Sibelius Edition Vol 12 - Symphonies / Vanska, Lahti SO

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Release Date
April 1, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SIBELIUS, JEAN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Jaakko, Kuusisto
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 01, 2011
    • UPC
      7318591933359
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-CD-1933-35
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      5
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    2. II. Andante (ma non troppo lento)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    3. III. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    4. IV. Finale (Quasi una Fantasia): Andante - Allegro molto

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    5. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    6. II. Tempo Andante, ma rubato

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    7. III. Vivacissimo

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    8. IV. Finale: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    9. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    10. II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    11. III. Moderato - Allegro (ma non tanto)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    12. I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    13. II. Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    14. III. Il tempo largo

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    15. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    16. I. Tempo tranquillo assai -

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    17. II. Allegro commodo

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    18. III. Andante mosso

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    19. IV. Allegro commodo - Largamente molto

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    20. I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    21. II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    22. III. Allegro molto - Largamente assai

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    23. I. Allegro molto moderato

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    24. II. Allegretto moderato

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    25. III. Poco vivace

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    26. IV. Allegro molto

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    27. Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

    28. I. Andante - Allegro: bars 1-40

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    29. II. Andante (ma non troppo lento): bars 1-56

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    30. III. Scherzo

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    31. IV. Finale (Quasi una Fantasia): 35 bars starting at W

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    32. IV. Finale (Quasi una Fantasia): final 54 bars (from 2 before U)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    33. I. Allegretto moderato: bars 1-54

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    34. II. Molto largamente - Andante sostenuto: 62 bars starting at D

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    35. I. bars 1-32

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    36. I. bars 1-44

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    37. II. Andantino con moto

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    38. II. Allegro molto vivace - Doppio più lento

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    39. IV. Finale: bars 1-59

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    40. First alternative ending, starting at Y

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto

    41. Second alternative ending, starting at Y

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto


The first chapter in the BIS Sibelius Edition contained some of the Finnish master's most celebrated works, his Tone Poems. In the ten volumes that have been released after that, we have presented various less known aspects of Sibelius: the composer of chamber works and piano music, the miniaturist, even as the author of an opera. With the present instalment, the 12th and penultimate, we return to a genre for which he is particularly celebrated, namely the symphonic. The Seven Symphonies are undisputed treasures of 20th-century music which have fascinated great conductors and international audiences alike. They are here presented in performances by Osmo Vänskä, described in American Record Guide as 'the Sibelius interpreter de nos jours', and the eminent Lahti Symphony Orchestra, whose principal conductor he was for 20 years. The team's recordings of the symphony cycle has been described as 'towering head and shoulders over the competition' in the French magazine Répertoire, and on the website Classical Source as being 'almost universally recognised as the best of the digital age'. As these recordings now are given pride of place in the Sibelius Edition, they are complemented by alternative versions and fragments which provide a fascinating background to the final versions. The most substantial of these is the original version of Symphony No.5, available only in this recording, which upon its original release in 1996 not only received a Gramophone Award for its technical qualities but also was described by the same magazine's reviewer as 'one of the most important and above all interesting records to have appeared for many years.' Also unique for BIS are the recordings of the remaining supplementary material, made under the supervision of the violinist and conductor Jaakko Kuusisto and released here for the first time. Besides a number of short fragments which illustrate the decision-making process of the composer's creative mind in detail, it also includes preliminary versions of three complete movements: the scherzos from Symphonies Nos 1 and 4, and the second movement of Symphony No.3. In the accompanying booklet (numbering 128 pages), Sibelius expert Andrew Barnett guides us through this central chapter in Sibelius' oeuvre - an occasion not to be missed!