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Sibelius Festival

Jorma Hynninen
Pekka Kuusisto

ODE 930-2 · CD · April 1999

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Track listing

18 tracks · 64:36

Jean Sibelius

  1. 1 Koivu (The Birch), Op. 75/4 1:20
  2. 2 Kuusi (The Spruce), Op. 75/5 3:24
  3. Four Pieces, Op. 78
  4. 3 II. Romance 3:01
  5. Five Pieces, Op. 81
  6. 4 II. Rondino 1:58
  7. 5 I. Mazurka 2:30
  8. 6 Illalle (To Evening), Op. 17/6 1:27
  9. 7 Demanten på marssön (The Diamond on the March Snow), Op. 36/6 3:22
  10. 8 Svarta rosor (Black Roses), Op. 54 2:03
  11. 9 Elegie, Op. 27/1 6:23
  12. 10 Var det et dröm (Did I Just Dream?), Op. 37/4 2:04
  13. 11 Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The Tryst), Op. 37/5 2:57
  14. 12 Laulu ristilukista (Fool's Song of the Cross-spider), Op. 27/4 4:09
  15. The Tempest, Op. 109
  16. 13 I. The Oak Tree 2:30
  17. 14 II. Caliban 1:17
  18. 15 III. Miranda 1:36
  19. Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22
  20. 16 I The Swan of Tuonela 9:56
  21. 17 II. Lemminkäinen's Return 6:20
  22. 18 Finlandia, Op. 26/7 8:19

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The artists

Jorma Hynninen

Baritone Jorma Hynninen is one of the most highly appreciated Finnish vocal artists of all time. His unprejudiced and profound approach to art has contributed not only to a renewal in the art of interpreting solo songs but also to the creation of a number of new contemporary operas. In Lied, he has concentrated on the song cycles of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf and the solo songs of Sibelius, Oskar Merikanto, Toivo Kuula and Yrjö Kilpinen. He has appeared at innumerable distinguished venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Musikverein, the Concertgebouw, Boston Symphony Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall and the festivals at Tanglewood, Ravinia and Salzburg.

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Pekka Kuusisto

Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto is one of the most versatile and distinctive musicians working today. Always demonstrating his extraordinary individuality and imagination, he is unusually free and fluid in his approach and has been acclaimed for the spontaneity and freshness in his playing. Setting Pekka Kuusisto apart from most other violinists of his generation is his desire and ability to improvise, and his love of playing many different styles of music, channeling the same intensity into each genre.

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