 
The Sibelius Edition - 3: Voice and Orchestra
BIS-CD-1906/08 (6 discs)
DDD
FIRST RELEASE
Playing time: 80'46"/79'05"/76'29"/76'11"/78'29"/56'36" - TT 447'36"
Tracks: 5+10+16+13+15+9
Booklet pages: 164+56
© 1984-2007 BIS Records AB
Reviewer: Robert Anderson
Review of The Sibelius Edition - 3: Voice and Orchestra published on 8 February 2009
Johan (Jean) Christian Julius Sibelius (1865-1957):
CD 1
Kullervo Op 7 (text: Kalevala) (1892)
for soloists, male voice choir and orchestra
1 Introduction - Allegro moderato
2 Kullervo's Youth - Grave
3 Kullervo and his Sister - Allegro vivace
Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo soprano
Raimo Laukka, baritone
YL Male Voice Choir
Matti Hyökki, chorus master
4 Kullervo Goes to War - Alla marcia [Allegro molto] - Vivace - Presto
5 Kullervo's Death - Andante
YL Male Voice Choir
Matti Hyökki, chorus master
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
CD 2
[Two chorales] for mixed choir and orchestra (1889)
1 Herr du bist ein Fels (Lord, you are a rock)
2 Herr erzeige uns deine Gnade (Lord, show us your mercy)
Dominante Choir
Seppo Murto, chorus master
3 Rakastava (The Lover) JS 160b (text: Kanteletar) (1894)
for tenor, male voice choir and string orchestra
Lento - [Kevyesti] - [Reippasti] - Tempo 1
Tom Nyman, tenor
YL Male Voice Choir
Kantaatti tohtorin- ja maisterin-vihkijäisissä 31 päivänä toukokuuta 1894 JS 105 (1894)
(Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894 [Promotional Cantata])
for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra (text: Kasimir Lönnbohm)
4 Syntyi kun maailmat ... (When the planets were born ...)
Molto maestoso ed adagio [choir and orchestra]
5 Kaskeksi korvet ne raadettiin ... (We tore down and burned the woods ...)
Allegro assai [soloists, choir and orchestra]
6 Andantino [orchestra]
Helena Juntunen, soprano
Juha Hostikka, baritone
Dominante Choir
7 The Wood-Nymph Op 15
Melodrama for recitation, piano and orchestra (text: Viktor Rydberg) (1894-5)
Allegro - Vivace - Moderato - Largamente
Lasse Pöysti, narrator
Harri Karri, piano
8 Serenad (Serenade) JS 168
for baritone and orchestra (text: Erik Johan Stagnelius) (1894-5)
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Kantaatti ilo- ja onnentoivotusjuhlassa
Marraskuun 2 päivänä 1896, JS 104
(Cantata for the Coronation of Nicholas II)
for mixed choir and orchestra (text: Paavo Cajander) (1896)
9 Terve nuori ruhtinas ... (Hail, young prince ...)
Allegro
10 Oikeuden varmassa turvassa ... (In the sure security of justice ...)
Allegro
Jubilate Choir
Astrid Riska, chorus master
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
CD 3
Jungfrun i tornet (The Maiden in the Tower) JS 101
Opera in one act (libretto: Rafael Hertzberg) (1896)
1 Overture
Allegro molto
2 Scene 1 Bailiff: Fagraste mö ... (Fairest maiden ...)
Allegro molto
3 Scene 2 Maiden: Santa Maria ...
Molto sostenuto
4 Scene 3 Maiden: Ah, h&oum;r jag rätt ... (Ah, do I hear right ...)
Allegro
5 [Intermezzo]
