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Release Date: 7th Sep 2009
Catalogue No: 6971802
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Gemini
Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26

Work length7:55

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
Recorded: 1990-09-22
Recording Venue: 18-22 September 1990: Konserthus,Oslo

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

Work length37:54

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
Recorded: 1990-09-22
Recording Venue: 18-22 September 1990 / Konserthus, Oslo

I. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico

Track length11:06

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II. Andante (ma non troppo lento)

Track length9:18

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III. Scherzo (Allegro - Lento (ma non troppo) - Tempo I)

Track length5:16

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IV. Finale: Quasi una fantasia (Andante - Allegro molto)

Track length12:14

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Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52

Work length28:07

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
Recorded: 1994-08-20
Recording Venue: 14-15 & 19-20 August 1994: Konserthus, Oslo

I. Allegro moderato

Track length10:11

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II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto

Track length9:41

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III. Moderato - Allegro (ma non tanto)

Track length8:15

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Sibelius: Andante festivo, JS34a

Work length4:28

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
Recorded: 1992-05-29
Recording Venue: 25-29 May 1992: Konserthus, Oslo

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

Work length42:27

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
Recorded: 1992-05-29
Recording Venue: 25-29 May 1992: Konserthus, Oslo

I. Allegretto

Track length9:10

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II. Tempo andante, ma rubato

Track length13:59

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III. Vivacissimo

Track length5:57

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IV. Finale (Allegro moderato)

Track length13:21

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Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1

Work length5:14

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
Recorded: 1992-05-29
Recording Venue: 25-29 May 1992: Konserthus, Oslo

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82

Work length29:44

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Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
Recorded: 1994-08-20
Recording Venue: 14-15 & 19-20 August 1994: Konserthus, Oslo

I. Tempo molto moderato -

Track length7:54

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II. Allegro moderato

Track length4:27

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III. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto -

Track length8:46

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IV. Allegro molto

Track length8:37

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Jean Sibelius was born in 1865 as Julius Christian but adopted the French equivalent and is now always known as such. He soon established himself as Finland’s greatest composer and the most powerful symphonist to have come from Scandinavia and the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea. The first work to be composed in this collection recorded by Mariss Jansons and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra is arguably his most famous: Finlandia, written in 1899, which shows his strong belief in national self-determination for his homeland and against Russian rule. Works flowed quickly as by 1902 he had already completed his Second Symphony (both this and his First are in this set). His Valse Triste became very popular and throughout the world and tended temporarily to mask his other achievements, The Third Symphony tended to be overlooked as it was less romantic, more classical in form and was also distinct from the more brooding later symphonies; now it is becoming more performed and appreciated as part of the great canon.

Of the later Symphonies the Fifth is certainly the most popular, the dark gloom of the Fourth (no doubt due to the suspected throat cancer) had been replaced by brightness with melodies that truly sing. The gradual accelerando in the third movement is breathtaking in its excitement ending in a titanic coda where themes from the first and third movements are recalled, the final bars of loud staccato chords are both spell-binding in their originality and brilliant in their effect.

The last work from the set to be composed, Andante Festivo, was written in 1922 for string quartet just before the Sixth Symphony, he later expanded it for string orchestra.

Sibelius - Symphonies 1, 2, 3 & 5

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