The Essential Sibelius

Disc 1:
Symphony No.1 in E minor, Op.39
Symphony No.4 in A minor, Op.63
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Disc 2:
Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.43
Symphony No.3 in C major, Op.52
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Disc 3:
Symphony No.5 in E flat major, Op.82
En saga, Op.9
Pohjola’s Daughter, Op.49
Valse triste, Op.44 No.1
Finlandia, Op.26
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Disc 4:
Symphony No.6 (in D minor), Op.104
Symphony No.7 in C major, Op.105
Tapiola, Op.112
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Disc 5:
Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op.47
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Two Serious Melodies for cello and orchestra, Op.77
Marko Ylönen, cello
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Two Serenades for violin and orchestra, Op.69
Six Humoresques for violin and orchestra
Dong-Suk Kang, violin
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra · Neeme Järvi
Disc 6:
Kullervo, Op.7
Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano · Raimo Laukka, baritone
Helsinki University Chorus
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Disc 7:
The Wood-Nymph, Op.15
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Disc 8:
Karelia Suite, Op.11
Scènes historiques, Set I, Op.25
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra · Neeme Järvi
Athenarnes sång (Song of the Athenians), Op.31 No.3
Lahti Boys’ Choir · Helsinki University Chorus
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Tulen synty (The Origin of Fire), Op.32
Tommi Hakala, baritone · Helsinki University Chorus
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Vapautettu kuningatar (The Captive Queen), Op.48
Dominante Choir
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Rakastava for strings, timpani and triangle, Op.14
Andante festivo, JS34b
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Disc 9:
Kung Kristian II (King Christian II), Op.27 (suite)
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.46 (suite)
The Tempest, Op.109 (extracts)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra · Neeme Järvi
Disc 10:
Snöfrid, Op.29
Stina Ekblad, narrator
Jubilate Choir
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
The Bard, Op.64
The Oceanides, Op.73
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Luonnotar, Op.70
Helena Juntunen, soprano
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Sortunut ääni (The Broken Voice), Op.18 No.1
Venematka (The Boat Journey), Op.18 No.3
Sydämeni laulu (Song of my Heart), Op.18 No.6
Helsinki University Chorus · Matti Hyökki
Rakastava (The Lover), JS160a (Op.14)
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano · Sauli Tiilikainen, baritone
ubilate Choir · Astrid Riska
Isänmaalle (To the Fatherland), JS98a
Saarella palaa (Fire on the Island), Op.18 No.4
Soi kiitokseksi Luojan (We Praise Thee, Our Creator), Op.23 No.6a
Män från slätten och havet (Men from Land and Sea), Op.65a
Jubilate Choir · Astrid Riska
Till havs (At Sea), Op.84 No.5
Fridolins dårskap (Fridolin’s Folly), JS84
Jone havsfärd (Jonah’s Voyage), JS100
Orphei Drängar · Robert Sund
Jääkärien marssi, Op.91a (March of the Finnish Jäger Battalion)
Helsinki University Chorus
Lahti Symphony Orchestra · Osmo Vänskä
Finlandia-Hymni (Finlandia Hymn), Op.26
Jubilate Choir · Astrid Riska
Disc 11:
Svarta rosor (Black Roses), Op.36 No.1
Men min fågel märks dock icke (But my Bird is Long in Homing), Op.36 No.2
Säv, säv, susa (Sigh, Sigh, Sedges), Op.36 No.4
Illalle (To Evening), Op.17 No.6
Im Feld ein Mädchen singt (A Maiden Yonder Sings), Op.50 No.3
Aus banger Brust (O, Wert Thou Here), Op.50 No.4
Die stille Stadt (The Silent Town), Op.50 No.5
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano · Bengt Forsberg, piano
Våren flyktar hastigt (Spring is Flying), Op.13 No.4
Se’n har jag ej frågat mera (Since Then I Have Questioned No Further), Op.17 No.1
Höstkväll (Autumn Evening), Op.38 No.1
Arioso, Op.3 (1911)
MariAnne Häggander, soprano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra · Jorma Panula
Näcken (The Watersprite), song/melodrama, JS138
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano · Lasse Pöysti, narrator
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin · Joel Laakso, cello · Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt (Give Me No Splendour), Op.1 No.4
Jag är ett träd (The Tree), Op.57 No.5
Näcken (The Watersprite), Op.57 No.8
Hymn to Thaïs, JS97
Kaiutar (The Echo Nymph), Op.72 No.4
Längtan heter min arvedel (Longing is my Heritage), Op.86 No.2
I systrar, I bröder, I älskande par (Ye Sisters, Ye Brothers), Op.86 No.6
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano · Love Derwinger, piano
Demanten på marssnön (The Diamond on the March Snow), Op.36 No.6
Sången om korsspindeln (The Song of the Cross Spider), Op.27 No.4
På verandan vid havet (On a Balcony by the Sea), Op.38 No.2
Kom nu hit, död (Come Away, Death), Op.60 No.1
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra · Jorma Panula
Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, Duck, Swim), JS180
Norden (The North), Op.90 No.1
Narciss (Narcissus), JS140
Den första kyssen (The First Kiss), Op.37 No.1
Var det en dröm? (Was it a Dream?), Op.37 No.4
Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The Tryst) , Op.37 No.5
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano · Bengt Forsberg, piano
Tanken (The Thought), JS192
Anne Sofie von Otter and Monica Groop, mezzo-sopranos
Bengt Forsberg, piano
Disc12:
Moderato – Allegro appassionato in C sharp minor JS131
String Quartet in A minor, JS183
String Quartet in D minor ‘Voces intimae’, Op.56
Tempera Quartet
(Laura Vikman, violin I · Silva Koskela, violin II
Tiila Kangas, viola · Ulla Lampela, cello)
Disc 13:
Piano Trio in D major, ‘Korpo’, JS209
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin · Marko Ylönen, cello · Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Piano Quintet in G minor, JS159
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin I · Laura Vikman, violin II
Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, viola · Joel Laakso, cello
Folke Gräsbeck, piano
La pompeuse Marche d’Asis, JS116
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin · Marko Ylönen, cello · Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Disc 14:
Vattendroppar (Water Drops), JS216
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin · Taneli Turunen, cello
Andante cantabile in E flat major, JS30b
Folke Gräsbeck, piano · Harri Viitanen, harmonium
Andante cantabile in G major, JS33
Sonata in F major, JS178 (1889)
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin · Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Malinconia, Op.20 (1900)
Torleif Thedéen, cello · Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Four Pieces, Op.78 for violin and piano
Sonatina in E major, Op.80
Two Danses Champêtres from Op.106
Nils-Erik Sparf violin · Bengt Forsberg piano
Disc 15:
Florestan, JS82
Impromptu in B minor, Op.5 No.5
Sonata in F major, Op.12
Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Romance in D flat major, Op.24 No.9
Kyllikki, three lyric pieces, Op.41
Sonatina in F sharp minor, Op.67 No.1
Sonatina in E major, Op.67 No.2
Sonatina in B minor, Op.67 No.3
Den ensamma furan (The Solitary Fir Tree), Op.75 No.2
Granen (The Spruce), Op.75 No.5
Scène romantique, Op.101 No.5
The Village Church, Op.103 No.1
Erik T. Tawaststjerna, piano