Largamente
6 Scene 4 Lover: Ack, när jag ser hennes drag ... (Ah, when I see her face ...)
Allegro moderato
7 Scene 5 Maiden: Brännande kval ... (Burning torment ...)
Largamente
8 Scene 6 Bailiff: Vem är du ... (Who are you ...)
Allegro molto
9 Scene 7 Chatelaine: Vad är det jag ser? (What's this I see?)
Meno mosso -attacca-
10 Scene 8 Maiden: Så är jag fri ... (Now I am free ...)
[Meno mosso]
MariAnne Häggander, soprano (Maiden)
Tone Kruse, alto (Chatelaine)
Erland Hagegård, tenor (Lover)
Jorma Hynninen, baritone (Bailiff)
Gothenburg Concert Hall Choir
Gunno Palmquist, chorus master
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
11 Laulu Lemminkäiselle (A Song for Lemminkäinen) Op 31 No 1
for male voice choir and orchestra (text: Yrjö Weijola) (1896)
Allegro molto
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
12 Koskenlaskijan morsiamet (The Rapids-Rider's Brides) Op 33
for baritone and orchestra (text: A Oksanen) (1897)
Allegro (ma non troppo)
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
13 Sången om korsspindeln (Fool's Song of the Spider) Op 27 No 4
from the incidental music to Adolf Paul's play King Christian II
for baritone and orchestra (1898)
Moderato
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
14 Sandels Op 28 (1898 - original version)
for male voice choir and orchestra (text: Johan Ludvig Runeberg)
Allegro assai
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
15 Athenarnes sång (Song of the Athenians) Op 31 No 3 (original version, 1899)
for unison boys' and mens' voices, woodwind, brass, percussion and double bass (text: Viktor Rydberg)
[Alla marcia, ma moderato]
Lahti Boys' Choir
Yrjö Leppänen, chorus master
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
16 Islossningen i Uleå älv Op 30 (text: Zachris Topelius) (1899)
(The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River)
Improvisation for recitation, male voice choir and orchestra
Allegro - Un poco lento - Allegro - Allegro molto, quasi presto - Adagio - Allegro molto
Lasse Pöysti, narrator
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
CD 4
1 Athenarnes sång (Song of the Athenians) Op 31 No 3 (1899)
arranged by the composer for unison boys' and mens' voices, brass septet and percussion (text: Viktor Rydberg)
Alla marcia, ma moderato
Lahti Boys' Choir
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
2 Snöfrid Op 29
Improvisation for recitation, mixed chorus and orchestra (text: Viktor Rydberg) (1900)
Allegro molto - Andantino - Melodrama. Pesante - Andante (ma non troppo lento)
Stina Ekblad, narrator
Jubilate Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
3 Impromptu Op 19 (1902 - original version)
for women's chorus and orchestra (text: Viktor Rydberg)
In tempo d'un[e] valse lente
Dominante Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
4 Tulen synty (The Origin of Fire) Op 32
for baritone, male voice choir and orchestra (text: Kalevala) (1902 - original version)
Poco adagio (ma non troppo lento) - Moderato - Adagio - Allegro moderato - Largamente
Tommi Hakala, baritone
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
5 Se'n har jag ej fråat mera (Since then I have questioned no further) Op 17 No 1
for voice and orchestra (text: Johan Ludvig Runeberg) (1891-2, orchestrated 1903)
Grave
MariAnne Häggander, soprano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
6 Höstkväll (Autumn Evening) Op 38 No 1
for voice and full orchestra (text: Viktor Rydberg) (1903, orchestrated 1904)
Andante patetico
MariAnne Häggander, soprano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
7 På verandan vid havet (On a Balcony by the Sea) Op 38 No 2
for voice and orchestra (text: Viktor Rydberg) (1903, orchestrated 1903)
Grave
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
8 I natten (In the Night), Op 38 No 3
for voice and orchestra (text: Viktor Rydberg) (1903, orchestrated 1903)
Andante
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
9 Har du mod? (Have You Courage?), Op 31 No 2
for male voice choir and orchestra (text: Josef Julius Wecksell) (1904 - first version)
Marciale
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
10 Höstkväll (Autumn Evening) Op 38 No 1
for voice and string orchestra (text: Viktor Rydberg) (1903, orchestrated 1904)
Andante patetico
Helena Juntunen, soprano
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
11 Vapautettu kuningatar (The Captive Queen) Op 48
Ballade for mixed chorus and orchestra (text: Paavo Cajander) (1906)
Allegro molto moderato
Dominante Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
12 Grevinnans konterfej (The Countess' Portrait) JS 88
for recitation and orchestra (text: Zachris Topelius) (1906)
Andante
Tytti Vänskä, narrator
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
13 Impromptu Op 19
for women's chorus and orchestra (text: Viktor Rydberg) (1902, revised 1910 - final version)
[Andante]
Dominante Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
CD 5
1 Vapautettu kuningatar (The Captive Queen) Op 48
arranged by the composer for male voice choir and orchestra
(text: Paavo Cajander) (1906, revised 1910)
Allegro molto moderato
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
