Sibelius: Songs

Compellingly shaped and hugely accomplished recital — BBC Music Magazine More…

Release Date: 25th Nov 2013
Catalogue No: CDH55471
Label: Helios
Length: 64 minutes

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Sibelius: Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6 (Forsman-Koskimies)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Belsazars gästabud, Op 51

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Song. Den judiska flickans sång

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Sibelius: Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Men min fågel märks dock icke, Op. 36, No. 2

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Bollspelet vid Trianon, Op. 36 No. 3

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36 No. 4 (Text: Gustav Fröding)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Marssnön, Op. 36 No. 5

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Jag är ett träd, Op 57 No 5

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Necken (The Watersprite, or The Elf-King) Op. 57 No. 8 (Josephson)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Den första kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Lasse liten, Op. 37 No. 2

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Soluppgång, Op. 37 No. 3 (Text: Tor Hedberg)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Vem styrde hit din väg? (Who has brought you here?) Op. 90 No. 6 (Runeberg)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Norden, Op. 90 No. 1 (Runeberg)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Lenzgesang, Op 50 No 1

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Sehnsucht, Op. 50 No. 2

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Im Feld ein Mädchen singt, Op. 50 Nr.3 (Margarete Susman)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Aus banger Brust, Op. 50 No. 4

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Die stille Stadt, Op. 50 No. 5

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Rosenlied, Op. 50 No. 6

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Sibelius: Under strandens granar (Under the fir-trees) Op. 13 No. 1 (Runeberg)

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Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

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Robert Layton, who has provided the booklet notes for this album, describes the treasure-trove of Sibelius’s songs as one of music’s best-kept secrets. The composer wrote a surprisingly large number of songs throughout his life, and anybody who responds to the Nordic spirit and subject-matter of the symphonies and other orchestral music will find much to please them here. They are tuneful, passionate and evocative of the northern latitudes. Virtually all of them are in Swedish which, although he was Finnish, was Sibelius’s first language, but the Opus 50 set is in German. There are no fewer than seven settings of the composer’s favourite poet of the northern landscapes, Johan Runeberg, including two of Sibelius’s best-known songs, ‘The tryst’ and ‘The first kiss’.

Our singer is the delightful Swedish soprano Katarina Karnéus, sometime winner of the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.

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Compellingly shaped and hugely accomplished recital

A wonderful, thoroughly recommendable album … this disc receives my highest recommendation

Rich in variety and entirely satisfying as a recital

Highly recommended to lovers of Sibelius’s music who, like me, were unaware of this treasure

Inspired performances … it is a magic partnership, giving fresh insights in every song

Daily Telegraph

If you want a single disc to demonstrate the richness and variety of Sibelius’s songs, you will not do better than this. Karnéus’s voice is glorious

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