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Volumes 1 - 13 released
© BIS Records AB
BIS-CD-1900/02
Total Time: 388'56   –  Release: Aug 2007

EAN 7318591900023

THE SIBELIUS EDITION Vol.1 – Tone Poems
5 CDs for the price of 3
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CD 1:
Jean Sibelius
  1. En saga, Op.9 [1892 – original version] 21'51

Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22 (earlier versions)
  2. I. Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island [1896 – original version (?)] 14'24
  3. II. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela [1896 version – reconstruction] 22'07
  4. IV. Lemminkäinen’s Return [1896 – original version (?)] 11'23
  5. IV. Lemminkäinen’s Return [1896 – original version (?)] 11'50

CD 2:
  1. Improvisation/Spring Song [Op.16] [1894 – preliminary version] 9'18

  2. The Wood-Nymph, Op.15 – Ballad for Orchestra 21'37

  3. En saga, Op.9 [1892, rev. 1902 – final version] 18'03

  4. Cassazione, Op.6 [1904 – original version] 12'14

  5. Musik zu einer Scène [1904 – preliminary version of Dance-Intermezzo] 5'32

  6. Finland Awakes [1899 (?) – Preliminary version of Finlandia] 8'27

CD 3:
  1. Finlandia, Op.26 [1899, rev. 1900 – final version] 8'28

  2. Spring Song, Op.16 [1894, rev. 1895] 7'34

  3. In memoriam, Op.59 [1909, rev. 1910 – final version] 11'21

Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22
  4. I. Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island [1896, rev. 1897 & 1939 – final version] 15'12
  5. II. The Swan of Tuonela [1893, rev. 1897 & 1900 – final version] 9'27
  6. III. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela [1896, rev. 1897 & 1939 – final version] 17'41
  7. IV. Lemminkäinen’s Return [1896, rev. 1897 & 1900 – final version] 6'27

CD 4:
  1. Pohjola’s Daughter, Op.49 13'10

  2. Night Ride and Sunrise, Op.55 17'20

  3. The Dryad, Op.45 No.1 5'07

  4. Dance-Intermezzo, Op.45 No.2 [1904, rev. 1907] 2'41

  5. The Bard, Op.64 7'32

  6. The Oceanides, Op.73 [1914 – final version] 10'03

  7. Tapiola, Op.112 17'22

CD 5:
  1. Luonnotar, Op.70 8'50

  2. The Oceanides, Op.73 [1914 – Yale version] 7'25

  3. In memoriam, Op.59 [1909 – original version] 10'25

  4. Cassazione, Op.6 [1904, rev. 1905 – final version] 12'55

Scènes historiques I, Op.25 [1899, rev. 1911]
  5. I. All’ Overtura 4'37
  6. II. Scena 6'11
  7. III. Festivo 7'07

Scènes historiques II, Op.66
  8. I. La Chasse 6'27
  9. II. Love Song 4'30
  10. III. At the Draw-Bridge 6'37

Helena Juntunen, soprano
Göteborgs Symfoniker, orchestra
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
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