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Sibelius: The Tempest, The Bard, Tapiola / Okko Kamu, Lahti Symphony Orchestra

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Composer
SIBELIUS, JEAN
Artist
Okko, Kamu
Format
SACD
Discs
1
Label
BIS
Released
Jul 01, 2011
Catalog #
BIS-SACD-1945
UPC
7318599919454

About

To many, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra has become synonymous with excellence in Sibelius repertoire. Its numerous recordings with the previous chief conductor Osmo Vänskä have received countless distinctions and awards, and the orchestra is universally regarded as having a very special affinity for the music of their great compatriot. On the present disc it is Okko Kamu, Vänskä's successor as chief conductor, who wields the baton. Kamu has been a presence on the international scene ever since the early 1970s, when he made a highly-acclaimed set of Sibelius symphonies in partnership with Herbert von Karajan. Here three other works by Sibelius make up the programme, which opens with music for Shakespeare's play The Tempest, for which the composer in 1925 wrote the most ambitious of his several theatre scores. For concert use he later selected the Overture and two Suites recorded here. In 1926, a year after The Tempest, Sibelius again turned to the realm of magic in his masterful evocation of the forest, the symphonic poem Tapiola. The title can be translated as 'the domain of Tapio', god of the forest in Finnish mythology, and according to Walter Damrosch, who conducted the first performance, the audience was 'enthralled by the dark pine forests and the shadowy gods and wood-nymphs who dwell therein'. From the start the work has been regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces from Sibelius' pen. These two large-scale works are here separated by the seven-minute long symphonic poem The Bard from 1913, a work which in its treatment of the thematic material and the chamber-music-like quality of its scoring invites comparison with the Fourth Symphony of two year's earlier.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 The Tempest, Op. 109: Overture 07:12
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Tempest, Op. 109: Overture
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  2. 2 I. The Oak Tree 03:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. The Oak Tree
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  3. 3 II. Humoresque 01:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Humoresque
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  4. 4 III. Caliban's Song 01:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Caliban's Song
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  5. 5 IV. The Harvesters 02:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. The Harvesters
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  6. 6 V. Canon 02:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    V. Canon
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  7. 7 VI. Scene 01:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    VI. Scene
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  8. 8 VII. Intrada - Berceuse 02:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    VII. Intrada - Berceuse
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  9. 9 VIII. Entr'acte - Ariel's Song 02:33
    Track
    9
    Title
    VIII. Entr'acte - Ariel's Song
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  10. 10 IX. The Storm 04:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    IX. The Storm
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  11. 11 I. Chorus of the Winds 02:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Chorus of the Winds
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  12. 12 II. Intermezzo 01:58
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Intermezzo
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  13. 13 III. Dance of the Nymphs 01:59
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Dance of the Nymphs
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  14. 14 IV. Prospero 01:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Prospero
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  15. 15 V. Song I 01:02
    Track
    15
    Title
    V. Song I
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  16. 16 V. Song II 01:03
    Track
    16
    Title
    V. Song II
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  17. 17 VI. Miranda 01:53
    Track
    17
    Title
    VI. Miranda
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  18. 18 VII. The Naiads 01:34
    Track
    18
    Title
    VII. The Naiads
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  19. 19 VIII. Dance Episode 02:04
    Track
    19
    Title
    VIII. Dance Episode
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  20. 20 Barden (The Bard), Op. 64 07:01
    Track
    20
    Title
    Barden (The Bard), Op. 64
    Duration
    07:01
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  21. 21 Tapiola, Op. 112 17:36
    Track
    21
    Title
    Tapiola, Op. 112
    Duration
    17:36
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu