Jean Sibelius - Snöfrid - Cantatas and Orchestarl Works

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)

Snöfrid Op. 29 (1900) 

Overture in A minor JS144 (1902) 

Coronation Cantata JS104 (1896) 

Rakastava Op. 14 (1891-1912) 

Oma Maa Op. 92 (1918) 

Andante Festivo JS34b (1922, 1938) 

Stina Ekblad (narrator) (Snöfrid)

Jubilate Choir (Snöfrid; Coronation; Oma)

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin); Ilkka Pälli (cello) (Rakastava)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä

Rec. April 2001; Jan 2002; May 2002; Jan 2003; Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland. 

Einojuhani Rautavaara - Violin Concerto; Symphony No.8 'The Journey'

Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA (1928-2016)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1976-77)

Symphony No 8, 'The Journey'(1999)

Jaakko Kuusisto, Violin

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä, Conductor

Mahler - Symphony No.6 /Vänskä

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1910))

Symphony No.6 in A Minor

Minnesota Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä

Recording Date:
November, 2016
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, USA

Mahler - Symphony No.2 "Resurrection" (Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä)

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Symphony No. 2 in C minor ‘Resurrection’ (1888-94)

Ruby Hughes (soprano); Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano);
Minnesota Chorale
Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä


rec. 2017, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, USA. DSD
German texts and English translation included

Stephen Paulus - To be Certain of the Dawn (An Oratorio)

Stephen PAULUS (1949-2014)

To be Certain of the Dawn

Barry Abelson (cant)

Elizabeth Futral (sop)

Christina Baldwin (mez)

John Tessier (ten)

Philip Cokorinos (bass)

Minnesota Orchestra

Minnesota Chorale

Osmo Vanska

Dances with the Winds - Flute Concertos by Rautavaara, Bashmakov, Sallinen and Marttinen

DANCES WITH THE WINDS

Flute Concertos by Rautavaara, Bashmakov, Sallinen and Marttinen

Petri Alanko (Flutes)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra 

Osmo Vänskä 

Finnish Folk Songs / Osmo Vanska

SUOMALAINEN KANSANLAULU 

(Finnish Folk Songs)

Finnish Traditional  Folk Songs

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vanska

Nordic Spell - Flute Concertos by Kalevi Aho; Haukur Tomasson and Christian Lindberg

Kalevi AHO (b. 1949)

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (2002)* [30:34]

Haukur TÓMASSON (b. 1960)

Flute Concerto No. 2 (2001)** [21:43]

Christian LINDBERG (b. 1958)

The World of Montuagretta - Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra (2001-02)† [20:48]

Sharon Bezaly (flute)

* Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä

** Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Bernharður Wilkinson

†Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Christian Lindberg

Joonas Kokkonen - Symphony No.4; Cello Concerto; Symphonic Sketches

Joonas KOKKONEN (1921-1996)

Symphony No. 4; 

Cello Concerto; 

Sinfonisia Luonnoksia (Symphonic Sketches)

Torleif Thedéen (cello)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä

Kalevi Aho - Symphony No.8; Pergamon

Kalevi AHO (1949)

Symphony No. 8 for organ and orchestra (1993)* 

Pergamon, for four orchestral groups, four narrators and organ (1990)**

*Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ)

**Lilli Paasikivi, Eeva-Liisa Saarinen, Tom Nyman and Matti Lehtinen (narrators); 

Pauli Pietiläinen (organ)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä

Recorded:  23-25 May 1994, Ristinkirkko, Lahti, Finland

Kalevi Aho - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7

Kalevi AHO (b.1949)

Symphony No.2  "In One Movement" (1970/1995)

Symphony No.7 "Insect Syymphony" (1998)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä

Recorded Jan 1998, Church of the Cross, Lahti

Kalevi Aho - Symphonic Dances; Symphony No.11

Kalevi AHO (*1949)

Symphony No.11

Symphonic Dances

Kroumata Percussion Ensemble

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Vänskä, Osmo

Kalevi Aho - Symphony No.3; Mussorgsky (orch.Aho) Songs and Dances of Death

Kalevi AHO (b. 1949)

Symphony No. 3 Sinfonia Concertante for violin and orchestra (1971/73)

Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)

Songs and Dances of Death for bass and orchestra (1875-77/1984) arranged and orchestrated by Kalevi AHO

Matti Salminen (bass)

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä

Recorded February 2001 (Symphony) and May 2000 (Songs and Dances) Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland DDD

Kalevi Aho - Symphony No.10; Rejoicing of the Deep Waters

Kalevi AHO (b. 1949)

Syvien vesien juhla, fantasia orkesterille (Rejoicing of the Deep Waters, fantasy for orchestra) (1995)  Symphony No. 10 (1996) 

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä 

rec. March 1996 (fantasy), February 1997 (symphony)

Ildebrando Pizzetti - Orchestral Music

Ildebrando PIZZETTI (1880-1968)

Orchestral Music

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 

Osmo Vänskä 

Sibelius - Lemminkäinen Suite

Jean SIBELIUS

Lemminkäinen Suite

Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 (1895) (Four Legends from the "Kalevala") final versions

Original versions of:

Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island

Lemminkäinen's Homeward Journey

Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä

Jón Leifs - Geysir and Other Orchestral Works

Jon LEIFS (1899-1968)

Geysir and Other Orchestral Works

 Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä