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Jean Sibelius and Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Music and Art Inspired by Kalevala

Photo album + CD

ODE 1052-2 · CD · May 2005

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Track listing

6 tracks · 62:07

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

Jean Sibelius

  1. 1 Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 13:30
  2. Lemminkäinen Legends, Op. 22
  3. 2 II. The Swan of Tuomela 9:56
  4. 3 IV. Lemminkäinen's Return 6:20
  5. 4 Väinön virsi (Väinö's Song), Op. 110 (1926) 9:44
  6. 5 Laulu Lemminkäiselle (Song to Lemminkäinen), Op. 31/1 3:16
  7. 6 Tapiola, Symphonic Poem for Orchestra, Op. 112 19:21

About this recording

Composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) and artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) are major figures in the history of the Finnish arts and both created works inspired by the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. This disc features Kalevala-derived music by Sibelius and images of Gallen-Kallela's best-known paintings of scenes from the text.

This disc features:
Tampere Philarmonic Orchestra under Tuomas Ollila (1),
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under Leif Segerstam (2-3, 6),
Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra under Eri Klas (4-5).

Features

Digipak with full colour booklet, containing liner notes in English and Finnish, song lyrics in the original language and in English, and numerous illustrations

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