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Cover: Jean Sibelius – Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6

Jean Sibelius

Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor

ODE 1026-2 · CD · October 2003

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Track listing

8 tracks · 75:56

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Jean Sibelius

  1. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 45:45
  2. 1 I. Allegretto 10:06
  3. 2 II. Tempo andante, ma rubato 15:03
  4. 3 III. Vivacissimo 6:23
  5. 4 IV. Finale. Allegro moderato 14:13
  6. Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104 30:12
  7. 5 I. Allegro molto moderato 9:27
  8. 6 II. Allegretto moderato 6:08
  9. 7 III. Poco vivace 3:57
  10. 8 IV. Allegro molto 10:39

Features

Booklet in English, German, French and Finnish

The artists

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the first professional symphony orchestra to be founded in the Nordic countries (1882), has grown from a band of 36 players to an orchestra of 102 regular members.

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Leif Segerstam

Leif Segerstam (1944-2024) received diplomas from the Sibelius Academy in violin and conducting. He won the Maj Lind Piano Competition in 1962 and gave his first violin recital in 1963. He rounded off his studies at the Juilliard School in New York, where he was awarded a conducting diploma in 1964.

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