# 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…. Ondine ODE 952-2, CD, released April 2000.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-952-2

- **Composer:** Jean Sibelius
- **Work(s):** Pelléas et Mélisande · Cassazione · Presto · Suite mignonne · Suite champêtre · Suite caractérístíque
- **Performers:** Tapiola Sinfonietta; Tuomas Ollila, conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 952-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 April 2000
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195095225
- **Tracks:** 20, total 55:48
- **Genres:** Orchestral

## Track listing

**Jean Sibelius**

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

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## Related pages

- [Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/sibelius-jean.md)
- [Tapiola Sinfonietta, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/tapiola-sinfonietta.md)

## Also recommended

- [Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite · En Saga · Pohjola's Daughter · Valse triste · Finlandia](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-871-2.md): Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · Tuomas Ollila, conductor (ODE 871-2, 1996)
- [Jean Sibelius: Karelia Music · Press Celebrations Music](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-913-2.md): Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · Tuomas Ollila, conductor (ODE 913-2, 1998)