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Sibelius Edition Vol 8 - Orchestral Music

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Composer
SIBELIUS, JEAN
Artist
Jaakko, Kuusisto
Format
CD
Label
BIS
Released
Apr 01, 2009
Catalog #
BIS-CD-1921-23
UPC
7318591921233

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SIBELIUS Orchestral Works • Osmo Vänskä, cond; 1 Neemi Järvi, cond; 2 Jaakko Kuusisto (vn); 4 cond; 3 Leonidas Kavakos (vn); 5 Dong-Suk Kang (vn); 6 Marko Ylönen (vc); 7 Lahti SO; 1,3 Gothenburg SO 2 • BIS 1921 (6 CDs: 420:41)


Overture in E. 1 Scène de ballet. 1 Karelia: Complete music; 1 Overture; 2 Suite. 1 Impromptu. 2 Presto. 1 Press Celebrations Music. 1 Menuetto. 1 Coronation March. 1 March of the Pori Regiment. 1 Overture in a. 1 Romance in C. 1 Cortège. 1 Pan and Echo. 1 The Countess’s Portrait. 1 Violin Concerto: (1903–04); 1 (1905). 5 Rakastava. 1 2 Serenades. 2,6 2 Serious Melodies (2 versions). 1,2,6,7 6 Humoresques. 2,6 Academic March. 2 March of the Finnish Jäger Battalion. 1 3 Pieces, op. 96. 1 Suite mignonne. 1 Suite champêtre. 1 Suite caractèristique. 1 Morceau romantique. 1 Suite for Violin and Strings. 1,6 Andante festivo. 1 Processional. 1 Preliminary and alternative versions 1,3,4


Sibelius wrote a colossal amount of music for the orchestra. Already issued in BIS’s Sibelius Edition are boxes devoted to the tone poems (Vol. 1), theater music (Vol. 5, including the full scores plus the suites drawn from the composer’s incidental music), and voice and orchestra (Vol. 3); still to come, of course, is the volume of symphonies (Vol. 12, projected). That makes 21 or 22 well-filled CDs. Then there’s the present set, Vol. 8, which consists of everything else: works for violin and orchestra (about two CDs), music for patriotic pageants (one-and-a-half discs), and various occasional pieces, suites, and other works that don’t fit any of the above categories. The Sibelius quote with which annotator and project advisor, Andrew Barnett, begins his program notes could well serve as an epigram for the entire project: “I am myself a man of the orchestra. You must judge me from my orchestral works.”


Most of the contents of this set were first issued on single CDs: the Karelia music on BIS 915, the Press Celebrations Music on 1115, the two versions of the Violin Concerto on 500, the remaining works for violin and orchestra on 472, and various smaller works on 1265, 1445, 1485, and 1565. Items appearing here for the first time are the Karelia Suite, Menuetto, Romance, March of the Finnish Jäger Battalion , the three French-titled Suites, opp. 98 and 100, and the Processional , as well as several preliminary and alternative versions.


The sheer quantity of material here makes it most practical to discuss the works by category. Along with the Violin Concerto, the most important music in this set is that provided by Sibelius for two patriotic pageants during the Russian crackdown of the 1890s. Thinly disguised as benefits, the first in 1893 for education in the Viipuri district, the second in 1899 for the Press Pension Fund (the Russians had banned a Finnish newspaper), the Karelia and Press Celebrations pageants in reality served as nationalist rallies. The Karelia music, written the year after Kullervo and only two years after Sibelius’s first orchestral works, consisted of an Overture and music for eight tableaux; the Eighth Tableau quotes the song that would later become Finland’s national anthem. The Overture was published independently as op. 10, and three of the eight tableaux were adapted to form the Karelia Suite , op. 11. The remaining music—the entire score totals 50 minutes—is well worth hearing; particularly striking are the runic singing of Tableau 1 and the “siege” music of Tableau 6. In the runic singing, I prefer the earthy female voices used in Tuomas Ollila’s recording for Ondine to the bland baritones used here; otherwise, Vänskä’s version is more compelling. BIS includes Järvi’s energetic 1982 recording of the Overture (to avoid redundancy, one supposes), but gives the Suite in a new recording by Vänskä. I’m not sure why: there are plenty of fine recordings of the Suite already, and Sibelius collectors serious enough to consider this volume doubtless already have their favorite versions; mine is the RCA/Decca recording by Alexander Gibson, not currently available.


