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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Sibelius - Scènes historiques I and II
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen Sibelius first set of Scenes historiques forms a suite taken from music for patriotic pageant, staged in 1899 at a time of increasing Finnish nationalism and originally including Finalandia, which was published separately. For his Scenes Historiques II Sibelius composed a new music. In the opening the Chase, horns are heard through the mist, followed by the wild chase, with its impelling rhythms. The incidental music for Adolf Paul’s play King Christian II. Set in the 16th century, deals with the Kings’s love of a commoner, her murder by a jealous rival and the King’s bloodthirsty revenge. It includes a strongly-felt love scene, Nocturne, with many elements characteristic of the composer’s future musical language. “The New Zealand Symphony have a thoroughly international sound, but its playing is top-notch in every way…this is [Inkinen’s] first Sibelius disc with his new orchestra, and it's a winner all around… this is a first-rate disc. Naxos provides a full-sounding recording with an ideal balance between hall ambience and detail… notes by Keith Anderson cover all the important bases. Let's look forward to more Sibelius from Inkinen—he's one to watch.” Fanfare “Recordings of this entrancing repertoire are always welcome, particularly when they are as polished and involving as this. Pietari Inkinen is a talent to watch. Not only does he draw some high-quality, notably zestful playing from his new charges, he directs both sets of Scènes historiques with such keen temperament, abundant character and sensitivity to texture and nuance that they come up sounding strikingly new-minted.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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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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Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Versions using original scoring | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Sibelius - Complete Piano Transcriptions, Volume 1
Sibelius: | Karelia Suite, Op. 11 The Wood-Nymph (Skogsrået), Op. 15 Finlandia, Op. 26 King Kristian II, incidental music, Op. 27 Have you courage? (Har du mod?), Op. 31 No. 2 Song of the Athenians (Aténarnes sång), Op. 31 No. 3 Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1 The Dryad, Op. 45 No. 1 Dance Intermezzo, Op. 45 No. 2 Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Op. 46 |
Erik T. Tawaststjerna (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Sibelius - Tone-Poems
Sibelius: | Karelia Suite, Op. 11 Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala) Andante festivo, JS34b The Oceanides, Op. 73 King Kristian II, incidental music, Op. 27 Finlandia, Op. 26 Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 En Saga, Op. 9 Spring Song, Op. 16 Incidental music to Kuolema - Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1; Scene with Cranes, Op. 44 No. 2; Canzonetta, Op. 62a; Valse romantique, Op. 62b The Bard, Op. 64 Tapiola, Op. 112 |
Soile Isokoski (soprano) Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Volume 5 - Theatre Music
Sibelius: | King Kristian II, incidental music, Op. 27 Original theatre music (1898) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Kuolema, Op. 44 Original theatre music (1903) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Svanevit (Swanwhite), JS 189 Original theatre music (1908) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Pelléas and Mélisande, JS147 Original theatre music (1905) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Jokamies (Jedermann), Op. 83 Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä The Tempest, Op. 109 Original theatre music (1925) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä Belshazzar's Feast, JS48 Original theatre music (1906) Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä King Kristian II, incidental music, Op. 27 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Swanwhite Suite, Op. 54 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Belshazzar's Feast Suite, Op. 51 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Scaramouche, incidental music, Op. 71 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Op. 46 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi The Tempest, Op. 109 Prelude and Concert Suites (1927) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi |
Incidental music for the theatre is a genre in which Sibelius’s outstanding abilities as a composer of large canvases for orchestra were combined with his equally well-honed talent for writing concise, sharply characterized portraits of characters or scenes. The present volume of the Sibelius Edition focuses on the orchestral music that he wrote for plays and includes both the complete theatrical scores and the suites that the composer in several cases put together from these. Volume five in BIS’s acclaimed Sibelius Edition includes the world première recordings of Svanevit Preliminary sketch for No.9 from Svanevit & Canon from Suite No.1 (1927 version) from The Tempest. Other previously unreleased recordings are Valse triste and Scene with Crane from Kuolema. Among the plays given the Sibelius treatment are works by famous as well as less familiar authors: from Shakespeare, Strindberg and Maeterlinck to the composer’s brother-in-law Arvid Järnefelt. It was for a production of Järnefelt’s drama Kuolema (‘Death’) that Sibelius wrote one of his first scores in 1903 for the theatre – a score which included a Tempo di valse lente that would soon make its triumphant course around the world under the title Valse triste. | 
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| |  | Sibelius - The Symphonies & Tone Poems
Sibelius: | Symphonies Nos. 1-7 (complete) Karelia Suite, Op. 11 Andante festivo, JS34b The Oceanides, Op. 73 King Kristian II, incidental music, Op. 27 Finlandia, Op. 26 Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 En Saga, Op. 9 Spring Song, Op. 16 Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1 Kurkikotaus, Op.44, No.2 Canzonetta, Op. 62a, from the incidental music to Kuolema Valse romantique, Op.62b The Bard, Op. 64 Tapiola, Op. 112 |
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi Neeme Järvi’s partnership with the Gothenburg orchestra is “a living legend in Nordic music” – Daily Telegraph (London) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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