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The Sibelius Edition Volume 8 - Orchestral Music

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra & Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi & Jaakko Kuusisto

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Contents

Sibelius: Overture in E major, JS145

Work length11:29
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2004
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Scène de ballet, JS163

Work length8:46
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2004
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Karelia, JS 115

Work length8:17
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 8, 10 September 1997
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Overture

Track length8:17

Sibelius: Karelia, JS 115, Tableau 1 "A Karelian Home. News of War"

Work length3:45
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 8, 10 September 1997
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Karelia, JS 115, Tableau 2 "The Founding of Viipuri Castle"

Work length3:42
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 8, 10 September 1997
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Karelia, JS 115, Tableau 3 "Narimont, the Duke of Lithuania, Levying Taxes in the Province of Kakisalmi"

Work length5:17
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 8, 10 September 1997
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Allegro

Track length1:28

Intermezzo I

Track length3:49

Sibelius: Karelia, JS 115, Tableau 4 "Karl Knutsson in Viipuri Castle"

Work length9:13
  • Raimo Laukka
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 8, 10 September 1997
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Ballade

Track length9:13

Sibelius: Karelia, JS 115, Tableau 5 "Pontus de la Gardie at the Gates of Kakisalmi in 1580"

Work length7:29
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 8, 10 September 1997
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Moderato, ma non lento

Track length3:17

Intermezzo II

Track length4:12

Sibelius: Karelia, JS 115, Tableau 6 "The Siege of Viipuri"

Work length3:20
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 8, 10 September 1997
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Karelia, JS 115, Tableaux 7 & 8 "The Reunion of Old Finland with the Rest of Finland"

Work length9:00
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 25-26 October 1982
  • Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

Andante ma non troppo lento

Track length6:36

Vivace molto

Track length2:24

Sibelius: Karelia Overture, Op. 10

Work length8:00
  • Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Neeme Järvi
  • Recorded: 25-26 October 1982
  • Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11

Work length13:58
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 11, 15 January 2000
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

I. Intermezzo. Moderato

Track length3:30

II. Ballade. Tempo di menuetto

Track length6:13

III. Alla marcia. Moderato

Track length4:15

Sibelius: Six Impromptus, Op. 5

Work length7:52
  • Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Neeme Järvi
  • Recorded: 10 May 1985
  • Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

Nos. 5 & 6 (Arr. for String Orchestra)

Track length7:52

Sibelius: String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 4 (1890)

Work length6:54
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: August 2004
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

III. Scherzo. Presto (Version for String Orchestra)

Track length6:54

Sibelius: Musiikkia Sanomalehdistoön päivien juhlanäytäntöön, JS 137

Work length3:55
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 11, 15 January 2000
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Preludio

Track length3:55

Sibelius: Musiikkia Sanomalehdistoön päivien juhlanäytäntöön, JS 137, Tableau 1

Work length3:47
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 11, 15 January 2000
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Vainamoinen Delights Nature, and the Peoples of Kaleva and Pohjola, with His Song

Track length3:47

Sibelius: Musiikkia Sanomalehdistoön päivien juhlanäytäntöön, JS 137, Tableau 2

Work length8:18
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 11, 15 January 2000
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

The Finns Are Baptized

Track length8:18

Sibelius: Musiikkia Sanomalehdistoön päivien juhlanäytäntöön, JS 137,, Tableau 3

Work length6:14
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 11, 15 January 2000
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Scene from Duke Johan's Court

Track length6:14

Sibelius: Musiikkia Sanomalehdistoön päivien juhlanäytäntöön, JS 137, Tableau 4

Work length5:08
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 11, 15 January 2000
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

The Finns in the Thirty Years War

Track length5:08

Sibelius: Musiikkia Sanomalehdistoön päivien juhlanäytäntöön, JS 137, Tableau 5

Work length6:09
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 11, 15 January 2000
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

The Great Hostility

Track length6:09

Sibelius: Musiikkia Sanomalehdistoön päivien juhlanäytäntöön, JS 137, Music Played During the Tableau

Work length0:30
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 11, 15 January 2000
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Musiikkia Sanomalehdistoön päivien juhlanäytäntöön, JS 137, Tableau 6

Work length8:17
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2005
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

Finland Awakes

Track length8:17

Sibelius: Menuetto, JS 127

Work length5:17
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 4, 10-11 January 2002
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Coronation March, JS 104

Work length2:16
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 4, 10-11 January 2002
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Porilaisten marssi, JS 152

Work length2:23
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2002
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Overture in A minor, JS144

Work length9:28
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2005
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Romance in C major, Op. 42

Work length4:53
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 4, 10-11 January 2002
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Cortège

Work length5:48
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2004
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Pan and Echo, Op. 53

Work length4:15
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: May 1995
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Grevinnans konterfej, JS 88

Work length3:43
  • Tytti Vänskä
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: May 1995
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Work length35:20
  • Leonidas Kavakos
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 19, 21 November 1990
  • Recording Venue: Ristinkirkko, Lahti, Finland

I. Allegro moderato

Track length16:57

II. Adagio di molto

Track length10:07

III. Allegro ma non tanto

Track length8:16

Sibelius: Rakastava, Op. 14

Work length12:30
  • Jaakko Kuusisto, Ilkka Pälli
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 13, 14 September 1985
  • Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

I. Rakastava

Track length4:11

II. Rakastetun tie

Track length2:31

III. Hyvää iltaa - Jaa hyvästi

Track length5:48

Sibelius: Suite for Orchestra

Work length7:30
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: May 2002
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

