Content: Jean Sibelius and Akseli Gallen-Kallela 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 |
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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. |