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Total Time: 465'27   –  Release: Jun 2008

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THE SIBELIUS EDITION Vol.5 – Orchestral Music for the Theatre
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CD 1:
Jean Sibelius
Kung Kristian II (King Christian II), Op.27
  1. No.1. Elegy. Lento assai (Overture) 5'50
  2. No.2. Musette. Allegretto (Act II, Scene 2) 2'06
  3. No.3. Menuetto. Non troppo lento (Act III, Scene 1) 1'51
  4. No.4. Fool’s Song of the Spider (Act V, Scene 3) 4'11
  5. No.5. Nocturne. Moderato (After Act I) 6'20
  6. No.6. Serenade. Moderato assai – Moderato (Act III, Scene 1) 4'22
  7. No.7. Ballade. Allegro molto – Vivace (Act IV) 5'32

Kuolema (Death), JS113
  8. Scene I. Tempo di valse lente – Poco risoluto 4'23
  9. Scene II. Moderato (Paavali’s Song: ‘Pakkanen puhurin poika’) 3'04
  10. Scene III. Moderato assai – Moderato (Elsa’s Song: ‘Eilaa, eilaa’) – Poco adagio 7'07
  11. Scene IV. Andante (The Cranes) 0'51
  12. Scene V. Moderato 2'25
  13. Scene VI. Andante ma non tanto 1'55

Svanevit (Swanwhite)
  14. Preliminary sketch for No.9 (c.1908) 0'50

Svanevit (Swanwhite). Original theatre music (1908)
  15. No.1. A horn signal in the distance. Largo 0'11
  16. No.2. Comodo 2'31
  17. No.3. A swan flies past. Adagio 0'16
  18. No.4. Now the harp begins to play. Lento assai 3'12
  19. No.5. A white swan flies past. Adagio 0'15
  20. No.6. Swanwhite’s mother. Lento – Commodo – Lento – Allegro 4'21
  21. No.7. The harp falls briefly silent and strikes up a new melody. Andantino 1'31
  22. No.8. Elsewhere! Andante 3'15
  23. No.9. Stepmother: Where is the bride? Lento 2'32
  24. No.10. The golden clouds become rose red. Moderato 2'17
  25. No.11. Swanwhite. Allegretto 0'57
  26. No.12. Fire at the castle. Largamente 1'27
  27. No.13. Now the harp plays. Adagio 1'41
  28. No.14. All bend their knees as if in thanks and praise. Largamente molto 1'23

CD 2:
Pelléas och Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande), JS147
  1. No.1. Grave e largamente (Act I, Prelude, Scene 1) 2'53
  2. No.2. Andantino con moto (Act I, Scene 2) 4'10
  3. No.3. Adagio (Act I, Scene 4) 2'02
  4. No.4. Commodo (Act II, Prelude, Scene 1) 1'53
  5. No.5. Con moto (ma non tanto) (Act III, Prelude, Scene 1) 1'59
  6. No.6. Tranquillo (Mélisande’s Song, Act III, Scene 2) De trenne blinda systrar 2'17
  7. No.7. Andantino pastorale (Act III, Scene 4) 1'52
  8. No.8. Allegretto (Act IV, Prelude, Scene 1) 2'47
  9. No.9. [no tempo marking] (Act IV, Scene 2) 3'00
  10. No.10. Andante (Act V, Prelude, Scene 2) 5'38

Jokamies (Jedermann), Op.83
  11. No.1. Largo 0'15
  12. No.2. Largo 1'04
  13. No.3. Allegro 1'25
  14. No.3a. Allegro commodo 0'08
  15. No.4. Dance Song (‘Me kutsun saimme…’) Tempo commodo 3'15
  16. No.5. ‘On riemussa hetket mennehet taas’. Tempo andante 0'14
  17. No.6. ‘Kun vettä sataa, niin kastutaan’. Un poco con moto 0'08
  18. No.7. ‘Maat ja metsät viheriöivät…’ Tempo moderato 0'58
  19. No.8. ‘Oi, Lempi, armas Lempi!…’ Allegretto 0'41
  20. No.9. ‘Maat ja metsät viheriöivät…’ Tempo moderato 1'10
  21. No.10. Allegro molto 2'31
  22. No.11. Largo, sempre misterioso 9'44
  23. No.12. Adagio di molto 2'58
  24. No.13. Adagio di molto (continued) 4'27
  25. No.14. Largo e molto – Doloroso – Con grande dolore 5'24
  26. No.15. [Lento] 3'37
  27. No.16. ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’. Sempre dolce sin al Fine 2'12