2 Tulen synty (The Origin of Fire) Op 32
for baritone, male voice choir and orchestra (text: Kalevala) (1902, revised 1910 - final version)
Lento assai - Meno lento - Allegro moderato - Largamente
Tommi Hakala, baritone
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
3 Har du mod? (Have you Courage?) Op 31 No 2
for male voice choir and orchestra (text: Josef Julius Wecksell) (1904, revised 1911 - second version)
Allegro moderato
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
4 Arioso Op 3 for voice and string orchestra (text: Johan Ludvig Runeberg) (1911)
Andantino
MariAnne Häggander, soprano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
5 Har du mod? (Have you Courage?) Op 31 No 2
for male voice choir and orchestra (text: Josef Julius Wecksell) (1904, revised 1911 and 1912 - third version) (first recording)
Alla marcia
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
6 Hertig Magnus (Duke Magnus) Op 57 No 6
for voice and orchestra (text: Ernst Josephson) (1909, orchestrated 1912)
Andantino quasi allegretto
Helena Juntunen, soprano
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
7 Luonnotar Op 70 for soprano and orchestra (text: Kalevala) (1913)
Tempo moderato - Tranquillo assai
MariAnne Häggander, soprano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
8 Soluppgång (Sunrise) Op 37 No 3
for voice and orchestra (text: Tor Hedberg) (1902, orchestrated 1913)
Moderato
MariAnne Häggander, soprano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
9 Våren flyktar hastigt (Spring is Flying) Op 13 No 4
for voice and orchestra (text: Johan Ludvig Runeberg) (1891, orchestrated 1913)
Vivace - Più lento
MariAnne Häggander, soprano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
10 Har du mod? (Have you Courage?) Op 31 No 2
for male voice choir and orchestra (text: Josef Julius Wecksell) (1904, revised 1911 and 1912-14 - fourth version)
Alla marcia
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
11 Sandels Op 28
for male voice choir and orchestra (text: Johan Ludvig Runeberg) (1898, revised 1915 - final version)
Allegro assai
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
12 Demanten på marssnön Op 36 No 6
(The Diamond on the March Snow)
for voice and orchestra (text: Josef Julius Wecksell) (1900, orchestrated 1917)
Comodo
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
13 Jääkärien marssi (March of the Finnish Jäger Battalion) Op 91a
for male voice choir and orchestra (text: Heikki Nurmio) (1917, orchestrated 1918)
Rasch
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
14 Partiolaisten marssi (Scout March) Op 91b
for mixed chorus and orchestra (text: Jalmari Finne) (1918)
Poco moderato
Dominante Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
15 Oma maa (My Own Land) Op 92
for mixed chorus and orchestra (text: Kallio) (1918)
Allegro molto moderato - Allegro moderato - Vivace (ma non troppo) - Molto tranquillo - Tranquillo assai - Moderato assai (e poco a poco più largamente) - Largamente assai
Jubilate Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
CD 6
1 Jordens sång (Song of the Earth) Op 93
for mixed chorus and orchestra (text: Jarl Hemmer) (1919)
Andante - Andante assai - Andante con moto - Andantino - Poco con moto - Agitato - Largamente
Dominante Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
2 Autrefois, Scène pastorale Op 96b
for two voices and orchestra (text: Hjalmar Procopé) (1919, revised 1920)
Allegretto
Kristiina Mäkela, soprano
Matleena Vakkilainen, alto
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
3 Maan virsi (Hymn to the Earth) Op 95
for mixed chorus and orchestra (text: Eino Leino) (1920)
Tranquillo - Molto tranquillo - Meno tranquillo (ma poco a poco meno) - Tranquillo
Dominante Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
4 Väinön virsi (Väinämöinen's Song) Op 110
for mixed chorus and orchestra (text: Kalevala) (1926)
Andante mosso - Largamente e maestoso - Largamente assai
Dominante Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
5 Processional ('Onward, Ye Peoples') Op 113 No 6
for mixed chorus and orchestra (text: Viktor Rydberg/Marshall Kernochan) (1926, arranged 1938)
Largamente e maestoso
Dominante Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
6 Koskenlaskijan morsiamet (The Rapids-Rider's Brides) Op 33
arranged by the composer for male voice choir and orchestra
(text: A Oksanen) (1897, arranged 1943)
Allegro (ma non troppo)
YL Male Voice Choir
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
7 Ett ensamt skidspår (A Lonely Ski-Trail) JS 77b
arranged by the composer for recitation, strings and harp
(text: Bertel Gripenberg) (1925, arranged 1948)
Allegretto
Lasse Pöysti, narrator
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
8 Kullervon valitus (Kullervo's Lament) from Op 7
for voice and orchestra (text: Kalevala) (1892, orchestrated 1957)
Largo
Jyrki Korhonen, bass
Sinfonia Lahti
Osmo Vänskä, conductor
9 Kom nu hit, död (Come Away, Death) Op 60 No 1
from the incidental music to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
for voice, strings and harp (1909, orchestrated 1957)
Lento
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
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