Sibelius - Lemminkäinen and the Island Maidens (from Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22)
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Orchestral » Symphonic Poems
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Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkäinen
RecommendedHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Mälkki and the orchestra remarkably conjure the dark, swirling soundworld of ‘Lemminkäinen in Tuonela’ (the Hades of Finnish legend). And the concluding ‘Lemminkäinen’s Return’ canters along... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends & Tapiola
RecommendedHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
The four Legends first began to surface in Sibelius's mind in 1893, at the same time as he was working on his Kalevala opera, The Building ofthe Boat, the prelude to which became The swanof... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2017, First Choice
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Building a Library, May 2019, Also Recommended
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Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Karelia Suite & Finlandia
RecommendedIceland Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari
Most impressive. In its keen intelligence, fiery snap and thrust, Petri Sakari's account of the four Legends proves more than a match for the finest. The Iceland SO may not be world-beaters,... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2005, First Choice
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Building a Library, April 2005, Highly Recommended
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Building a Library, May 2019, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Spring Song & Suite from 'Belshazzar's Feast'
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
The Lemminkäinen Suite has tended to be viewed as an important staging post on [Sibelius’s path to the symphony]…What Sakari Oramo shows is that it’s a marvellous achievement in its own right,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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The Sibelius Edition Volume 1 - Tone Poems
Helena Juntiunen (soprano) (Luonnotar)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Op. 25 and Op. 66), Osmo Vänskä, Neeme Järvi (Op. 25 and Op. 66)
To hear Osmo Vänskä conducting Jean Sibelius is to change one's view of the music. — More…
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Textures are sifted with skill, chosen tempi are unfailingly judicious and Lintu shows a canny awareness of the bigger scheme...Ultimately, for all its sterling qualities, there's no getting... — More…
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Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22, etc.
RecommendedSwedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mikko Franck
Mikko Franck presides over the most intrepidly individual and pungently characterful performance of the Lemminkäinen Legends since Leif Segerstam's 1995 Helsinki PO account for this same label.... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2005, Highly Recommended
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The Essential Sibelius
RecommendedA survey of the music of Jean Sibelius
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Marko Ylönen (cello), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano) & Raimo Laukka (baritone), Tommi Hakala (baritone), Stina Ekblad (narrator), Helena Juntunen (soprano), Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) & Sauli Tiilikainen (baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter...
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Building a Library, September 2010, First Choice
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