CD 3:
Kuolema (Death), Op.44. Revised versions.
  1. No.1. Valse triste (1904) 4'22
  2. No.2. Kurkikohtaus (Scene with Cranes). Andante sostenuto (1906) 4'55

The Tempest, Op.109
  3. No.1. [Overture – The Ship Sinks beneath the Waves]. Largamente molto 6'36
  4. No.2. Miranda is Lulled into Slumber. (Act I) 1'43
  5. No.3. Ariel Flies In. (Act I) 0'20
  6. No.4. Chorus of the Winds. (Act I) 2'21
  7. No.5. [Ariel Hastens Away]. (Act I) 0'16
  8. No.6. Ariel’s First Song, with Introduction and Choir. (Act I) ‘Hietikolle käymme näin’ 1'57
  9. No.7. Ariel’s Second Song. (Act I) ‘Sun isääs’ peittävät synkeät veet’ 2'18
  10. No.8. Interlude [Prospero]. (Act II) 4'10
  11. No.9. The Oak Tree (Ariel) Plays the Flute. (Act II) 2'43
  12. No.10. Ariel’s Third Song. (Act II) ‘Täällä senkun kuorsataan’ 0'54
  13. No.11. Interlude: Caliban. (Act II) 1'20
  14. No.12. Stephano’s Song. (Act II) ‘En enää lähde merelle’ 1'11
  15. No.13. Caliban’s Song. (Act II) ‘Hei, Prosperon perkele’ 1'26
  16. No.14. Interlude: Miranda. (Act III) 1'43
  17. No.15. [Humoresque]. (Act III) 1'58
  18. No.16. Canon [Caliban, Trinculo, Stephano]. (Act III) Kurkitaan, urkitaan 2'09
  19. No.17. Antonio. Dance of the Shapes. (Act III) 5'05
  20. No.18. Ariel as Harpy (– Melodrama). (Act III) 1'56
  21. No.19. The Shapes Dance Out (Ballet II). (Act III) 1'53
  22. No.20. Intermezzo [Alonso mourns]. (Act IV) 1'58
  23. No.21. [Ariel Flies In]. (Act IV) 0'21
  24. No.22. Ariel’s Fourth Song. (Act IV) ‘Ennen kuin ehdit huokaamaan’ 0'45
  25. No.23. The Rainbow. (Act IV) 2'16
  26. No.24. Iris’s Melodrama. (Act IV) 1'00
  27. No.25. [Juno’s Song]. (Act IV) ‘Kunnia ja vaurautta’ 1'32
  28. No.26. Dance of the Naiads. (Act IV) 2'27
  29. No.27. Dance of the Harvesters. (Act IV) 1'47
  30. No.28. [Ariel Flies In]. (Act IV) 0'19
  31. No.29. [Ariel Hastens Away] (Act IV) 0'16
  32. No.30. [Ariel Flies In]. (Act IV) 0'19
  33. No.31. The Dogs. (Act IV) 0'59
  34. No.31bis. Prelude. (Act V) 1'02
  35. No.32. [Ariel Brings the Foes to Prospero] (Act V) 3'06
  36. No.33. Ariel’s Fifth Song. (Act V) ‘Mä mettä janooni juoda saan’ 1'00
  37. No.34. Cortège. 2'15
  38. No.34bis. Ossia [Epilogue]. (Act V) 1'20

The Tempest
  39. Canon. (Preliminary version of movement No.5 of The Tempest Suite No.1, Op.109 No.2) 2'02

CD 4:
Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar’s Feast), JS48
  1. No.1. Alla marcia. (Act I) 2'03
  2. No.2a. Prélude: Nocturno. (Act II) 3'23

Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar’s Feast), JS48
  3. No.2b. The Jewish Girl’s Song. (Act II) ‘Vid älvarna i Babylon’ 3'11

Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar’s Feast), JS48
  4. No.3. Allegretto (Act III) 0'57
  5. No.4. Dance of Life. (Act III) 1'13
  6. No.5. Dance of Death. (Act III) 1'14
  7. No.6. Dance of Life: extract. (Act III) 0'30
  8. No.7. Tempo sostenuto (Act IV) 3'08
  9. No.8. Allegro (Act IV) 2'21
  10. No.9. Dance of Life (shortened). (Act IV) 0'48
  11. No.10. Dance of Death (Act IV) 1'14

Kung Kristian II (King Christian II), Op.27. Concert Suite
  12. No.1. Nocturne. 7'40
  13. No.2. Elegy. 5'23
  14. No.3. Musette. 2'12
  15. No.4. Serenade. 4'43
  16. No.5. Ballade. 5'14

Svanevit (Swanwhite), Op.54. Concert Suite
  17. No.1. The Peacock. 2'53
  18. No.2. The Harp. 3'22
  19. No.3. The Maidens with Roses. 2'33
  20. No.4. Listen, the Robin Sings. 4'55
  21. No.5. The Prince Alone. 3'56
  22. No.6. Swanwhite and the Prince. 3'33
  23. No.7. Song of Praise. 3'18

Twelfth Night, Op.60
  24. No.1. ‘Kom nu hit, död’ (‘Come Away, Death’) 2'48

Die Sprache der Vögel (The Language of the Birds), JS62
  25. Wedding March (Act III) 3'27

CD 5:
Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar’s Feast), Op.51. Concert Suite
  1. No.1. Oriental Procession. 2'18
  2. No.2. Solitude. 2'52
  3. No.3. Nocturne. 5'05
  4. No.4. Khadra’s Dance. 3'42

Scaramouche, Op.71
  5. Scene 1 (Act I) 0'49
  6. Scene 2 (Act I) 0'26
  7. Scene 3 (Act I) 5'03
  8. Scene 4 (Act I) 2'41
  9. Scene 5 (Act I) 7'25
  10. Scene 6 (Act I) 2'44
  11. Scene 7 (Act I) 0'39
  12. Scene 8 (Act I) 2'30
  13. Scene 9 (Act I) 0'35
  14. Scene 10 (Act I) 5'57
  15. Scene 1 (Act II) 0'20
  16. Scene 2 (Act II) 0'18
  17. Scene 3 (Act II) 1'27
  18. Scene 1 (Act II) 0'24
  19. Scene 5 (Act II) 2'58
  20. Scene 6 (Act II) 2'16
  21. Scene 7 (Act II) 7'02
  22. Scene 8 (Act II) 3'15
  23. Scene 9 (Act II) 3'37
  24. Scene 10 (Act II) 13'00
  25. Scene 11 (Act II) 0'36

CD 6:
Pelléas och Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande), Op.46. Concert Suite
  1. No.1. At the Castle Gate. 3'49
  2. No.2. Mélisande. 4'15
  3. No.2a. At the Seashore. 1'48
  4. No.3. By a Spring in the Park. 2'23
  5. No.4. The Three Blind Sisters. 2'29
  6. No.5. Pastorale. 2'01
  7. No.6. Mélisande at the Spinning Wheel. 2'14
  8. No.7. Entr’acte. 2'49
  9. No.8. The Death of Mélisande. 6'04

Kuolema (Death), Op.62. Additional movements for 1911 production
  10. a. Canzonetta. 3'41
  11. b. Valse romantique. 3'52

  12. The Tempest. Prelude, Op.109 No.1. 4'50

The Tempest. Suite No.1, Op.109 No.2
  13. No.1. The Oak Tree. 2'25
  14. No.2. Humoresque. 1'00
  15. No.3. Caliban’s Song. 1'09
  16. No.4. The Harvesters. 2'12
  17. No.5. Canon. 1'24
  18. No.6. Scene. 1'31
  19. No.7. Intrada. Berceuse. 2'06
  20. No.8. Entr’acte. Ariel’s Song. 3'14
  21. No.9. The Storm. 3'13

The Tempest. Suite No.2, Op.109 No.3
  22. No.1. Chorus of the Winds. 3'14
  23. No.2. Intermezzo. 1'39
  24. No.3. Dance of the Nymphs. 1'49
  25. No.4. Prospero. 1'50
  26. No.5. Song I. 1'08
  27. No.6. Song II. 1'01
  28. No.7. Miranda. 2'03
  29. No.8. The Naiads. 1'23
  30. No.9. Dance Episode. 1'23

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