Kung Kristian II = King Christian II : op. 27 : original theatre music / play by Adolf Paul (30:45) -- Kuolema = Death : JS 113 : original theatre music / Arvid Järnefelt (20:06) -- Svanevit = Swanwhite : preliminary sketch for no. 9 ; original theatre music : JS 189 / August Strindberg (:50; 26:22) -- Pelléas och Mélisande = Pelléas and Mélisande : JS 147 : original theatre music / Maurice Mæterlinck ; tr. Bertel Gripenberg (29:19) -- Jokamies = Jedermann : op. 83 / Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; tr. Huugo Jalkanen (40:29) -- Kuolema = Death : op. 44 : revised versions / Arvid Järnefelt (9:26) -- The tempest : op. 109 : original theatre music ; preliminary version of no. 5 / William Shakespeare ; tr. Hannu Heikkilä (66:56; 2:02) -- Belsazars gästabud = Belshazzar's feast : JS 48 : original theatre music / Hjalmar Procopé (20:16) -- Kung Kristian II = King Christian II : op. 27. Concert suite (25:35) -- Svanevite = Swanwhite. Concert suite : op. 54 (25:03) -- Twelfth night : op. 60. Kom nu hit, död = Come away, death / William Shakespeare ; tr. Carl August Hagberg (2:48) -- Die Sprache der Vögel = The language of the birds : JS 62. Wedding march (3:27) -- Belsazars gästabud = Belshazzar's feast. Concert suite : op. 51 (14:12) -- Scaramouche : op. 71 / Poul Knudsen ; Mikael Trepka Bloch (64:02) -- Pelléas och Mélisande = Pelléas and Mélisande. Concert suite : op. 46 (28:43) -- Kuolema = Death. Additional movements for 1911 production : op. 62 (7:40) -- The tempest : op. 109. Prelude and concert suites (40:44).
Note
Collected orchestral music for the theater in both original incidental music and concert suites.
Texts by various authors.
Includes lyrics in Finnish, Swedish, and Latin with English translations, and program notes in English, Finnish, French, German, and Japanese on inserts.
Event (note)
Recorded in Lahti, Finland at the Church of the Cross (Ristinkirkko) 1992-1998 and at the Sibelius Hall 2007-2008, and in Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden 1983-1990.
Language (note)
Sung in Finnish, Swedish, and Latin.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957.
Title
Theatre music [electronic resource].
Imprint
Åkersberga, Sweden : BIS, [2008]
Series
The Sibelius edition ; v. 5
Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Works. 2007 ; v. 5.
Performer
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, conductor ; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, conductor ; with Raimo Laukka, Sauli Tiilikainen, Heikki Keinonen, Jorma Hynnine, baritone ; Kirsi Tiihonen, soprano ; Anna-Lisa Jakobsson, Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano ; Petri Lehto, Anssi Hirvonen, Paavo Kerola, tenor ; Lahti Chamber Choir ; Lahti Opera Chorus
Event
Recorded in Lahti, Finland at the Church of the Cross (Ristinkirkko) 1992-1998 and at the Sibelius Hall 2007-2008, and in Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden 1983-1990.