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Finnish composer (1865–1957)
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2024-03-08 00:00:00
Paavo Jarvi conducts
[…] 2 in G minor, op.34 [47'31]05 Serenade in F major, op.31 - Reveranza (original second movement) [6'47]06 - 07 2 Songs, op.4 * [7'08]08 Excelsior! A Symphonic Overture, op.13 [14'28]Anne Sofie von Otter- mezzo *, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paavo JärviVirgin Classics CDC545244-2 [recorded September and October 1966; first issued 1999][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - booklet sourced from internet]Recording venue: Konserthus, Stockholm, SwedenRecording engineer: Mike Hatch; Producer: David R MurrayJean Sibelius- Orchestral and Vocal Works:Since their first release by Virgin Classics, Erato issued these four discs as a boxed set in 2010. The first disc, Kullervo, was posted here on MIMIC back in 2020 but is included here again for completeness.Disc 101. - 05. Kullervo. Symphonic Poem, op.7 [78'29]Randi Stene- mezzo-soprano, Peter Mattei- baritone, Estonian National Male Choir, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paavo JarviVirgin Classics 545292-2 [recorded March 1997; first issued in 1997][Digital […]
2024-02-29 04:30:00
Susanna Mälkki conducts Sibelius (CD Review)
by Ryan RossSibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Rakastava, Op. 14; Lemminkäinen, Op. 22. Susanna Mälkki, conductor; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. BIS-2638Anyone who has heard Susanna Mälkki’s performances knows that she approaches conducting with admirable precision and sensitivity. In settings where the music is especially enhanced by these attributes, she’s absolutely first-rate. In situations that call for unbridled passion, however, I’m sometimes left wanting more. This dichotomy plays out across BIS’s new disc of nationally-inflected orchestral fare by Jean Sibelius. By now all of these works have plenty of recordings in the classical catalogue, especially the Karelia Suite and Lemminkäinen Legends (or “Suite,” as it’s often called). The field isn’t nearly Beethoven Fifth-level crowded, but the bar is not exactly low either. In the music here that plays to her strengths, Mälkki and the HPO give wonderful performances. But there are parts that do not always align with her predisposition, and these (for my taste) lead to middling ventures. The opening Karelia […]
2024-02-28 14:06:36
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2024-02-27 09:59:00
Classical music must not cease from exploration
Today is a poignant personal anniversary, so I have been listening to Valentin Silvestrov's Stille Lieder (Silent Songs) in the 1986 ECM recording. This morning that performance by baritone and Sergej Jakowenko accompanied by Ilja Scheps was, for me, the most sublimely appropriate masterpiece. But that is because of the personal conditions relating to today. Tomorrow, depending on the conditions, a Sibelius symphony, a Mozart string quartet, Iiro Rantala's jazz improvisations, or Steve Roach's electronica will be sublimely appropriate. Masterpieces, like every human condition, are impermanent. They come and go, and return and return - Silvestrov's Stille Lieder first featured here back in 2008, many years before the Ukrainian tragedy gave their composer his 30 minutes of fame. (Newcomers to Silvestrov's music should know that Stille Lieder are the root from which his better known masterpieces, the Fifth Symphony and Requiem for Larissa grew.) For decades classical music has been trying, without success, […]
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