Sibelius: Presto in D major for string orchestra, etc.

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Don't let the low opus number hoodwink you: Cassazione dates from 1904 and was first given under Sibelius's baton at the same Helsinki concert as the premiere of the first version of the Violin... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: ODE9522
Label: Ondine
Length: 55 minutes

Sibelius: Cassazione, Op. 6

Work length10:28

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Tapiola Sinfonietta
Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen
Recorded: February 2000
Recording Venue: The Tapiola Hall, Esbo, Finland

Sibelius: Presto in D major for string orchestra

Work length4:51

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Tapiola Sinfonietta
Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen
Recorded: February 2000
Recording Venue: The Tapiola Hall, Esbo, Finland

Sibelius: Suite mignonne, Op. 98a

Work length5:52

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Tapiola Sinfonietta
Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen
Recorded: February 2000
Recording Venue: The Tapiola Hall, Esbo, Finland

I. Petite Scene

Track length2:03

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II. Polka

Track length1:46

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III. Epilogue

Track length2:03

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Sibelius: Suite champêtre, Op. 98b

Work length6:31

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Tapiola Sinfonietta
Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen
Recorded: February 2000
Recording Venue: The Tapiola Hall, Esbo, Finland

I. Piece caracteristique

Track length2:00

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II. Melodie elegiaque

Track length2:59

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III. Danse

Track length1:32

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Sibelius: Suite caractéristique, Op. 100

Work length4:37

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Tapiola Sinfonietta
Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen
Recorded: February 2000
Recording Venue: The Tapiola Hall, Esbo, Finland

I. Vivo

Track length1:07

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II. Lento

Track length1:51

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III. Comodo

Track length1:39

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Sibelius: Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Op. 46

Work length23:21

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Tapiola Sinfonietta
Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen
Recorded: February 2000
Recording Venue: The Tapiola Hall, Esbo, Finland

I. At the Castle Gate

Track length2:09

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II. Melisande

Track length3:48

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IIa. At the Seashore

Track length1:46

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III. A Spring in the Park

Track length1:46

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IV. The 3 Blind Sisters

Track length2:31

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V. Pastorale

Track length1:48

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VI. Melisande at the Spinning Wheel

Track length1:41

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VII. Entr'acte

Track length2:23

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VIII. The Death of Melisande

Track length5:29

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2010

Don't let the low opus number hoodwink you: Cassazione dates from 1904 and was first given under Sibelius's baton at the same Helsinki concert as the premiere of the first version of the Violin Concerto. Revised the following year but never published, it's well worth hearing, containing as it does echoes of both Pelleas andMelisande and the Second Symphony's finale.
The dashing Presto began life as the third movement of Sibelius's Op 4 String Quartet in B flat of 1889-90, and was subsequently transcribed for string orchestra in 1894. The three suites date from 1921-2. True, the Suite caractéristique serves up a pretty thin brew, but both the Suitemignonne and Suite champêtre contain their fair share of felicities and are delightfully scored.
These performances from Tuomas Ollila and the Tapiola Sinfonietta evince a bracing, unsentimental thrust and high degree of technical finish, though some will crave more in the way of affectionate charm and tingling atmosphere.
However, it's in the Pelleas and Melisande incidental music that these newcomers truly throw down the gauntlet. There's no hint of the customary portentous grandeur in Ollila's 'At the Castle Gate', a nervy urgency that resurfaces with a vengeance in 'Melisande at the Spinning Wheel' and the ensuing 'Entr'acte'. Elsewhere, those screaming winds and sul ponticello strings at the heart of 'At the Seashore' set one's teeth on edge, while textures throughout are uncommonly transparent. What's missing is any real sense of poignancy or pathos: 'The Death of Melisande' is very cool, the characteristically bleached string timbre emphasising the disconcertingly pristine, self-conscious mood. An intriguing and intelligent re-think, then, but not to all tastes (anyone brought up on, say, Beecham will be in for a shock). Crystal-clear, slightly clinical sound.

Sibelius: Presto in D major for string orchestra, etc.

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