II. Tempo moderato

Track length2:44

III. Allegro

Track length4:46

Sibelius: Two Serenades, Op. 69 for violin and orchestra

Work length13:25
  • Dong-Suk Kang
  • Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Neeme Järvi
  • Recorded: 2, 3 January 2003
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

No. 1 in D Major

Track length6:25

No. 2 in G Minor

Track length7:00

Sibelius: Two Pieces, Op. 77 (Two 'Earnest Melodies')

Work length8:45
  • Dong-Suk Kang
  • Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Neeme Järvi
  • Recorded: 24-25 August 1989
  • Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

No. 1, Laetare anima mea

Track length5:14

No. 2, Ab imo pectore

Track length3:31

Sibelius: Two Humoresques Op. 87

Work length5:49
  • Dong-Suk Kang
  • Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Neeme Järvi
  • Recorded: 24-25 August 1989
  • Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

No. 1, Commodo (Revised 1940 Version)

Track length3:29

No. 2, Allegro assai

Track length2:20

Sibelius: Four Humoresques Op. 89

Work length14:40
  • Dong-Suk Kang
  • Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Neeme Järvi
  • Recorded: 24-25 August 1989
  • Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

No. 1 in G Minor

Track length4:12

No. 2 in G Minor

Track length4:05

No. 3 in E-Flat Major

Track length3:10

No. 4 in G Minor

Track length3:13

Sibelius: Promootiomarssi, JS 155

Work length6:08
  • Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
  • Neeme Järvi
  • Recorded: August 1989
  • Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

Sibelius: Marches (2), Op. 91

Work length2:07
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2000
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

No. 1, Jääkärien Marssi (Version for Orchestra)

Track length2:07

Sibelius: Three Pieces, Op. 96

Work length14:10
  • Tuula Ylönen, Matti Rouvali
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 29 May 2002
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

No. 1, Valse lyrique

Track length4:13

No. 2, Autrefois, Scène pastorale

Track length5:48

No. 3, Valse chevaleresque

Track length4:09

Sibelius: Suite mignonne, Op. 98a

Work length5:54
  • Outi Viitaniemi, Ilmo Joensivu
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 6, 11 April 1992
  • Recording Venue: Ristinkirkko, Lahti, Finland

I. Petite scène

Track length2:02

II. Polka

Track length1:53

III. Épilogue

Track length1:59

Sibelius: Suite champêtre, Op. 98b

Work length7:37
  • Jaakko Kuusisto
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2003
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

I. Pièce caractéristique

Track length2:11

II. élodie élégiaque

Track length3:30

III. Danse

Track length1:56

Sibelius: Suite caractéristique, Op. 100

Work length5:03
  • Leena Saarenpää
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2004
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

I. Vivo

Track length1:27

II. Lento

Track length1:48

III. Comodo

Track length1:48

Sibelius: Morceau Romantique sur un motif de M. Jacob de Julin

Work length2:07
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 13, 14 September 1985
  • Recording Venue: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden

Sibelius: Suite for Violin & String Orchestra, JS 185, I. Country-Scenery

Work length2:06
  • Dong-Suk Kang
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2000
  • Recording Venue: Church of the Cross, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Suite for Violin & String Orchestra, JS 185

Work length4:56
  • Dong-Suk Kang
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2004
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

II. Evening in Spring

Track length2:56

III. In the Summer

Track length2:00

Sibelius: Andante festivo, JS 34b (Version for String Orchestra & Timpani)

Work length5:37
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 6, 11 April 1992
  • Recording Venue: Ristinkirkko, Lahti, Finland

Sibelius: Masonic Ritual Music, Op. 113

Work length4:12
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: August 2004
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

VI. Processional (Version for Orchestra)

Track length4:12

Sibelius: Karelia, JS 115, Tableaux 7 & 8 "The Reunion of Old Finalnd with the Rest of Finland" (Alternative Version)

Work length8:36
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Jaakko Kuusisto
  • Recorded: 29 May 2002
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

Moderato

Track length6:10

Vivace molto

Track length2:26

Sibelius: Six Impromptus, Op. 5

Work length3:11
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Jaakko Kuusisto
  • Recorded: 6, 11 April 1992
  • Recording Venue: Ristinkirkko, Lahti, Finland

No. 5 in B Minor (Arr. for String Orchestra) [Preliminary Version]

Track length3:11

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 (1903-1904 Version)

Work length39:40
  • Leonidas Kavakos
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: 7, 10 January 1991
  • Recording Venue: Ristinkirkko, Lahti, Finland

I. Allegro moderato

Track length19:37

II. Adagio di molto

Track length10:03

III. Allegro ma non tanto

Track length10:00

Sibelius: Rakastava, Op. 14

Work length11:14
  • Jaakko Kuusisto, Ilkka Pälli
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2003
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

I. The Lover

Track length4:06

II. The Beloved

Track length2:13

III. Good Evening... Good Night!

Track length4:55

Sibelius: Two Pieces, Op. 77 (Two 'Earnest Melodies')

Work length8:52
  • Marko Ylönen
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: August 2004
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

No. 1, Laetare anima mea

Track length5:14

No. 2, Ab imo pectore

Track length3:38

Sibelius: Two Humoresques Op. 87

Work length3:15
  • Jaakko Kuusisto
  • Sinfonia Lahti
  • Osmo Vänskä
  • Recorded: January 2005
  • Recording Venue: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland

No. 1, Commodo (Original 1917 Version)

Track length3:15
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