SIBELIUS JEAN

(CD) VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MINOR, Op. 47
Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op.47 (Original 1903/04 Version) 1. I. Allegro moderato 2. II. Adagio di molto 3. III. Allegro (ma non tanto) Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op.47 (Final 1905 Version) 4. I. Allegro moderato 5. II. Adagio di molto 6. III. Allegro, ma non tanto Leonidas Kavakos, violin Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vanska, conductor...
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(7CD) COMPLETE SYMPHONIES AND TONE POEMS
This special box set contains the complete symphonies and tone poems of Jean Sibelius, a composer whose works embodied the musical language of his native country. Such was his popularity in his native Finland that from 1897 onwards he was given a yearly state grant, permitting him to focus solely on his creative endeavours. Sibelius was heavily influenced by the Kalevala - the first real example of a Finnish national literature - and his music is praised for depicting the rugged form of the Finnish landscape. Among the works in this collec...
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(3CD) COMPLETE SYMPHONIC POEMS
Nowhere in music are the landscape, myths, legends and politics of a composer's country so inextricably hard-wired into his sound world as in the music of Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). The vast pine forests, lakes and rivers of Finland, the midnight sun, the endless winter nights, the penetrating cold, and the brief warm summers combine, along with the epic national poem The Kalevala to provide a rich vein for Sibelius to exploit in his unique Symphonic Poems and his seven symphonies. From the early En Saga of 1891, via Finlandia to the vast,...
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