Leif Segerstam - Leif Segerstam: 80 Years (2024)

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Title: Leif Segerstam: 80 Years
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Ondine
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 03:25:33
Total Size: 860 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Before the Icons: I. The Death of the Mother of God (3:30)
2. Before the Icons: II. Prayer (3:05)
3. Symphony No. 7 "Angel of Light": III. Come un sogno (10:16)
4. Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: III. Allegro molto (9:51)
5. Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela (9:56)
6. 2 Pieces from "Kuolema", Op. 44: No. 1, Valse triste (5:48)
7. Kullervo, Op. 7: II. Kullervo's Youth (16:33)
8. Intrada (5:48)
9. South Ostrobothnian Suite No. 1, Op. 9: I. Maisema (7:03)
10. South Ostrobothnian Suite No. 2, Op. 20: I. Tulopeli (3:55)
11. South Ostrobothnian Suite No. 2, Op. 20: II. Metsässä sataa (4:33)
12. South Ostrobothnian Suite No. 2, Op. 20: V. Hiidet virvoja viritti (12:36)
13. Prinsessa Ruusunen, Suite No. 1, Op. 22: VI. Haamarssi (4:41)
14. Garden of Spaces (13:42)
15. Cantus arcticus, Op. 61 "Concerto for Birds & Orchestra": III. Swans Migrating (8:20)
16. Flowerbouquette No. 43E (7:28)
17. Symphony No. 181 "Names Itself When Played..." (22:35)
18. Impressions of Nordic Nature No. 4 "Wonderings While Wandering..." (15:50)
19. Tapiola, Op. 112 (19:21)
20. Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105 (21:04)

Born in 1944, Leif Segerstam is recognised internationally as a conductor, composer, violinist and pianist. He studied at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki and The Juilliard School. He is chief conductor emeritus of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and holds honorary titles with the Malmö Opera, the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also been chief conductor of the Austrian and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestras plus the Royal Swedish Opera and director of the Finnish National Opera. He has conducted most of the world’s most prestigious orchestras and was one of the most important ambassadors for Sibelius’s 2015 anniversary year. Segerstam began his conducting career in the opera houses of Helsinki, Stockholm and Berlin, and has made guest appearances at international opera houses and festivals.

His many recordings have been critically acclaimed and feature works by contemporary composers as well as the complete symphonies of Mahler, Sibelius and Nielsen among many others. Segerstam is a voracious composer, notably developing a free-pulsative style in Rosenkranz form for his later symphonies which are performed without conductor. He was professor of conducting at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki for many years. Segerstam was awarded the 1999 Nordic Council Music Prize and the Swedish Cultural Foundation’s Prize for Music in 2003. In 2004 he was given the annual Finnish State Prize for Music and in 2005 the Sibelius Medal.

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam