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Title:
Songs / [Jean Sibelius].
Author:
Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957.

Juntunen, Helena.

Otter, Anne Sofie von.

Groop, Monica, 1958-

Karlström, Dan.

Suovanen, Gabriel.

Hynninen, Jorma, 1941-

Pöysti, Lasse.

Gräsbeck, Folke.

Forsberg, Bengt.

Derwinger, Love, 1966-

Kuusisto, Jaakko, 1974-

Laakso, Joel.

Ylönen, Marko.

Nieminen, Juuso, 1979-

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Vocal music. Selections; arranged.
Publication Information:
Åkersberga, Sweden : BIS, [2008]
Call Number:
D SIBE SON O19
Series:
The Sibelius edition ; v. 7

Works. 2007 ; v. 7.
Physical Description:
5 audio discs (5 hr., 56 min., 11 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Includes the complete songs (except JS 29 and JS 204), principally with piano acc. (cf. Dahlström, Sibelius Werkverzeichnis), some fragments and manuscripts, and various arrangements by the composer of vocal works.

Compact discs.

Program notes in English, Finnish, French, German and Japanese, and vocal texts with English translations (235 p.), and biographical notes in English, Finnish, French, German, and Japanese (53 p.) inserted in box.
Contents:
Disc 1. Serenad : JS 167 -- Medan nordanvinden gnyr = While the north wind roars : [for soprano, mezzo-soprano, violoncello] -- Näcken = The watersprite : JS 138 [for mezzo-soprano, reciter, violin, violoncello, piano] -- Då världar ännu skapade ej voro = When worlds still uncreated were : JS 56 [for soprano, violoncello, piano] -- En visa = A song : JS 71 -- Solen slog himlen röd = The sun reddened the sky -- Orgier = Orgies : JS 143 -- Skogsrået = The wood-nymph : JS 171 -- Höstkväll = Autumn evening -- Flickan gick en vintermorgon = The maiden went one winter morn -- Jag kysser dig [och ledsnar] ej = I kiss you and weary not -- Löjet var utan hem = Wit was without a home -- Likhet = Alikeness : JS 120 -- Den första kyssen = The first kiss : JS 57 -- Tule, tule kultani = Come, come, my sweetheart : folk-song arrangement, JS 211 -- Seven Runeberg songs : op. 13 -- Seven songs, op. 17 -- Koskenlaskijan morsiamet = The rapids-rider's brides : op. 33.

Disc 2. Sången om korsspindeln = Fool's song of the spider : op. 27, no. 4 : from the music to Adolf Paul's play Kung Kristian II (King Christian II) / arrangement for voice and piano by the composer -- Segelfahrt = Sailing : JS 166 -- Souda, souda, sinisorsa = Swim, duck, swim : JS 180 -- Andantino in E flat minor : (Säv, säv, susa = Sigh, sigh, sedges), JS 42 -- Six songs, op. 36 -- Five songs, op. 37 -- Jag ville, jag vore i Indialand = I wish I were in India -- Five songs, op. 38 -- Les trois sœurs aveugles = The three blind sisters : JS 147 no. 6 : from the music to Maurice Mæterlinck's play Pelléas et Mélisande / arrangement for voice and piano by the composer -- Six songs, op. 50 -- Erloschen = Extinguished : JS 73.

Disc 3. Two songs, op. 35 -- Vänskapens blomma = The flower of friendship : JS 215 -- Eight songs, op. 57 -- Two songs from Twelfth night : op. 60. Kom nu hit, död! = Come away, Death! ; Hållilå, uti storm och i regn = Hey, ho, the wind and the rain / arrangements for voice and piano by the composer -- Eight songs, op. 61 -- Arioso, op. 3 -- Five Christmas songs : op. 1 -- Luonnotar : op. 70 / arrangement for voice and piano by the composer -- Six songs, op. 72. Kyssen = The kiss ; Kaiutar = The echo nymph ; Der Wanderer und der Bach = The wanderer and the brook ; Hundra vägar = A hundred ways -- Tanken = The thought : JS 192.

Disc 4. Six songs, op. 86 -- Six songs, op. 88 -- Six Runeberg songs : op. 90 -- Kullervon valitus = Kullervo's lament : from op. 7 / arrangement for voice and piano by the composer -- Mummon syntymäpäivänä = Birthday song to grandmother : JS 136 -- Autrefois : scène pastorale, op. 96b / arrangement for two voices and piano by the composer -- Små flickorna = Young girls : JS 174 -- Narciss = Narcissus : JS 140 -- Siltavahti = The guardian of the bridge : JS 170b -- Solitude : op. 51 no. 2 (JS 48 no. 2b) (Den judiska flickans sång = The Jewish girl's song) : from the music to Hjalmar Procopé's play Belsazars gästabud / arrangement for voice and piano by the composer -- Hymn to Thaïs, the Unforgettable : JS 97.

Disc 5, Appendix : preliminary/alternative versions. Serenad : JS 167 -- Seven Runeberg songs : op. 13. Kyssens hopp = The kiss's hope ; Hjärtats morgon = The heart's morning ; Drömmen = The dream -- Kullervos wehruf = Kullervo's lament : from op. 7 / arrangement for voice and piano by the composer -- Seven songs : op. 17. Se'n n har jag ej frågat mera = Since then I have questioned no further [for piano] ; Illalle = To evening [for baritone] -- Soluppgång = Sunrise : JS 87 -- Judeflickans sång = The Jewish girl's song : from the music to Hjalmar Procope's play Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar's feast) / arrangement for voice and piano by the composer -- Hundra vägar = A hundred ways : op. 72, no. 6 -- Teodora : op. 35 no. 2 -- Hymn to Thaïs, the Unforgettable : JS 97 -- Two songs from Twelfth night : original versions for voice and guitar, op. 60. Kom nu hit, dödl = Come away, Death! ; Hållilå, uti storm och i regn = Hey, ho, the wind and the rain -- Dolce far niente : op. 61 no. 6 -- On hanget korkeat, nietokset = High are the snowdrifts :op. 1, no. 5 / arrangement for two voices and piano by the composer -- Autrefois : op. 96b. Pastorale / arrangement for two voices and piano by the composer.
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