järvi
Sibelius: Symphony No 2, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 And 4
Stravinsky: Danses Concertantes / Pulcinella
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 / Kuolema: Incidental Music / Night
Sibelius: Symphony No 5 (2 Versions) / Vänskä, Lahti So
BBC Music (3/98, p.59) - Performance: 5 (out of 5), Sound: 5 (out of 5) - This is a performance that grabs the attention from beginning to end; the Lahti brass have tremendous bite, the wind colour is in primary tones and the sweep of the piece has rarely been caught with such a natural sense of its ebb and flow..."
Sibelius: Complete Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 1
Sibelius: Kullervo / Järvi, Mattila, Hynninen, Gothenburg So
Sibelius: Symphony No 3, Etc / Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony
Sibelius: Choral Works
Sibelius: Complete Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 2
Sibelius: Complete Original Piano Music, Vol. 3
