Jean Sibelius
Pelléas et Mélisande
Cassazione
Presto
Suite mignonne
Suite champêtre
Suite caractérístíque
Orchestral
Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish
Format:
CD
Released:
April 2000
Catalogue No.:
ODE 952-2
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195095225
CD
Released:
April 2000
Catalogue No.:
ODE 952-2
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195095225
55:49
1
Cassazione, Op. 6
10:28
2
Presto
4:41
Suite mignonne, Op. 98a
5:45
3
I. Petite scène
2:04
4
II. Polka
1:47
5
III. Epilogue
2:04
Suite champêtre, Op. 98b
6:22
6
I. Pièce caractéristique
2:01
7
II. Melodíe élégíaque
2:59
8
III. Danse
1:32
Suite caractéristique, Op. 100
4:27
9
I. Vivo
1:07
10
II. Lento
1:52
11
III. Comodo
1:38
Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46
23:26
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
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.