The Press Celebrations Music is almost as extensive, comprising a prelude and music for six tableaux; the final movement, “Finland Awakes,” with a new ending, became Finlandia , published as op. 26/7 in the expectation that the entire score would follow. In fact, only three other tableaux were published in revised form as Scènes historiques I , op. 25. The various stages of revision of Finlandia can be heard in Vol. 1 of the Edition; in the original, instead of the familiar apotheosis of the hymn tune, the ending consists of a series of bombastic fanfares. The Press Celebrations score is also included on the Ondine disc, but Vänskä is the clear winner.


The other major work here, of course, is the Violin Concerto. Kavakos and Vänskä give a compelling performance of the familiar 1905 revised version; it’s a performance of extremes, with the many technical challenges met head-on and the more lyrical music played with great sensitivity. Fans of Oistrakh on the one hand or Heifetz on the other won’t want to discard their favorites, but Kavakos offers yet another good option. The real story, though, is the 1991 version of Sibelius’s original score by the same artists; I believe it remains the only recording of the 1903–04 version. The comparison is intriguing; longtime Fanfare subscribers can find David K. Nelson’s detailed review in 14:6. It is impossible to discuss the two versions at length here, but two points should be made: first, the original is both longer and more difficult, including several fascinating passages that were later cut; second, as is almost invariably true, Sibelius’s final thoughts are his best. The revised version eliminates some interesting digressions and much extraneous detail, making it more cohesive and giving it more impact. The original version is still well worth hearing, not only because the comparison is so interesting, but also because it does include a good deal of music later eliminated. The two versions were originally issued in tandem, but here the original version is placed in an “appendix” on the last disc of the set, along with early or alternative versions of other works.


Kang and Järvi give sympathetic readings of the Two Serenades and the Serious Melodies ; the latter are also given, in the appendix, in Sibelius’s cello version by Ylönen and Vänskä. Only the Humoresques are a bit of a letdown. These superb pieces, written in 1917–18 when Sibelius was working on the Fifth Symphony under horrible conditions, are technically demanding and musically complex; they should be far better known, but their format—six short pieces totaling about 20 minutes—seems to have no niche in today’s concert programs. Kang and Järvi are less volatile, less exciting than Aaron Rosand on an ancient Vox LP. I have not heard the recordings of the violin-and-orchestra works by Tetzlaff or Kuusisto; Robert Maxham gave the former a mostly favorable review in 26:6, but the latter does not appear in the Fanfare Archive.


The many other pieces in this set can be addressed only briefly. Sibelius’s first orchestral works were the Overture in E Major and the Scène de ballet , both written in 1891; in 31:1, I preferred Järvi to Vänskä in the former, the reverse in the latter. The Overture in A Minor was written to fill out the program for the premiere of the Second Symphony; supposedly it was composed in a single evening. It certainly is far thinner in substance than the Symphony; its introduction, striking in its use of the trumpets, fails to go anywhere. The well-known Romance in C Major is given a rather perfunctory reading; Pan and Echo , a “Dance Intermezzo” sometimes grouped with the tone poems, is a striking miniature.


Rakastava (“The Lover”), a three-movement work for string orchestra with triangle and timpani written in 1911, the time of the Fourth Symphony, is a small masterpiece. It actually grew out of a much earlier choral work (thus perhaps explaining the anomalous opus number 11), and it was revised in 1912, Sibelius being dissatisfied with the arrangement. Again the final version is far superior to the earlier one, included in the appendix. Vänskä gives a sympathetic account.


Most of the remaining works are of minor importance; the Three Pieces , op. 96, and the three suites that followed, written between 1919 and 1922, are all essentially salon music; the Suite for Violin and String Orchestra, written in 1929 and thus one of Sibelius’s final compositions, is likewise not consequential. The Andante festivo , a 1938 arrangement of a work composed in 1922 for string quartet, is notable not only for its noble formality, but also because the recording of Sibelius’s live broadcast for the New York World’s Fair is the only surviving document of his conducting. That recording shows that almost everyone, including Vänskä, takes the piece too quickly; Vänskä’s version here has a timing of 5:10 versus Sibelius’s 6:55. Finally, the Processional is an arrangement of one of several songs Sibelius wrote for the Finnish Masonic lodge in 1927, again making it one of his last works.


The contents of this set range from some of Sibelius’s finest, most important works to some of the least significant products of his mature years. If you don’t have the single CD of the two versions of the Violin Concerto, or either of the pageant scores, or if you absolutely must have every scrap of orchestral music he created, this set’s for you. Collectors who have been acquiring each volume of the Edition as it is released will find this one of the more rewarding ones. Essential for Sibelians.


