Sibelius: Incidental Music

 
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Incidental Music
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam

[ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Friday 14 September 2018

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Parallel to his great sequence of symphonic masterpieces and tone poems, Jean Sibelius wrote a significant body of music for the theatre. It was with King Christian II and Kuolema that he established his fame throughout Europe whilst some of his most hauntingly beautiful writing for the stage can be found in Belshazzar's Feast. The tragic pantomime Scaramouche is Sibelius's only continuous dramatic score and Pelléas et Mélisande is one of his most accomplished, whilst the rarely performed Jedermann is recognised as a hidden masterpiece. Gramophone wrote of these performances: 'Leif Segerstam masterminds a characteristically unhurried, atmospheric display. What an absorbing journey of discovery this series has proved to be; congratulations to everyone involved.'

"This handsome 6-CD set which appears as an edition presenting Sibelius is an overwhelming listening experience of often unfamiliar vignettes. Far more magic, some familiar moments and little that is prosaic. Enjoyable." MusicWeb

Tracks:

Sibelius: Svanevit (Swanwhite), JS 189

Sibelius: Ödlan (The Lizard), Op. 8 - incidental music

Sibelius: A Lonely Ski-Trail (Text: Bertel Gripenberg)

Sibelius: The Countess's Portrait (Grevinnans konterfej)

Sibelius: Overture in A minor, JS144

Sibelius: Kuolema, Op. 44

Sibelius: 2 Songs from Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night', Op. 60

Sibelius: King Kristian II, incidental music, Op. 27

Sibelius: Overture in E major, JS145

Sibelius: Scène de ballet, JS163

Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast, JS48

Sibelius: Wedding March for Act III of Adolf Paul's play 'The Language of the Birds'

Sibelius: Cortège

Sibelius: Menuetto

Sibelius: Processional ('Onward, Ye Peoples'), Op. 113 No. 6

Sibelius: Jokamies (Jedermann), Op. 83

Sibelius: Earnest Melodies (2) for violin or cello & orchestra, Op. 77

Sibelius: In memoriam, Op. 59 - Trauermarsch für Orchester

Sibelius: Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Op. 46

Sibelius: Musik zu Einer Scène

Sibelius: Three Pieces, Op. 96

Sibelius: Morceau Romantique sur un motif de M. Jacob de Julin

Sibelius: Scaramouche, incidental music, Op. 71