Content:

Jean Sibelius and Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Music and Art Inspired by Kalevala



Artists:
Finnish National Opera Chorus
Finnish National Opera Orchestra
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Eri Klas, conductor
Tuomas Hannikainen, conductor
Leif Segerstam, conductor

Genres:
Orchestral

Series:
Compilations

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

Format:
CD

Released:
May 2005

Catalogue No.:
ODE 1052-2

EAN/UPC Code:
0761195105221

Track listing

CD 62:42
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
1 Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 13:30
Lemminkäinen Legends, Op. 22
2 II. The Swan of Tuomela 9:56
3 IV. Lemminkäinen's Return 6:20
4 Väinön virsi (Väinö's Song), Op. 110 (1926) 9:44
5 Laulu Lemminkäiselle (Song to Lemminkäinen), Op. 31/1 3:16
6 Tapiola, Symphonic Poem for Orchestra, Op. 112 19:21



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Complete description

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).