Jean Sibelius and Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Music and Art Inspired by Kalevala
Finnish National Opera Orchestra
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Eri Klas, conductor
Tuomas Hannikainen, conductor
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Digipak with full colour booklet, containing liner notes in English and Finnish, song lyrics in the original language and in English, and numerous illustrations
CD
Released:
May 2005
Catalogue No.:
ODE 1052-2
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195105221
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).
