Helvi Leiviskä: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

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Whatever the reason Leiviskä has remained a shadowy figure, conductor Dalia Stasevska has now brought to light three of her orchestral works in f ine performances by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 8th Dec 2023
Catalogue No: BIS2701
Label: BIS
Length: 62 minutes

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Leiviskä: Sinfonia Brevis

Work length12:51

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Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska

Leiviskä: Suite for Orchestra No. 2

Work length20:54

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Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska

I. Kevään tulo (The Coming of Spring)

Track length6:58

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II. Humoreski (Humoresque)

Track length3:09

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III. Kehtolaulu (Lullaby)

Track length4:03

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IV. Epilogi (Epilogue)

Track length6:44

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Leiviskä: Symphony No. 2

Work length28:49

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Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska

I. Andantino quasi allegretto - Più animato e ritmico

Track length7:27

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II. Allegro molto

Track length9:29

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III. Andante cantabile

Track length11:53

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Conductor Dalia Stasevka who received the BBC Music Magazine’s ‘Personality of the Year’ Award in 2023 and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra present three works by the Finnish composer Helvi Leiviskä, who was Finland’s first major female composer. Initially inspired by the language of late Romanticism – she mentioned Brahms as her favourite composer – Leiviskä developed an original, modern style that eschewed all schools, convinced that it was more important to tread one’s own path than to follow fashionable styles. While her output may seem small in terms of quantity, it more than makes up for it in the quality of the works, especially her symphonies, a genre she considered ‘the highest manifestation of music’. This disc presents three works: the Sinfonia Brevis, a confidently crafted work reminiscent of Sibelius; the austere, restrained, melancholy and at times very dissonant Symphony No. 2, which could be called ‘tragic’; and the Suite for orchestra No. 2, which uses material from a powerfully descriptive score originally composed for a film. This recording bears witness to the ‘Leiviskä renaissance’ that has taken place in recent years, which has contributed to the rediscovery of a neglected but important voice in Finnish music.

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February 2024

Whatever the reason Leiviskä has remained a shadowy figure, conductor Dalia Stasevska has now brought to light three of her orchestral works in f ine performances by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, that give a strong flavour of what we’ve missed.

January 2024

These readings by the Lahti Symphony and well-regarded Dalia Stasevska could not be bettered for their acuity of insight, aided by analytical sound and Eila Tarasti’s annotations. Whether or not Leiviskä’s time has now come, her music is eminently worth getting to know.

Helvi Leiviskä: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

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