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

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Label: BIS
Release Date: October 2, 2020

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Featuring ⌄

COMPOSER

SIBELIUS, JEAN
ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE

Minnesota Orchestra
PERFORMER

Vanska

Product Details ⌄

RELEASE DATE

October 02, 2020
UPC

7318599925066
CATALOG NUMBER

BIS-2506
LABEL

BIS
NUMBER OF DISCS

4
GENRE

Classical

Works ⌄

I. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
II. Andante (ma non troppo lento)

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
III. Scherzo: Allegro

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
IV. Finale (quasi una Fantasia): Andante - Allegro molto

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
II. Allegro molto vivace

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
III. Il tempo largo

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
IV. Allegro

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
I. Allegretto

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
II. Tempo andante, ma rubato

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
III. Vivacissimo -

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
IV. Finale: Allegro moderato

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
III. Allegro molto - Largamente assai

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
I. Allegro moderato

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
III. Moderato - Allegro (ma non tanto)

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
I. Allegro molto moderato

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
II. Allegretto moderato

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
III. Poco vivace -

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
IV. Allegro molto

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
I. Introduction: Allegro moderato

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
II. Kullervo's Youth: Grave

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
III. Kullervo and his Sister: Allegro vivace

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: YL Male Voice Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

Performer: Lilli Paasikivi, Tommi Hakala

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
IV. Kullervo Goes to War: Alla marcia (Allegro molto) - Vivace - Presto

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä
V. Kullervo's Death: Andante

Composer: Jean Sibelius

Ensemble: YL Male Voice Choir, Minnesota Orchestra

Conductor: Osmo Vänskä

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