 
The Sibelius Edition - 1: Tone Poems
BIS-CD-1900/02 (5 discs)
DDD
Stereo
COMPILATION
Playing time: 82'27"/76'49"/77'38"/74'49"/77'13" - TT 382'56"
Tracks: 5+6+7+7+10
Booklet pages: 80+56
© 1986-2007 BIS Records AB
Reviewer: Robert Anderson
Review of The Sibelius Edition - 1: Tone Poems published on 23 October 2008
Ilkka Pälli, cello (The Wood Nymph)
Jukka Hirvikangas, cor anglais (The Swan of Tuonela)
Leena Saarenpää, harp (The Bard)
Helena Juntunen, soprano (Luonnotar)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra (Sinfonia Lahti) (all except detailed below)
Osmo Vänskä, conductor (all except detailed below)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Cassazione; Scènes historiques I and II)
Neeme Järvi, conductor (Cassazione; Scènes historiques I and II)
Johan (Jean) Christian Julius Sibelius (1865-1957):
CD1:
1 En Saga Op 9
Tone Poem for large orchestra
Original version - 1892
Andante assai - Largamente - Allegro - Molto moderato - Allegro - Tranquillo
from Lemminkäinen Suite Op 22 (Four Legends from the Kalevala)
2 I Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island
1896 - original version(?)
Allegro assai - Allegro
3 II Lemminkäinen in Tuonela
1896 version - reconstruction based on the performing edition by Colin Davis (2004)
Largamente - Molto lento - Largamente
4 III Lemminkäinen's Return
1896 - original version(?)
Allegro con fuoco - Molto vivace
5 IV Lemminkäinen's Return
1896, revised 1897 - intermediate version(?)
Allegro con fuoco - Molto vivace - [Quasi presto / vivacissimo]
CD 2:
1 Improvisation / Spring Song [Op 16]
Preliminary version of Spring Song - 1894
Moderato e molto sostenuto
2 The Wood-Nymph Op 15
Ballad for orchestra - 1894/5
Alla marcia - Vivace assai - Molto vivace - Tempo I - Moderato - Molto lento
3 En saga Op 9
Tone Poem for Large Orchestra
1892, revised 1902 - final version
Moderato assai - Allegro - Lento assai - Allegro molto - Moderato e tranquillo
4 Cassazione Op 6
1904 - original version
Allegro moderato - Molto moderato - Un poco lento - Allegro moderato
5 Musik zu einer Scène
Preliminary version of Dance-Intermezzo - 1904
Andante di molto - Allegretto
6 Finland Awakes
Preliminary version of 'Finlandia' - 1899(?)
Allegro moderato - Allegro - Poco allegro - Un poco stretto
CD 3:
1 Finlandia Op 26
1899, revised 1900 - final version
Andante sostenuto - Allegro moderato - Allegro
2 Spring Song Op 16
1894, revised 1895
Tempo moderato e sostenuto
3 In memoriam Op 59
Funeral March for Large Orchestra
1909, revised 1910 - final version
Grave e maestoso
from Lemminkäinen Suite Op 22 (Four Legends from the Kalevala)
4 I Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island
1896, revised 1897 and 1939 - final version
Allegro molto moderato - Allegro moderato
5 II The Swan of Tuonela
1893, revised 1897 and 1900 - final [only surviving] version
Andante molto sostenuto
6 III Lemminkäinen in Tuonela
1896, revised 1897 and 1939 - final version
Il tempo largamente - Molto lento - Largo assai
7 IV Lemminkäinen's Return
1896, revised 1897 and 1900 - final version
Allegro con fuoco (poco a poco più energico) - Quasi Presto - Presto
CD 4:
1 Pohjola's Daughter Op 49
Symphonic Fantasia - 1906
Largo - Moderato - Largamente - Tranquillo molto - Allegro - Largamente
2 Night Ride and Sunrise Op 55
Tone Poem for Orchestra - 1908
Allegro - Moderato assai - Largamente - Largo (ma non troppo lento)
3 The Dryad Op 45 No 1
Tone Picture for Orchestra - 1910
Lento - Meno lento - Un pochettino con moto - Lento assai - Un pochettino con moto - Stretto assai - Commodo - Vivace - Largamente
4 Dance-Intermezzo Op 45 No 2
1904, revised 1907
Andante - Commodo e tranquillo - Con moto
5 The Bard Op 64
Tone Poem - 1913
Lento assai - Largamente
6 The Oceanides Op 73
Tone Poem for Large Orchestra - 1914 - final version
Sostenuto assai - Largamente
7 Tapiola Op 112
Symphonic Poem for Orchestra - 1926
Largamente - Allegro moderato - Allegro
CD 5:
1 Luonnotar Op 70
for Soprano and Orchestra (text: Kalevala) - 1913
Tempo moderato - Tranquillo assai
2 The Oceanides Op 73
Tone Poem for Large Orchestra - 1914 - Yale version
Larghetto
3 In memoriam Op 59
Tone Poem for Large Orchestra - 1909 - original version
Andante con moto
4 Cassazione Op 6
1904, revised 1905 - final version
Allegro - Molto moderato - Un poco lento - Allegro moderato
Scènes historiques I Op 25
Suite for Orchestra - 1899, revised 1911
5 I All'Overtura
Grave - Allegro - Grave - Allegro
6 II Scena
Tempo di menuetto - Allegro moderato - Allegro, poco a poco più
7 III Festivo
Tempo di Bolero
Scènes historiques II Op 66
Suite for Orchestra - 1912
8 I La Chasse
Andante - Allegro con brio - Doppio più lento
9 II Love Song
Largo
10 III At the Draw-Bridge
Allegro moderato - Andante
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