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Release Date: 11/20/2001 Label: Emi Classics Catalog #: 74485 Spars Code: n/a Composer: Jean Sibelius Performer: Jorma Hynninen, Usko Viitanen, Raili Kostia, Ida Haendel, Taru Valjakka Conductor: Paavo Berglund Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, YL Male Voice Choir, Estonian State Academic Male Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Number of Discs: 8 |
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This budget-priced eight-disc set contains the best of Paavo Berglund's EMI Sibelius recordings. His symphony cycle with the Helsinki Philharmonic roundly outstrips his earlier one made in Bournemouth. These are cool, emotionally reserved performances, not as hyper-detailed as Berglund's most recent go-round with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, but also never lacking in tension or character (witness Berglund's daringly deliberate tempo for the finale of the Sixth). Generally speaking, Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 5, and 6 come off especially well. On the other hand, EMI has wisely included Berglund's Bournemouth premiere recording of Kullervo, which has a rugged intensity missing from his digital Helsinki remake. The performances of the incidental music and tone poems all sound splendid. Indeed, Oceanides, Pohjola's Daughter, and Luonnotar never have been done better, and it's nice to have the two cantatas Our Own Home and The Origin of Fire included as well. I do wish, however, that Ida Haendel's recording of the Violin Concerto could have been added alongside her lovely renditions of the two serenades for violin and orchestra. There was plenty of room for it on CD 4. That caveat aside, this box truly does offer the essential Sibelius in one handy package, and in performances and sound of uniformly high quality. [2/2/2002] --David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com |
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Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1899; Finland |
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| 2. |
Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1901-1902; Finland |
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Symphony no 3 in C major, Op. 52 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1907; Finland |
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| 4. |
Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1911; Finland |
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Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1915/1919; Finland |
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| 6. |
Symphony no 6 in D minor, Op. 104 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1923; Finland |
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| 7. |
Symphony no 7 in C major, Op. 105 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1924; Finland |
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| 8. |
Our Native Land, Op. 92 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, YL Male Voice Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1918; Finland |
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Language: Finnish |
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| 9. |
Origin of Fire, Op. 32 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Performer:
Jorma Hynninen (Baritone)
Conductor: Paavo Berglund Orchestra/Ensemble: Estonian State Academic Male Chorus, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, YL Male Voice Choir Period: Romantic Written: Finland |
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Language: Finnish |
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Notes: Composition written: Finland (1902). Composition revised: Finland (1910). |
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| 10. |
Kullervo, Op. 7 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Performer:
Usko Viitanen (Baritone),
Raili Kostia (Soprano)
Conductor: Paavo Berglund Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, YL Male Voice Choir Period: Romantic Written: 1892; Finland |
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Language: Finnish |
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| 11. |
Oceanides, Op. 73 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1914; Finland |
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| 12. |
Karelia Suite, Op. 11 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1893; Finland |
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| 13. |
Scènes historiques no 1, Op. 25 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1899; Finland |
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| 14. |
Tapiola, Op. 112 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1926; Finland |
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Finlandia, Op. 26 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: Finland |
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| Notes: Composition written: Finland (1899 - 1900). | |||||
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| 16. |
Serenades (2) for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 69 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Performer:
Ida Haendel (Violin)
Conductor: Paavo Berglund Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1912-1913; Finland |
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| 17. |
Luonnotar, Op. 70 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: ?1910; Finland |
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Pohjola's daughter, Op. 49 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1906; Finland |
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| 19. |
En saga, Op. 9 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1892/1902; Finland |
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| 20. |
The Bard, Op. 64 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Performer:
Taru Valjakka (Soprano)
Conductor: Paavo Berglund Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1913/1914; Finland |
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| 21. |
Spring Song, Op. 16 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: Finland |
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Notes: Composition written: Finland (1894). Composition revised: 1895. Composition revised: 1902. |
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| 22. |
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1893/1895; Finland |
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| 23. |
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1905; Finland |
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| 24. |
Kuolema: Valse triste, Op. 44 no 1 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1903-1904; Finland |
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| 25. |
Kuolema: Scene with Cranes, Op. 44 no 2 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1903-1906; Finland |
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| 26. |
Swanwhite, Op. 54 by Jean Sibelius | ||||
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Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1908; Finland |
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