FANFARE: Richard A. Kaplan

Tracklist 85 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Overture in E Major, JS 145 11:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    Overture in E Major, JS 145
    Duration
    11:17
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  3. 2 Scene de ballet, JS 163 08:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene de ballet, JS 163
    Duration
    08:36
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  4. 3 Overture 08:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    Overture
    Duration
    08:12
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Taito Hoffren, Heikki Laitinen, Raimo Laukka, Pertti Kuusi
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  5. 4 Tableau 1: A Karelian home. News of War 03:43
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tableau 1: A Karelian home. News of War
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Raimo Laukka, Heikki Laitinen, Taito Hoffren, Pertti Kuusi
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  6. 5 Tableau 2: The founding of Viipuri Castle 03:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    Tableau 2: The founding of Viipuri Castle
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Heikki Laitinen, Taito Hoffren, Raimo Laukka, Pertti Kuusi
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  7. 6 Tableau 3: Narimont, the Duke of Lithuania, levying taxes in the province of Kakisalmi: Allegro - 01:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tableau 3: Narimont, the Duke of Lithuania, levying taxes in the province of Kakisalmi: Allegro -
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Taito Hoffren, Heikki Laitinen, Raimo Laukka, Pertti Kuusi
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  8. 7 Tableau 3: Narimont, the Duke of Lithuania, levying taxes in the province of Kakisalmi: Intermezzo I 03:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tableau 3: Narimont, the Duke of Lithuania, levying taxes in the province of Kakisalmi: Intermezzo I
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Taito Hoffren, Heikki Laitinen, Raimo Laukka, Pertti Kuusi
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  9. 8 Tableau 4: Karl Knutsson in Viipuri Castle. Ballade 09:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    Tableau 4: Karl Knutsson in Viipuri Castle. Ballade
    Duration
    09:09
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Taito Hoffren, Heikki Laitinen, Raimo Laukka, Pertti Kuusi
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  10. 9 Tableau 5: Pontus De la Gardie at the gates of Kakisalmi in 1580: Moderato, ma non lento - 03:14
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tableau 5: Pontus De la Gardie at the gates of Kakisalmi in 1580: Moderato, ma non lento -
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Taito Hoffren, Heikki Laitinen, Raimo Laukka, Pertti Kuusi
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  11. 10 Tableau 5: Pontus De la Gardie at the gates of Kakisalmi in 1580: Intermezzo II 04:08
    Track
    10
    Title
    Tableau 5: Pontus De la Gardie at the gates of Kakisalmi in 1580: Intermezzo II
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Taito Hoffren, Heikki Laitinen, Raimo Laukka, Pertti Kuusi
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  12. 11 Tableau 6: The siege of Viipuri 03:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    Tableau 6: The siege of Viipuri
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Taito Hoffren, Heikki Laitinen, Raimo Laukka, Pertti Kuusi
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  13. 12 Tableaux 7 and 8: The reunion of Old Finland with the rest of Finland: Andante ma non troppo lento - 06:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    Tableaux 7 and 8: The reunion of Old Finland with the rest of Finland: Andante ma non troppo lento -
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Taito Hoffren, Heikki Laitinen, Raimo Laukka, Pertti Kuusi
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  14. 13 Tableaux 7 and 8: The reunion of Old Finland with the rest of Finland: Vivace molto 02:24
    Track
    13
    Title
    Tableaux 7 and 8: The reunion of Old Finland with the rest of Finland: Vivace molto
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Taito Hoffren, Heikki Laitinen, Raimo Laukka, Pertti Kuusi
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  15. Disc 2
  16. 1 Karelia Overture, Op. 10 07:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    Karelia Overture, Op. 10
    Duration
    07:46
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  17. 2 I. Intermezzo: Moderato 03:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Intermezzo: Moderato
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  18. 3 II. Ballade: Tempo di menuetto 06:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Ballade: Tempo di menuetto
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  19. 4 III. Alla marcia: Moderato 04:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Alla marcia: Moderato
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  20. 5 6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Nos. 5 and 6 (arr. for string orchestra) 07:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Nos. 5 and 6 (arr. for string orchestra)
    Duration
    07:32
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  21. 6 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 4: III. Scherzo: Presto (version for string orchestra) 06:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 4: III. Scherzo: Presto (version for string orchestra)
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  22. 7 Preludio 03:48
    Track
    7
    Title
    Preludio
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  23. 8 Tableau 1: Vainamoinen delights Nature, and the peoples of Kaleva and Pohjola, with his song 03:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    Tableau 1: Vainamoinen delights Nature, and the peoples of Kaleva and Pohjola, with his song
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  24. 9 Tableau 2: The Finns are baptized 08:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tableau 2: The Finns are baptized
    Duration
    08:09
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  25. 10 Tableau 3: Scene from Duke Johan's Court 06:08
    Track
    10
    Title
    Tableau 3: Scene from Duke Johan's Court
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  26. 11 Tableau 4: The Finns in the Thirty Years War 05:00
    Track
    11
    Title
    Tableau 4: The Finns in the Thirty Years War
