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The Unknown Sibelius - Rarities & First Recordings
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The Unknown Sibelius - Rarities & First Recordings

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Details

Composer
SIBELIUS, JEAN
Artist
Vansk, Kamu, Juntunen, Von Otter, Groop, Suovanen, Hynninen, Kuusisto, Vik
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jul 30, 2013
Catalog #
BIS-2065
UPC
7318590020654

About

The Unknown Sibelius presents a spectrum of the music that is the least wide-spread of the Finnish master’s production, either because the pieces included belong to genres not usually associated with ‘Sibelius the symphonist’, or because they appear in versions that differ from the ones that are performed frequently all over the world. A case in point is the opening Finland Awakes, a rarely heard version of what is possibly Sibelius’ best-known piece, Finlandia, in which the famous ‘hymn’ tune is restated in full, scored with unashamed flamboyance for brass, at the end of the piece. That recording and others on this disc are culled from the complete SIBELIUS EDITION brought to a close in 2011 – but completeness is a relative concept: a ‘complete’ edition is only complete until the next mislaid manuscript or forgotten work is re-discovered. The present disc thus serves a dual purpose, as it also includes première recordings of works and fragments that have been discovered or otherwise have become available after the EDITION was brought to a close. Among these, the late orchestral fragments earned a certain celebrity in October 2011, as media across the world greeted the discovery of what was soon proclaimed to be sketches for the famed 8th Symphony – that elusive Holy Grail of all Sibelius-spotters. Dr. Timo Virtanen, the respected authority on Sibelius, has prepared the sketches for the present recording and also written a text – available on the BIS web site – discussing them and the context in which they may have been written. If the orchestral fragments generally tend towards the harmonically bold sound world that Sibelius explored in some of his very late works, the three piano pieces that have also come to recent light are earlier works which all in different ways are connected to other compositions by Sibelius.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Finland Awakes (preliminary version of Finlandia) 08:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    Finland Awakes (preliminary version of Finlandia)
    Duration
    08:27
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  2. 2 The Oceanides, Op. 73 (Yale version) 07:25
    Track
    2
    Title
    The Oceanides, Op. 73 (Yale version)
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  3. 3 Jag kysser dig ej (I Kiss You and Weary Not) 00:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    Jag kysser dig ej (I Kiss You and Weary Not)
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Helena Juntunen, Folke Gräsbeck
  4. 4 Tule, tule, kultani (Come, my Sweetheart), JS 211 01:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tule, tule, kultani (Come, my Sweetheart), JS 211
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Gabriel Suovanen, Folke Gräsbeck
  5. 5 Tanken (The Thought), JS 192 01:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    Tanken (The Thought), JS 192
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Anne Sofie von Otter, Monica Groop, Bengt Forsberg
  6. 6 No. 1. Ohi, Caroli! 02:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 1. Ohi, Caroli!
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jorma Hynninen, Folke Gräsbeck
    Ensemble
    Dominante Choir
    Conductor
    Seppo Murto
  7. 7 No. 2. Trippole Trappole 01:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 2. Trippole Trappole
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Folke Gräsbeck
    Ensemble
    Dominante Choir
    Conductor
    Seppo Murto
  8. 8 Fridolins darskap (Fridolin's Folly), JS 84 02:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    Fridolins darskap (Fridolin's Folly), JS 84
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Orphei Drängar
    Conductor
    Robert Sund
  9. 9 Jone havsfard (Jonah's Voyage), JS 100 02:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    Jone havsfard (Jonah's Voyage), JS 100
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Orphei Drängar
    Conductor
    Robert Sund
  10. 10 Serenata, JS 169 06:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    Serenata, JS 169
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jaakko Kuusisto, Laura Vikman, Taneli Turunen
  11. 11 Scene 1 02:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    Scene 1
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Laura Vikman, Jaakko Kuusisto, Jyrki Lasonpalo, Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, Taneli Turunen, Eero Munter
  12. 12 Scene 2 14:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    Scene 2
    Duration
    14:12
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Jaakko Kuusisto, Jyrki Lasonpalo, Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, Taneli Turunen, Eero Munter
  13. 13 Andantino in D Major 02:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    Andantino in D Major
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Folke Gräsbeck
  14. 14 Impromptu in B Minor 07:12
    Track
    14
    Title
    Impromptu in B Minor
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Folke Gräsbeck
  15. 15 Adagio in E Major, JS 13 01:50
    Track
    15
    Title
    Adagio in E Major, JS 13
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Folke Gräsbeck
  16. 16 Rakkaalle Ainolle (To My Beloved Aino), JS 161 04:29
    Track
    16
    Title
    Rakkaalle Ainolle (To My Beloved Aino), JS 161
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Performer
    Folke Gräsbeck, Peter Lonnqvist
  17. 17 HUL 1325 01:19
    Track
    17
    Title
    HUL 1325
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  18. 18 HUL 1326/9 00:18
    Track
    18
    Title
    HUL 1326/9
    Duration
    00:18
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  19. 19 HUL 1326/10 00:24
    Track
    19
    Title
    HUL 1326/10
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  20. 20 HUL 1327 01:09
    Track
    20
    Title
    HUL 1327
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Okko Kamu
  21. 21 Processional, Op. 113, No. 6 (version for orchestra) 03:41
    Track
    21
    Title
    Processional, Op. 113, No. 6 (version for orchestra)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Jean Sibelius
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä