Gerald Finley, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner - Sibelius: In The Stream Of Life (2017) [CD Rip]

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Artist: Gerald Finley, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner
Title: Sibelius: In The Stream Of Life
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Chandos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, booklet)
Total Time: 78:39 min
Total Size: 284 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49 (1905 – 06)
A Symphonic Fantasia

02-08. In the Stream of Life
Seven Songs Orchestrated 2013 – 16 by Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 – 2016)

09. Koskenlaskijan morsiamet, Op. 33 (1897)
for Baritone and Orchestra

10. Romance in C major, Op. 42 (1904)
for String Orchestra

11. Hymn to Thais, the Unforgettable (1909)
Orchestrated 1945 by Jussi Jalas (1908 – 1985)

12. Demanten pa marssnon, Op. 36 No. 6
Orchestrated 1932 by Ivar Hellman (1891 – 1994)

13. Hertig Magnus, Op. 57 No. 6
Orchestrated 2008 by Pekka Helasvuo (b. 1948)

14. The Oceanides, Op. 73 (1914)
A Tone Poem for Large Orchestra

15. Pa verandan vid havet, Op. 38 No. 2 (1902)
Orchestrated 1903 by the Composer

16. I natten, Op. 38 No. 3 (1903)
Orchestrated 1903 by the Composer

17. Kom nu hit, dod, Op. 60 No. 1 (1909)
Orchestrated 1957 by the Composer for Baritone, Harp, and Strings

The exceptional collaboration and friendship between the late Einojuhani Rautavaara and the internationally acclaimed bass-baritone Gerald Finley culminates in this unique album of orchestral songs by Sibelius, on which the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Edward Gardner.

The album offers orchestrations, by Sibelius and others, of songs which Sibelius originally wrote for voice and piano, and includes the premiere recording of In the Stream of Life, seven songs orchestrated by Rautavaara for his friend. Throughout, the poetry perfectly reflects the instinctively felt relation between Finnish nature and Sibelius’s music.

As Finley reveals: ‘the recording of [In the Stream of Life] became a very personal project when the sessions took place only a few weeks after [Rautavaara’s] death, in the same week as his funeral... and I am so thankful that a final addition was made possible when in the last months of his life [Rautavaara] agreed to orchestrate “Hjärtats morgon” and include it in the group.’

Gerald Finley, Edward Gardner - Sibelius-In The Stream Of Life.rar - 285.2 MB