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  27. 12 Tableau 5: The Great Hostility 06:06
    Track
    12
    Title
    Tableau 5: The Great Hostility
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  28. 13 Music played during the tableau 00:30
    Track
    13
    Title
    Music played during the tableau
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  29. 14 Tableau 6: Finland Awakes 07:57
    Track
    14
    Title
    Tableau 6: Finland Awakes
    Duration
    07:57
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  30. Disc 3
  31. 1 Menuetto, JS 127 05:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    Menuetto, JS 127
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  32. 2 Cantata for the Coronation of Nicholas II, JS 104: Coronation March 02:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    Cantata for the Coronation of Nicholas II, JS 104: Coronation March
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  33. 3 Porilaisten marssi (March of the Bjorneborgers), JS 152 02:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    Porilaisten marssi (March of the Bjorneborgers), JS 152
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  34. 4 Overture in A Minor, JS 144 09:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    Overture in A Minor, JS 144
    Duration
    09:13
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  35. 5 Romance in C Major, Op. 42 04:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    Romance in C Major, Op. 42
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  36. 6 Cortege, JS 54 05:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    Cortege, JS 54
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  37. 7 Pan and Echo, Op. 53a 04:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    Pan and Echo, Op. 53a
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  38. 8 Grevinnans konterfej (The Countess's Portrait), JS 88 03:31
    Track
    8
    Title
    Grevinnans konterfej (The Countess's Portrait), JS 88
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Tytti Vanska
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  39. 9 I. Allegro moderato 16:47
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    16:47
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Leonidas Kavakos
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  40. 10 II. Adagio di molto 10:02
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Adagio di molto
    Duration
    10:02
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Leonidas Kavakos
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  41. 11 III. Allegro ma non tanto 07:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Leonidas Kavakos
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  42. Disc 4
  43. 1 I. Rakastava (The Lover) 04:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Rakastava (The Lover)
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jaakko Kuusisto, Ilkka Palli
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  44. 2 II. Rakastetun tie (The Path of the Beloved) 02:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Rakastetun tie (The Path of the Beloved)
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jaakko Kuusisto, Ilkka Palli
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  45. 3 III. Hyvaa iltaa - jaa hyvasti (Good Night - Farewell) 05:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Hyvaa iltaa - jaa hyvasti (Good Night - Farewell)
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jaakko Kuusisto, Ilkka Palli
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  46. 4 II. Tempo moderato 02:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Tempo moderato
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  47. 5 III. Allegro 04:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  48. 6 Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 69a 06:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 69a
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  49. 7 Serenade No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 69b 06:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    Serenade No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 69b
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  50. 8 No. 1. Laetare anima mea 05:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1. Laetare anima mea
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  51. 9 No. 2. Ab imo pectore 03:20
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. Ab imo pectore
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  52. 10 Humoresque No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 87, No. 1 (revised 1940 version) 03:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    Humoresque No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 87, No. 1 (revised 1940 version)
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  53. 11 Humoresque No. 2 in D Major, Op. 87, No. 2 02:15
    Track
    11
    Title
    Humoresque No. 2 in D Major, Op. 87, No. 2
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  54. 12 Humoresque No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 89a 04:08
    Track
    12
    Title
    Humoresque No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 89a
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  55. 13 Humoresque No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 89b 04:00
    Track
    13
    Title
    Humoresque No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 89b
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  56. 14 Humoresque No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 89c 03:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    Humoresque No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 89c
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  57. 15 Humoresque No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 89d 03:01
    Track
    15
    Title
    Humoresque No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 89d
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  58. 16 Promootiomarssi (Academic March), JS 155 05:59
    Track
    16
    Title
    Promootiomarssi (Academic March), JS 155
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Göteborgs Symfoniker
    Conductor
    Neeme Järvi
  59. 17 Jaakarien marssi (Jager March), Op. 91a (version for orchestra) 01:35
    Track
    17
    Title
    Jaakarien marssi (Jager March), Op. 91a (version for orchestra)
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  60. Disc 5
  61. 1 Valse Lyrique, Op. 96a (version for orchestra) 04:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    Valse Lyrique, Op. 96a (version for orchestra)
