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| Sibelius: Pelleas & Melisande, Etc / Ollila, Tapiola | |||||
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Release Date: 07/25/2000 Label: Ondine Catalog #: 952 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Jean Sibelius Conductor: Tuomas Ollila Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta
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| Premiered in 1905, Sibelius' music for Maeterlinck's symbolist play, Pelleas et Melisande, scored for a small orchestra, is one of the composer's masterpieces. Since there are no trumpets or brighter percussion, and English horn, clarinet, horns, and timpani are prominent, the colors are rich, dark, and menacing. The mood throughout is one of impending doom. Even the happy dance-like entr'acte is unsettling in its constant shifting of mood. Tuomas Ollila's reading, a bit faster than the norm, is taut and dramatic and contains many beautiful, soul-searching moments, such as the melancholy second-movement English horn solo that depicts Melisande, and the anguished, heart-felt intensity in The Death of Melisande. This is one of the best performances of this music that I have ever heard. The rest of the pieces on this CD are lightweight by comparison, but nonetheless are well crafted and enjoyable. The Cassazione is quite a nice little discovery. Arresting from its opening notes, it is like a small, kaleidoscopic divertimento in one movement. The performances are exemplary throughout: the smallish orchestra responds to Ollila's direction with a proper balance of tension and flair, and the conductor's approach always seems true to the meaning of the music. The recorded sound is rich and full, maybe just a touch too reverberant in the very loudest passages. --Rad Bennett, ClassicsToday.com | |||||
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Cassazione, Op. 6 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Tuomas Ollila
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta Period: Romantic Written: 1895/1904; Finland |
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Date of Recording: 02/2000 Venue: Tapiola Hall, Tapiola, Finland Length: 10 Minutes 28 Secs. |
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Presto for Strings by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Tuomas Ollila
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta Period: Romantic Written: 1894; Finland |
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Date of Recording: 02/2000 Venue: Tapiola Hall, Tapiola, Finland Length: 4 Minutes 41 Secs. |
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Suite mignonne for Flute and Strings, Op. 98 no 1 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Tuomas Ollila
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta Period: Romantic Written: 1921; Finland |
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Date of Recording: 02/2000 Venue: Tapiola Hall, Tapiola, Finland Length: 5 Minutes 45 Secs. |
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Suite champêtre for Strings, Op. 98 no 2 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Tuomas Ollila
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta Period: Romantic Written: 1921; Finland |
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Date of Recording: 02/2000 Venue: Tapiola Hall, Tapiola, Finland Length: 6 Minutes 22 Secs. |
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Suite caractéristique, Op. 100 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Tuomas Ollila
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta Period: Romantic Written: 1922; Finland |
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Date of Recording: 02/2000 Venue: Tapiola Hall, Tapiola, Finland Length: 4 Minutes 27 Secs. |
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Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Tuomas Ollila
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta Period: Romantic Written: 1905; Finland |
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Date of Recording: 02/2000 Venue: Tapiola Hall, Tapiola, Finland Length: 23 Minutes 26 Secs. |
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