Sibelius: Kuolema, JS 113 & King Christian II, Op. 27 Pia Pajala

• Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
• 1 Overture in A Minor, JS 144 06:58
• Kuolema – Complete Incidental Music, JS113 (1903)
• 2 No. 1, Tempo di valse lente - Poco risoluto 06:08
• 3 No. 2, Moderato 03:34
• 4 No. 3, Moderato assai - Moderato 08:58
• 5 No. 4, Andante 01:14
• 6 No. 5, Moderato 02:33
• 7 No. 6, Andante ma non tanto 01:47
• Two Songs from Twelfth Night, Op. 60
• 8 No. 1, Come Away, Death 03:03
• 9 No. 2, Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain 01:41
• Kung Kristian II (King Christian II) – Complete Incidental Music, Op. 27 (1898)
• 10 I. Elegy 06:41
• 11 II. Musette 02:13
• 12 III. Menuetto 01:59
• 13 IV. Fool's Song of the Spider 04:29
• 14 V. Nocturne 08:29
• 15 VI. Serenade 05:09
• 16 VII. Ballade 06:19
• Total Runtime 01:11:15

Info for Sibelius: Kuolema, JS 113 & King Christian II, Op. 27

Jean Sibelius was the most significant figure in the formation of Finland’s musical identity. Beyond the famous symphonies and tone poems he was prolific in other genres, including music for the theatre. King Christian II and Kuolema ensured Sibelius’s fame throughout Europe, the latter including the haunting melody (track 2) which would later become the Valse triste. The Two Songs from Twelfth Night contrast the spectre of death with more comical moods, an effect also to be heard in one of Sibelius’s least performed orchestral works, the Overture in A minor.

Pia Pajala, soprano
Waltteri Torikka, baritone
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor

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