Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen

Susanna Mälkki

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Jean Sibelius

I. Intermezzo. Moderato

II. Ballade. Tempo di Menuetto

III. Alla marcia. Moderato

I. The Lover. Andante con moto

II. The Path of His Beloved. Allegretto

III. Good Evening!... Farewell! Andantino - Doppio più lento - Lento assai

I. Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island. Allegro molto moderato - Allegro moderato

II. The Swan of Tuonela. Andante molto sostenuto

III. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela. Il tempo largamente - Molto lento - Largo assai

IV. Lemminkäinen's Return. Allegro con fuoco - Quasi Presto - Presto

Bela Bartok

The Wooden Prince and The Miraculous Mandarin are – together with the earlier opera Bluebeard’s Castle – the only stage works by Béla Bartók. They stand apart from the more abstract and often more explicitly folk-related character of the music that we primarily associate with the composer. They are nevertheless major achievements that in different ways highlight Bartók’s imaginative use of the modern orchestra. Set in an enchanted forest, The Wooden Prince is based on a fairytale-like libretto featuring a prince and princess. The two are subjected to various trials, but at the end of the ballet they are allowed to come together and live – we assume – happily ever after. In stark contrast, The Miraculous Mandarin takes place in an urban brothel where three robbers force a girl to seduce men so that they can overpower and kill them. The subject-matter and the erotic qualities of much of the music caused a scandal at the première in 1926, and for a long time the score was primarily performed in the shorter concert version heard on the present release, the first from the team of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Susanna Mälkki, the orchestra’s chief conductor since 2016.

Bartók: The Wooden Prince, Op. 13, Sz. 60 & The Miraculous Mandarin Suite, Op. 19, Sz. 73

Lotusland - Symphonic Works by Arvid Kleven

Pulkkis: Enchanted Garden / Flute Concerto / Symphonic Dali

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Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen

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