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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7, Kullervo / Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7, Kullervo / Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra

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Details

Composer
SIBELIUS, JEAN
Artist
Vanska
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Oct 02, 2020
Catalog #
BIS-2506
UPC
7318599925066

About

Osmo Vänskä has been described as ‘our greatest living Sibelian’ (The Sunday Times, UK), a reputation which is founded not least on his two symphony cycles on disc, both released by BIS. The first one was recorded in 1996-97 with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, and firmly established Vänskä as a force to be reckoned with. 14 years later he returned to the studio for a second cycle, now with the Minnesota Orchestra, of which he has been music director since 2003.

The Minnesota recordings were released on three discs during the years 2012 – 2016 to critical acclaim: besides top marks from reviewers around the world, the series garnered distinctions such as Editor’s Choice (Gramophone), Orchestral Choice (BBC Music Magazine) and Recording of the month (MusicWeb International). The disc of Symphonies Nos 2 and 5 was included on the New York Times list of the Best Classical Music Recordings of 2012 and nominated to a Grammy for Best Orchestral Recording, an award which its sequel (Nos 1 & 4) received the following year. Recommended by the German web site Klassik.com upon its release, the final album, with Symphonies Nos 3, 6 and 7, was recently included on Gramophone’s list of ‘Top 10 Sibelius recordings’. The three releases have now been gathered into a box set, with the addition of the same team’s 2016 recording of Kullervo, Sibelius’s first large-scale orchestral work and sometimes called his ‘choral symphony’.

Past praise for previously released volumes included in this set:

Sibelius: Symphonies No 1 & 4 / Vanska, Minnesota:

The passion and sweep of the First is even more electric than in the Lahti First. The Fourth emerges equally well as a hugely powerful utterance. With superb sound as always from BIS, this new disc has set the bar for all to follow and past ones to be measured against.

– Gramophone

Sibelius: Symphonies No 2 & 5 / Vanska, Minnesota:

These fearless, magnificently played performances, recorded in astonishing detail by the BIS engineers, and accompanied by an authoritative note by Robert Layton, join a very exclusive and elevated class of the finest recordings of these works.

– MusicWeb International

Tracklist 28 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico 09:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico
    Duration
    09:36
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  3. 2 II. Andante (ma non troppo lento) 08:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante (ma non troppo lento)
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  4. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro 04:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  5. 4 IV. Finale (quasi una Fantasia): Andante - Allegro molto 11:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale (quasi una Fantasia): Andante - Allegro molto
    Duration
    11:32
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  6. 5 I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio 11:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
    Duration
    11:59
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  7. 6 II. Allegro molto vivace 04:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  8. 7 III. Il tempo largo 13:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Il tempo largo
    Duration
    13:10
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  9. 8 IV. Allegro 08:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    08:48
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  10. Disc 2
  11. 1 I. Allegretto 09:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    09:11
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  12. 2 II. Tempo andante, ma rubato 16:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
    Duration
    16:28
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  13. 3 III. Vivacissimo - 05:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Vivacissimo -
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  14. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro moderato 14:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    14:38
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  15. 5 I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato 13:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato
    Duration
    13:13
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  16. 6 II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto 08:35
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
    Duration
    08:35
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  17. 7 III. Allegro molto - Largamente assai 08:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro molto - Largamente assai
    Duration
    08:54
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  18. Disc 3
  19. 1 I. Allegro moderato 10:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    10:14
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  20. 2 II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto 10:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto
    Duration
    10:40
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  21. 3 III. Moderato - Allegro (ma non tanto) 08:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Moderato - Allegro (ma non tanto)
    Duration
    08:47
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  22. 4 I. Allegro molto moderato 09:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro molto moderato
    Duration
    09:06
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  23. 5 II. Allegretto moderato 06:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allegretto moderato
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  24. 6 III. Poco vivace - 03:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Poco vivace -
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  25. 7 IV. Allegro molto 09:00
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto
    Duration
    09:00
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  26. 8 Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105 22:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105
    Duration
    22:01
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  27. Disc 4
  28. 1 I. Introduction: Allegro moderato 12:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Introduction: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    12:46
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  29. 2 II. Kullervo's Youth: Grave 19:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Kullervo's Youth: Grave
    Duration
    19:05
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  30. 3 III. Kullervo and his Sister: Allegro vivace 25:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Kullervo and his Sister: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    25:55
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Lilli Paasikivi, Tommi Hakala
    Ensemble
    YL Male Voice Choir, Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  31. 4 IV. Kullervo Goes to War: Alla marcia (Allegro molto) - Vivace - Presto 09:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Kullervo Goes to War: Alla marcia (Allegro molto) - Vivace - Presto
    Duration
    09:41
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  32. 5 V. Kullervo's Death: Andante 11:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Kullervo's Death: Andante
    Duration
    11:19
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    YL Male Voice Choir, Minnesota Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä