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Songs [sound recording] / Sibelius.
Published
Åkersberga, Sweden : BIS, 2008, p1989-2008.
Physical Description
5 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
The complete songs (except JS 29 & JS 204), principally with piano acc. (cf. Dahlström, Sibelius Werkverzeichnis), some fragments & manuscripts, & various arrangements by the composer of some of his vocal works, chiefly from incidental music for various plays..
Compact discs.
Program notes by Andrew Barnett in English, Finnish, French, German & Japanese, & original vocal texts with English translations ("Notes 1" ; 235 p.), & biographical essay about the composer by Barnett in English, Finnish, French, German & Japanese ("Notes 2" ; 53 p.) laid in container.
Recorded July-Aug. 1989 at the Danderyd Grammar School ; Jan. 1994, Apr. 1994 & Mar. 1995 at Nybrokajen 11 (the former Academy of Music), Stockholm ; Apr. & Sept. 2008 at the Kuusankoski Concert Hall ; & Apr. 2005 at the Järvenpää Hall, Finland.
Sung in Swedish (principally), Finnish, German, French, or English.
Format
Audio
Language
Swedish; Finnish; German; French; English
Added to Catalog
January 30, 2015
Series
The Sibelius edition ; v. 7
Performers
Variously : Helena Juntunen, soprano ; Anne Sofie von Otter or Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano ; Dan Karlström, tenor ; Gabriel Suovanen or Jorma Hynninen, baritone ; Lasse Pöysti, narrator ; Folke Gräsbeck, Bengt Forsberg, or Love Derwinger, piano ; Jaakko Kuusisto, violin ; Joel Laakso or Marko Ylönen, cello ; Juuso Nieminen, guitar.
Contents
[cd. 1]. Serenad : JS 167
Medan nordanvinden gnyr = While the north wind roars : [for soprano, mezzo-soprano, cello]
Näcken = The watersprite : JS 138 [for mezzo-soprano, reciter, violin, cello, piano]
Då världar ännu skapade ej voro = When worlds still uncreated were : JS 56 [for soprano, cello, piano]
En visa = A song : JS 71
Solen slog himlen röd = The sun reddened the sky
Orgier = Orgies : JS 143
Skogsrået = The wood-nymph : JS 171
Höstkväll = Autumn evening
Flickan gick en vintermorgon = The maiden went one winter morn
Jag kysser dig [och ledsnar] ej = I kiss you and weary not
Löjet var utan hem = Wit was without a home
Likhet = Alikeness : JS 120
Den första kyssen = The first kiss : JS 57
Tule, tule kultani = Come, come, my sweetheart : folk-song arrangement, JS 211
Seven Runeberg songs, op. 13
Seven songs, op. 17
Koskenlaskijan morsiamet = The rapids-rider's brides, op. 33.
[cd. 2]. Sången om korsspindeln = Fool's song of the spider, op. 27 no 4 : from the music to Adolf Paul's play Kung Kristian II (King Christian II) / arr. for voice & piano
Segelfahrt = Sailing : JS 166
Souda, souda, sinisorsa = Swim, duck, swim : JS 180
Andantino in Eb minor : (Säv, säv, susa = Sigh, sigh, sedges), JS 42
Six songs, op. 36
Five songs, op. 37
Jag ville, jag vore i Indialand = I wish I were in India
Five songs, op. 38
Les trois sœurs aveugles = The three blind sisters : JS 147 no 6 : from the music to Maurice Mæterlinck's play Pelléas et Mélisande / arr. for voice & piano
Six songs, op. 50
Erloschen = Extinguished : JS 73.
[cd.. 3]. Two songs, op. 35
Vänskapens blomma = The flower of friendship : JS 215
Eight songs, op. 57
Two songs from Twelfth night, op. 60. Kom nu hit, död! = Come away, Death! ; Hållilå, uti storm och i regn = Hey, ho, the wind and the rain / arr. for voice & piano
Eight songs, op. 61
Arioso, op. 3
Five Christmas songs, op. 1
Luonnotar, op. 70 / arr. for voice & piano
Six songs, op. 72. Kyssen = The kiss ; Kaiutar = The echo nymph ; Der Wanderer und der Bach = The wanderer and the brook ; Hundra vägar = A hundred ways
Tanken = The thought : JS 192.
[cd. 4]. Six songs, op. 86
Six songs, op. 88
Six Runeberg songs, op. 90
Kullervon valitus = Kullervo's lament : from op. 7 / arr. for voice & piano
Mummon syntymäpäivänä = Birthday song to grandmother : JS 136
Autrefois : scène pastorale, op. 96b / arr. for 2 voices & piano
Små flickorna = Young girls : JS 174
Narciss = Narcissus : JS 140
Siltavahti = The guardian of the bridge : JS 170b
Solitude, op. 51 no 2 (JS 48 no 2b) (Den judiska flickans sång = The Jewish girl's song) : from the music to Hjalmar Procopé's play Belsazars gästabud / arr. for voice & piano
Hymn to Thaïs, the Unforgettable : JS 97.
[cd. 5 : Appendix : preliminary & alternative versions]. Serenad : JS 167
Seven Runeberg songs, op. 13. Kyssens hopp = The kiss's hope ; Hjärtats morgon = The heart's morning ; Drömmen = The dream
Kullervos wehruf = Kullervo's lament : from op. 7 / arr. for voice & piano
Seven songs, op. 17. Se'n n har jag ej frågat mera = Since then I have questioned no further [for piano] ; Illalle = To evening [for baritone]
Soluppgång = Sunrise : JS 87
Judeflickans sång = The Jewish girl's song : from the music to Hjalmar Procope's play Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar's feast) / arr. for voice & piano
Hundra vägar = A hundred ways, op. 72 no 6
Teodora, op. 35 no 2
Hymn to Thaïs, the Unforgettable : JS 97
Two songs from Twelfth night : original versions for voice & guitar, op. 60. Kom nu hit, dödl = Come away, Death! ; Hållilå, uti storm och i regn = Hey, ho, the wind and the rain
Dolce far niente, op. 61 no 6
On hanget korkeat, nietokset = High are the snowdrifts, op. 1 no 5 / arr. for 2 voices & piano
Autrefois. op. 96b. Pastorale / arr. for 2 voices & piano.
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BIS-CD-1918/20 BIS
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