VA - The Sibelius Edition, Vol. 5: Theatre Music (6CD) (2008)

Tracklist:

CD 1:
Kung Kristian II (King Christian II), Op. 27 [30:45]
Play by Adolf Paul
Original theatre music (1898) (K.F.W. / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Movements composed for the February 1898 production:
01. No. 1. Elegy. Lento assai (Overture) [5:50]
02. No. 2. Musette. Allegretto (Act II, Scene 2) [2:06]
03. No. 3. Menuetto. Non troppo lento (Act III, Scene 1) [1:51]
04. No. 4. Fool’s Song of the Spider (Act V, Scene 3)
‘Bak villande skog…’ Moderato [4:11]
Movements composed during the summer of 1898:
05. No. 5. Nocturne. Moderato (After Act I) [6:20]
06. No. 6. Serenade. Moderato assai - Moderato (Act III, Scene 1) [4:22]
07. No. 7. Ballade. Allegro molto - Vivace (Act IV) [5:32]
Raimo Laukka baritone (No. 4)
Kuolema (Death), JS113 [20:06]
Play by Arvid Järnefelt
Original theatre music (1903) (Manuscript /Breitkopf & Härtel)
08. Scene I. Tempo di valse lente - Poco risoluto [4:23]
09. Scene II. Moderato (Paavali’s Song: ‘Pakkanen puhurin poika’) [3:04]
10. Scene III. Moderato assai - Moderato (Elsa’s Song: ‘Eilaa, eilaa’) - Poco adagio [7:07]
11. Scene IV. Andante (The Cranes) [0:51]
12. Scene V. Moderato [2'25]
13. Scene VI. Andante ma non tanto [1:55]
Raimo Laukka baritone (Scene II) · Kirsi Tiihonen soprano (Scene III)
Svanevit (Swanwhite)
Play by August Strindberg
14. Preliminary sketch for No. 9 (c. 1908) [0:50]
(Manuscript HUL 1314)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Svanevit (Swanwhite), JS 189 [26:22]
Play by August Strindberg
Original theatre music (1908) (Manuscript /Breitkopf & Härtel)
Act I:
15. No. 1. A horn signal in the distance. Largo [0:11]
16. No. 2. Comodo [2:31]
17. No. 3. A swan flies past. Adagio [0:16]
Act II:
18. No. 4. Now the harp begins to play. Lento assai [3:12]
19. No. 5. A white swan flies past. Adagio [0:15]
20. No. 6. Swanwhite’s mother. Lento - Commodo - Lento - Allegro [4:21]
21. No. 7. The harp falls briefly silent and strikes up a new melody. Andantino [1:31]
22. No. 8. Elsewhere! Andante [3:15]
23. No. 9. Stepmother: Where is the bride? Lento [2:32]
24. No. 10. The golden clouds become rose red. Moderato [2:17]
Act III:
25. No. 11. Swanwhite. Allegretto [0:57]
26. No. 12. Fire at the castle. Largamente [1:27]
27. No. 13. Now the harp plays. Adagio [1:41]
28. No. 14. All bend their knees as if in thanks and praise. Largamente molto [1:23]Sakari Tepponen violin (24)
Pauli Pietiläinen organ (27 & 28)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra (Sinfonia Lahti)
Osmo Vänskä conductor [1–13, 15–28]
Jaakko Kuusisto conductor [14]

CD 2:
Pelléas och Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande), JS 147 [29:19]
Play by Maurice Mæterlinck (Swedish translation: Bertel Gripenberg)
Original theatre music (1905) (Manuscript /Lienau)
Act I:
01. No. 1. Grave e largamente (Prelude, Scene 1) [2:53]
02. No. 2. Andantino con moto (Scene 2) [4:10]
03. No. 3. Adagio (Scene 4) [2:02]
Act II:
04. No. 4. Commodo (Prelude, Scene 1) [1:53]
Act III:
05. No. 5. Con moto (ma non tanto) (Prelude, Scene 1) [1:59]
06. No. 6. Tranquillo (Mélisande's Song, Scene 2) [2:17]
'De trenne blinda systrar'
07. No. 7. Andantino pastorale (Scene 4) [1:52]
Act IV:
08. No. 8. Allegretto (Prelude, Scene 1) [2:47]
09. No. 9. [no tempo marking] (Scene 2) [3:00]
Act V:
10. No. 10. Andante (Prelude, Scene 2) [5:38]
Anna-Lisa Jakobsson mezzo-soprano (No. 6)
Jokamies (Jedermann), Op. 83 [40:29]
Play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (Finnish translation: Huugo Jalkanen)
1916 (Manuscript /Breitkopf & Härtel)
11. No. 1. Largo [0:15]
12. No. 2. Largo [1:04]
13. No. 3. Allegro [1:25]
14. No. 3a. Allegro commodo [0:08]
15. No. 4. Dance Song ('Me kutsun saimme…') Tempo commodo [3:15]
16. No. 5. 'On riemussa hetket mennehet taas'. Tempo andante [0:14]
17. No. 6. 'Kun vettä sataa, niin kastutaan'. Un poco con moto [0:08]
18. No. 7. 'Maat ja metsät viheriöivät…' Tempo moderato [0:58]
19. No. 8. 'Oi, Lempi, armas Lempi!…' Allegretto [0:41]
20. No. 9. 'Maat ja metsät viheriöivät…' Tempo moderato [1:10]
21. No. 10. Allegro molto [2:31]
22. No. 11. Largo, sempre misterioso [9:44]
23. No. 12. Adagio di molto [2:58]
24. No. 13. Adagio di molto (continued) [4:27]
25. No. 14. Largo e molto - Doloroso - Con grande dolore [5:24]
26. No. 15. [Lento] [3:37]
27. No. 16. 'Gloria in excelsis Deo'. Sempre dolce sin al Fine [2:12]
Lilli Paasikivi mezzo-soprano (Nos 5-7)
Petri Lehto tenor (No. 4)
Sauli Tiilikainen baritone (Nos 4, 7 & 8)
Lahti Chamber Choir, Risto Raikaslehto chorus-master (Nos 4, 8, 9 & 16)
Pauli Pietiläinen organ
Leena Saarenpää piano

Lahti Symphony Orchestra (Sinfonia Lahti)
Osmo Vänskä conductor

CD 3:
Kuolema (Death), Op. 44 [9:26]
Play by Arvid Järnefelt
Revised versions (Breitkopf & Härtel)
01. No. 1. Valse triste (1904) [4:22]
Lento - Poco risoluto - Più risoluto e mosso - Lento assai
02. No. 2. Kurkikohtaus (Scene with Cranes) (1906) [4:55]
Andante sostenuto
The Tempest, Op. 109 [66:56]
Play by William Shakespeare (Finnish translation: Hannu Heikkilä)
Original theatre music (1925) (Manuscript /Wilhelm Hansen)
03. No. 1. [Overture - The Ship Sinks beneath the Waves]. Largamente molto [6:36]
Act I:
04. No. 2. Miranda is Lulled into Slumber. Andante [1:43]
05. No. 3. Ariel Flies In. Allegro [0:20]
06. No. 4. Chorus of the Winds. Molto moderato [2:21]
07. No. 5. [Ariel Hastens Away]. Allegro [0:16]
08. No. 6. Ariel’s First Song, with Introduction and Choir [1:57]
Poco con moto - Poco tranquillo - Poco a poco stretto
'Hietikolle käymme näin'
09. No. 7. Ariel’s Second Song. Largamente [2:18]
'Sun isääs’ peittävät synkeät veet'
Act II:
10. No. 8. Interlude [Prospero]. Adagio - Poco meno adagio - Tempo primo [4:10]
11. No. 9. The Oak Tree (Ariel) Plays the Flute. Molto moderato [2:43]
12. No. 10. Ariel’s Third Song. Moderato - stringendo [0:54]
'Täällä senkun kuorsataan'
13. No. 11. Interlude: Caliban. Allegretto - Più moderato - Poco a poco stretto [1:20]
14. No. 12. Stephano’s Song. Moderato - Commodo [1:11]
'En enää lähde merelle'
15. No. 13. Caliban’s Song. Moderato - Allegro [1:26]
'Hei, Prosperon perkele'
Act III:
16. No. 14. Interlude: Miranda. Allegretto [1:43]
17. No. 15. [Humoresque]. Allegro commodo [1:58]
18. No. 16. Canon [Caliban, Trinculo, Stephano]. Allegretto con moto [2:09]
‘Kurkitaan, urkitaan’
19. No. 17. Antonio. Dance of the Shapes [5:05]
Moderato assai - Allegro molto moderato - Poco tranquillo - Allegro e poco a poco stretto
20. No. 18. Ariel as Harpy (– Melodrama). Grave [1:56]
21. No. 19. The Shapes Dance Out (Ballet II). Allegro [1:53]
Act IV:
22. No. 20. Intermezzo [Alonso mourns]. Andante con moto [1:58]
23. No. 21. [Ariel Flies In]. Allegro (=No. 3) [0:21]
24. No. 22. Ariel’s Fourth Song. Allegretto moderato [0:45]
'Ennen kuin ehdit huokaamaan'
25. No. 23. The Rainbow. Poco adagio [2:16]
26. No. 24. Iris’s Melodrama. Moderato assai [1:00]
27. No. 25. [Juno’s Song]. Commodo [1:32]
'Kunnia ja vaurautta'
28. No. 26. Dance of the Naiads. Allegretto graziozo [2:27]
29. No. 27. Dance of the Harvesters. Commodo [1:47]
30. No. 28. [Ariel Flies In]. Allegro (=No. 3) [0:19]
31. No. 29. [Ariel Hastens Away] (=No. 5) [0:16]
32. No. 30. [Ariel Flies In]. Allegro (=No. 3) [0:19]
33. No. 31. The Dogs. Poco con moto - Allegretto [0:59]
Act V:
34. No. 31bis. Prelude. Poco con moto (instrumental version of No. 33) [1:02]
35. No. 32. [Ariel Brings the Foes to Prospero] [3:06]
Largo - Un pochettino affrettando - Adagio
36. No. 33. Ariel’s Fifth Song. Poco con moto [1:00]
'Mä mettä janooni juoda saan'
37. No. 34. Cortège. Tempo giusto - Poco a poco stretto [2:15]
38. No. 34bis. Ossia [Epilogue]. Poco adagio - Allargando [1:20]
Lilli Paasikivi mezzo-soprano (Ariel - Nos 6, 7, 10, 22 & 33)
Kirsi Tiihonen soprano (Juno - No. 25)
Anssi Hirvonen tenor (Stephano - Nos 12 & 16)
Heikki Keinonen baritone (Caliban - Nos 13 & 16)
Paavo Kerola tenor (Trinculo - No. 16)
Ilkka Sivonen harmonium (Nos 2, 4, 6, 9 & 18)
Lahti Opera Chorus (Lahden Oopperan kuoro), Anna-Clara Groundstroem direction (Nos 4, 6, 7 & 10)
The Tempest
Play by William Shakespeare
39. Canon. Allegro commodo [2:02]
(1927) (Wilhelm Hansen)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Preliminary version of movement No. 5 of The Tempest Suite No. 1, Op. 109 No. 2

Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä conductor

CD 4:
Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar’s Feast), JS 48 [20:16]
Play by Hjalmar Procopé
Original theatre music (1906) (Manuscript /Lienau)
Act I:
01. No. 1. Alla marcia (Moderato) [2:03]
Act II:
02. No. 2a. Prélude: Nocturno. Andantino [3:23]
03. No. 2b. The Jewish Girl’s Song. 'Vid älvarna i Babylon' [3:11]
Act III:
04. No. 3. Allegretto [0:57]
05. No. 4. Dance of Life. Comodo [1:13]
06. No. 5. Dance of Death. Comodo [1:14]
07. No. 6. Dance of Life: extract (aber langsam) [0:30]
Act IV:
08. No. 7. Tempo sostenuto [3:08]
09. No. 8. Allegro [2:21]
10. No. 9. Dance of Life (shortened) [0:48]
11. No. 10. Dance of Death [1:14]
Lilli Paasikivi mezzo-soprano (No. 2b)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä conductor
Kung Kristian II (King Christian II), Op. 27 [25:35]
Play by Adolf Paul
Concert Suite (1898) (Breitkopf & Härtel)
12. No. 1. Nocturne. Moderato [7:40]
13. No. 2. Elegy. Lento assai [5:23]
14. No. 3. Musette. Vivace assai [2:12]
15. No. 4. Serenade. Moderato assai - Moderato [4:43]
16. No. 5. Ballade. Allegro molto - Vivace [5:14]
Svanevit (Swanwhite), Op. 54 [25:03]
Play by August Strindberg
Concert Suite (1908) (Lienau)
17. No. 1. The Peacock. Adagio - (Allegro comodo) [2:53]
18. No. 2. The Harp. Largo [3:22]
19. No. 3. The Maidens with Roses. Lento assai [2:33]
20. No. 4. Listen, the Robin Sings. Vivace [4:55]
21. No. 5. The Prince Alone. Andante sostenuto [3:56]
22. No. 6. Swanwhite and the Prince. Allegretto [3:33]
23. No. 7. Song of Praise. Largo [3:18]
Twelfth Night, Op. 60 (1909)
Play by William Shakespeare (Swedish translation: Carl August Hagberg)
24. No. 1. ‘Kom nu hit, död’ (‘Come Away, Death’) [2:48]
Lento (originally with guitar accompaniment · orchestrated by the composer in 1957)
Jorma Hynninen baritone
Die Sprache der Vögel (The Language of the Birds), JS 62 (1911)
Play by Adolf Paul
25. Wedding March (Act III) [3:27]
(Warner/Chappell Music Finland)
Allegro, ma moderato con grandezza

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi conductor [1-23, 25]
Jorma Panula conductor [24]

CD 5:
Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar’s Feast), Op. 51 [14:12]
Play by Hjalmar Procopé
Concert Suite (1906-07) (Lienau)
01. No. 1. Oriental Procession. Alla marcia (Moderato) [2:18]
02. No. 2. Solitude. Andante [2:52]
03. No. 3. Nocturne. Andantino [5:05]
04. No. 4. Khadra’s Dance. Comodo [3:42]
Scaramouche, Op. 71 (1913) [64:02]
Pantomime by Poul Knudsen and Mikael Trepka Bloch (Wilhelm Hansen)
Act I [28:49]
05. Scene 1 Lento assai [0:49]
06. Scene 2 [Lento assai, cont.] [0:26]
07. Scene 3 [Lento assai, cont.] - Un poco meno lento - Andante con moto [5:03]
08. Scene 4 Tempo di bolero [2:41]
09. Scene 5 [Tempo di bolero, cont.] - Lento assai - Allegro moderato - Energico - Più energico - Risoluto - Grave [7:25]
10. Scene 6 Tempo di valse [2:44]
11. Scene 7 Poco moderato [0:39]
12. Scene 8 [Poco moderato, cont.] - Moderato [2:30]
13. Scene 9 Tempo di valse [0:35]
14. Scene 10 Adagio - Allegro - Molto tranquillo [5:57]
Act II [35:13]
15. Scene 1 Meno tranquillo [0:20]
16. Scene 2 Allegretto [0:18]
17. Scene 3 Andantino [1:27]
18. Scene 4 Allegretto [0:24]
19. Scene 5 [Allegretto, cont.] - Tranquillo [2:58]
20. Scene 6 [Tranquillo, cont.] - Tranquillo assai [flute solo] [2:16]
21. Scene 7 [Tranquillo assai, cont.] - Adagio - Moderato - Allegro moderato [7:02]
22. Scene 8 Allegretto - Allegro [3:15]
23. Scene 9 [Allegro, cont.] [3:37]
24. Scene 10 Andante - Lento assai - Andantino - Tempo di Menuetto (lento) - Risoluto - Grave assai [13:00]
25. Scene 11 [Grave assai, cont.] [0:36]
Petra Vahle viola, Mats Levin cello

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra · Neeme Järvi conductor

CD 6:
Pelléas och Mélisande (Pelléas and Mélisande), Op. 46 28'43
Play by Maurice Mæterlinck · Concert Suite (1905) (Lienau)
01. No. 1. At the Castle Gate. Grave e largamente [3:49]
02. No. 2. Mélisande. Andantino con moto [4:15]
03. No. 2a. At the Seashore. Adagio [1:48]
04. No. 3. By a Spring in the Park. Commodo [2:23]
05. No. 4. The Three Blind Sisters. Tranquillo [2:29]
06. No. 5. Pastorale. Andantino pastorale [2:01]
07. No. 6. Mélisande at the Spinning Wheel. Con moto [2:14]
08. No. 7. Entr’acte. Allegro [2:49]
09. No. 8. The Death of Mélisande. Andante [6:04]
Kuolema (Death), Op. 62 [7:40]
Play by Arvid Järnefelt
Additional movements for 1911 production (Breitkopf & Härtel)
10. a. Canzonetta. Andantino [3:41]
11. b. Valse romantique. Comodo [3:52]
The Tempest [40:44]
Play by William Shakespeare
Prelude and Concert Suites (1927) (Wilhelm Hansen)
12. Prelude, Op. 109 No. 1. Largamente molto [4:50]
Suite No. 1, Op. 109 No. 2 [19:04]
13. No. 1. The Oak Tree. Andante sostenuto [2:25]
14. No. 2. Humoresque. Allegro comodo [1:00]
15. No. 3. Caliban’s Song. Allegro comodo [1:09]
16. No. 4. The Harvesters. Allegro [2:12]
17. No. 5. Canon. Allegro (rev. 1929) [1:24]
18. No. 6. Scene. Allegretto [1:31]
19. No. 7. Intrada. Berceuse. Largo - Andante sostenuto [2:06]
20. No. 8. Entr’acte. Ariel’s Song. Poco adagio [3:14]
21. No. 9. The Storm. Largo [3:13]
Suite No. 2, Op. 109 No. 3 [16:29]
22. No. 1. Chorus of the Winds. Largamente assai [3:14]
23. No. 2. Intermezzo. Andante con moto [1:39]
24. No. 3. Dance of the Nymphs. Allegretto grazioso [1:49]
25. No. 4. Prospero. Largo [1:50]
26. No. 5. Song I. Allegretto moderato [1:08]
27. No. 6. Song II. Un poco con moto [1:01]
28. No. 7. Miranda. Allegretto [2'03]
29. No. 8. The Naiads. Poco con moto [1:23]
30. No. 9. Dance Episode. Andante - stringendo al Allegro moderato [2:08]

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra · Neeme Järvi conductor