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Cover: Jean Sibelius – Pelléas et Mélisande · Cassazione · Presto · Suite mignonne · Suite champêtre · Suite caractérístíque

Jean Sibelius

Pelléas et Mélisande

Cassazione · Presto · Suite mignonne · Suite champêtre · Suite caractérístíque

Tapiola Sinfonietta
Tuomas Ollila, conductor

ODE 952-2 · CD · April 2000

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Track listing

20 tracks · 55:48

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Jean Sibelius

  1. 1 Cassazione, Op. 6 10:28
  2. 2 Presto 4:41
  3. Suite mignonne, Op. 98a 5:45
  4. 3 I. Petite scène 2:04
  5. 4 II. Polka 1:47
  6. 5 III. Epilogue 2:04
  7. Suite champêtre, Op. 98b 6:22
  8. 6 I. Pièce caractéristique 2:01
  9. 7 II. Melodíe élégíaque 2:59
  10. 8 III. Danse 1:32
  11. Suite caractéristique, Op. 100 4:27
  12. 9 I. Vivo 1:07
  13. 10 II. Lento 1:52
  14. 11 III. Comodo 1:38
  15. Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46 23:26
  16. 12 I. At the Castle Gate 2:08
  17. 13 II. Melisande 3:48
  18. 14 IIa. At the Seashore 1:48
  19. 15 III. A Spring in the Park 1:47
  20. 16 IV. The Three Blind Sisters 2:32
  21. 17 V. Pastorale 1:49
  22. 18 VI. Melisande at the Spinning Wheel 1:41
  23. 19 VII. Entr'acte 2:23
  24. 20 VIII. The Death of Melisande 5:39

About this recording

This CD contains works by Jean Sibelius worthy of discovery: The concert version of his incidental music to the symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande by Maurice Maeterlinck (cor anglais solo: Marja Talka) is coupled with less-known orchestral works, three minor suites from the early 1920s, Presto for strings (arrangement of the third movement of the String Quartet Op. 4) and Cassazione.

The recordings were made at the Tapiola Hall in Espoo in February 2000, featuring Tuomas Ollila and the Tapiola Sinfonietta of which he has been a regular conductor.

Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish

The artists

Tapiola Sinfonietta

The Tapiola Sinfonietta has established itself as Finland’s premier chamber orchestra. Founded as the Espoo City Orchestra in 1987, it currently has 44 members. The orchestra is known for its adventurous repertoire planning and has been widely acclaimed for nuanced performances across a wide range of eras and styles.

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