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  62. 2 Autrefois, Op. 96b (version for 2 clarinets and orchestra) 05:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    Autrefois, Op. 96b (version for 2 clarinets and orchestra)
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Tuulia Ylönen, Matti Rouvali
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  63. 3 Valse Chevaleresque, Op. 96c (version for orchestra) 04:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    Valse Chevaleresque, Op. 96c (version for orchestra)
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  64. 4 I. Petite Scene 01:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Petite Scene
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Outi Viitaniemi, Ilmo Joensivu
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  65. 5 II. Polka 01:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Polka
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Outi Viitaniemi, Ilmo Joensivu
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  66. 6 III. Epilogue 01:51
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Epilogue
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Outi Viitaniemi, Ilmo Joensivu
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  67. 7 I. Piece caracteristique: Commode 02:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Piece caracteristique: Commode
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  68. 8 II. Melodie elegiaque: Poco adagio 03:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Melodie elegiaque: Poco adagio
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  69. 9 III. Danse: Allegretto 01:47
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Danse: Allegretto
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jaakko Kuusisto
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  70. 10 I. Vivo 01:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Vivo
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Leena Saarenpaa
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  71. 11 II. Lento 01:46
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Leena Saarenpaa
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  72. 12 III. Comodo 01:39
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Comodo
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Leena Saarenpaa
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  73. 13 Morceau romantique sur un motif de Monsieur Jakob de Julin, JS 135a 01:58
    Track
    13
    Title
    Morceau romantique sur un motif de Monsieur Jakob de Julin, JS 135a
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  74. 14 I. Country-Scenery 01:59
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Country-Scenery
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  75. 15 II. Evening in spring 02:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Evening in spring
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  76. 16 III. In the summer 01:50
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. In the summer
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Dong-Suk Kang
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  77. 17 Andante festivo, JS 34b (version for string orchestra and timpani) 05:10
    Track
    17
    Title
    Andante festivo, JS 34b (version for string orchestra and timpani)
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  78. 18 Processional, Op. 113, No. 6 (version for orchestra) 03:41
    Track
    18
    Title
    Processional, Op. 113, No. 6 (version for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  79. Disc 6
  80. 1 Tableaux 7 and 8: The reunion of Old Finland with the rest of Finland: Moderato - 06:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    Tableaux 7 and 8: The reunion of Old Finland with the rest of Finland: Moderato -
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jaakko Kuusisto
  81. 2 Tableaux 7 and 8: The reunion of Old Finland with the rest of Finland: Vivace molto 02:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    Tableaux 7 and 8: The reunion of Old Finland with the rest of Finland: Vivace molto
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jaakko Kuusisto
  82. 3 6 Impromptus, Op. 5: No. 5 in B Minor (preliminary version) (arr. for string orchestra) 03:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    6 Impromptus, Op. 5: No. 5 in B Minor (preliminary version) (arr. for string orchestra)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jaakko Kuusisto
  83. 4 I. Allegro moderato 19:28
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    19:28
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Leonidas Kavakos
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  84. 5 II. Adagio di molto 09:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio di molto
    Duration
    09:58
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Leonidas Kavakos
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  85. 6 III. Allegro ma non tanto 09:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    09:34
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Leonidas Kavakos
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  86. 7 I. The Lover 04:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. The Lover
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jaakko Kuusisto, Ilkka Palli
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  87. 8 II. The Beloved 02:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. The Beloved
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jaakko Kuusisto, Ilkka Palli
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  88. 9 III. Good Evening… Good Night! 04:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Good Evening… Good Night!
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jaakko Kuusisto, Ilkka Palli
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  89. 10 No. 1. Cantique (Laetare anima mea) 05:09
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1. Cantique (Laetare anima mea)
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Marko Ylönen
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  90. 11 No. 2. Devotion (Ab imo pectore) 03:23
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2. Devotion (Ab imo pectore)
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Marko Ylönen
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  91. 12 Humoresque No. 1 in D Major, Op. 87, No. 1 (original 1917 version) 03:07
    Track
    12
    Title
    Humoresque No. 1 in D Major, Op. 87, No. 1 (original 1917 version)
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jaakko Kuusisto
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä