Jean Sibelius
Lemminkäinen Legends
Tapiola
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Track listing
5 tracks · 69:22Listen to samples on selected tracks.
Jean Sibelius
- Lemminkäinen Legends, Op. 22 50:04
- 1 I. Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of Saari 16:25
- 2 II. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela 17:21
- 3 III. The Swan of Tuonela 9:56
- 4 IV. Lemminkäinen's Return 6:20
- 5 Tapiola, Symphonic Poem for Orchestra, Op. 112 19:20
About this recording
This recording of The Swan of Tuonela features Sanna Niemikunnas, cor anglais, and Veikko Höylä, cello, as soloists.
Features
Booklet with liner notes 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.
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.