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Camilla Nylund (soprano) Muenchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer CPO is delighted to welcome back Finnish soprano Camilla Nylund. This new disc presents an array of orchestral songs by Nordic composers, some of which are world premiere recordings. Nylund captures the genuine, lyrical tones and conveys to the listener the feeling of yearning, with all its enticements and dangers. Sung in Swedish and Finnish, she interprets the force and passion seething underground in the music of Jean Sibelius, Leevi Madetoja’s more elegant resignation, Selim Palmgren’s sparkling impressions, and the fantastic lyric scenery created by Ture Rangström in his Den Utvalda. Luxembourg’s classical music magazine Pizzicato on a recent song recital by Nylund: “Her magnificent voice is very fresh, has a brand-new sound, and is led with technical excellence; it is enormously well-focused, light in its intonation, and capable of soaring up to the exposed heights and of producing a subtle pianissimo. A voice that without a doubt is among the most beautiful that I have experienced in recent years in the opera and in concert.” | 
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| |  | Sibelius - Tone Poems
Sibelius: | En Saga, Op. 9 Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala) Finlandia, Op. 26 Spring Song, Op. 16 The Bard, Op. 64 The Dryad, Op. 45 No. 1 Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 The Oceanides, Op. 73 Tapiola, Op. 112 |
Scottish National Orchestra, Alexander Gibson | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Karita MattilaSongs by Grieg and Sibelius
Karita Mattila City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Sibelius - Incidental Music & Tone Poems
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Sibelius - Orchestral Songs
Sibelius: | Kaiutar, Op. 72, No. 4 Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala) Men min fågel märks dock icke, Op. 36, No. 2 Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36 No. 4 (Text: Gustav Fröding) Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg) Under strandens granar (Under the fir-trees) Op. 13 No. 1 (Runeberg) Den första kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Soluppgång, Op. 37 No. 3 (Text: Tor Hedberg) Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell) Höstkväll, Op. 38:1 (Text: Viktor Rydberg) På verandan på vid havet, Op. 38 No. 2 (Viktor Runeberg) Arioso, Op. 3 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Lastu lainehilla, Op. 17, No. 7 Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, duck, swim) (A.V. Forsman-Koskimies) Se'n har jag ej frågat mera, Op. 17 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) En slända, Op. 17, No. 5 Hertig Magnus, Op. 57 No. 6 |
Soile Isokoski (soprano) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam "A thrilling performance of Luonnotar in which Isokoski’s sonorous soprano is matched by atmospheric playing from the Finnish orchestra. The rest of the disc makes you wonder why Sibelius’s orchestral songs occupy one of the most unjustly neglected corners of his output." Erik Levi BBC Music Magazine  CD Review
Critics Disc of the Year - December 2006 |
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| |  | Sibelius - Spirit of Nature
Sibelius: | Overture in E major, JS145 Scène de ballet, JS163 Kullervon valitus from Op. 7 world première recording Serenade, JS168 I natten, Op. 38 No. 3 world première recording Impromptu, Op. 19 [original* and final versions] Pan and Echo, Op. 53 world première recording Hertig Magnus, Op. 57 No. 6 world première recording Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala) Väinön virsi, Op. 110 (Väinö's Song) Höstkväll, Op. 38:1 (Text: Viktor Rydberg) |
Jyrki Korhonen (bass), Tommi Hakala (baritone) & Helena Juntunen (soprano) Lahti Symphony Orchestra & Dominante Choir, Osmo Vänskä “Tommi Hakala brings poise and a subtle range of colour” Gramophone | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Sibelius - Orchestral & Vocal Works
Sibelius: | Finlandia, Op. 26 Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Movement I and III from Karelia Suite, Op. 11 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Allegro from Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Ida Händel (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Allegro from Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli Lemminkäinen's Return, Op. 22 No. 4 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Allegro Molto from Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Oma maa, Op. 29 (Our Native Land) Ellerhein Girls’ Choir, Estonian National Male Choir & Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Maan virsi, Op. 95 (Hymn To Earth) Ellerhein Girls’ Choir, Estonian National Male Choir & Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Tulen synty, Op. 32 (The Origin of Fire) Jorma Hynninen (baritone) State Academic Male Choir of the Estonian SSR, Helsinki University Male Choir
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala) Taru Valjakka (soprano) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Väinön virsi, Op. 110 (Väinö's Song) Ellerhein Girls’ Choir, Estonian National Male Choir Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi Laulu Lemminkäiselle, Op. 31 No. 1 (Song to Lemminkäinen) Estonian National Male Choir & Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi Movement V from Kullervo, Op. 7 Raili Kostia (soprano) & Usko Viitanen (baritone) Helsinki University Male Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Finlandia, Op. 26 (for male choir and symphony orchestra) Estonian National Male Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi |
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| |  | Edition Staatskapelle Dresden - Volume 5
Ute Selbig (soprano) Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Sibelius - Tone Poems & Songs
Sibelius: | Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala) En Saga, Op. 9 Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 The Oceanides, Op. 73 King Kristian II, incidental music, Op. 27 Karelia Overture, Op. 10 Karelia Suite, Op. 11 The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2 Finlandia, Op. 26 Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 The Bard, Op. 64 Festivo, Op. 25 No. 3 Den första kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg) Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5 Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson) |
Dame Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Siv Wennberg (soprano) & Geoffrey Parsons (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti, Alexander Gibson & Sir Malcolm Sargent | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Sibelius - Orchestral Songs
Sibelius: | Serenad (Text: Erik Johan Stagnelius) Sången om korsspindlen, Op. 27 No. 4 (from the incidental music to Adolf Paul's play King Christian II) På verandan på vid havet, Op. 38 No. 2 (Viktor Runeberg) Kom nu hit, Död, Op. 60 (Text: Bertel Gripenberg after Shakespeare) Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Text: J.J. Wecksell) Koskenlaskian morsiammet (Text: August Oksanen) Höstkväll, Op. 38:1 (Text: Viktor Rydberg) Soluppgång, Op. 37 No. 3 (Text: Tor Hedberg) Se'n har jag ej frågat mera, Op. 17 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Arioso, Op. 3 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg) Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala) |
MariAnne Häggander (soprano), Jorma Hynninen (baritone) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Jorma Panula | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2007