Recordings

29.01.2024

Hannu Lintu to become the Lahti Symphony Orchestra’s artistic partner in the autumn of 2025

He will also serve as artistic director of the International Sibelius Festival.

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  • Jean Sibelius – Spirit of Nature

    Songs, Cantatas and Orchestral Works

    Overture in E major, JS 145
    Scéne de ballet, JS 163
    Kullervon valitus from Kullervo, Op. 7
    for bass and orchestra (WPR)
    Serenade, JS 168
    I natten, Op. 38 No. 3 (WPR)
    Impromptu, Op. 19 – original version
    for women’s chorus and orchestra (WPR)
    Impromptu, Op. 19 – final version
    for women’s chorus and orchestra
    Pan and Echo, Op. 53
    Höstkväll, Op. 38 No. 1
    for soprano and string orchestra (WPR)
    Hertig Magnus, Op. 57 No. 6
    for soprano and orchestra (WPR)
    Luonnotar, Op. 70
    for soprano and orchestra
    Väinön virsi, Op. 110
    for mixed chorus and orchestra

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Helena Juntunen, soprano
    Tommi Hakala, baritone
    Jyrki Korhonen, bass
    Dominante Choir

    BIS-CD-1565, 3/2006

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  • Rajaton sings Abba with Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Dancing Queen
    Chiquitita
    Money Money Money
    One Of Us
    Voulez-Vous
    Does Your Mother Know
    Head Over Heels
    Mamma Mia
    Gimme Gimme Gimme
    The Winner Takes It All
    Thank You For The Music
    Fernando
    Waterloo

    Jaakko Kuusisto, conductor
    Rajaton

    PLA-CD-043, 11/2006

    Platinum Record 2006 (30.000 pcl in Finland)

     

  • The Essential Sibelius

    15 cds of Sibelius’s music

    BIS-CD-1697-1700

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  • Jean Sibelius – Seriously Sibelius

    In memoriam, Op. 59, first Version (WPR)
    Two Serious Melodies, Op. 77
    Marko Ylönen, cello
    Presto for strings (1894)
    Lemminkäinen in Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2
    reconstructed 1896 version (WPR)
    Humoresque No. 1 in D minor, Op. 87 No. 1
    first version (WPR)
    Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
    Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 96
    In memoriam, Op. 59, revised version

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
    Marko Ylönen, cello

    BIS-CD-1485, 8/2006

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  • The Legend of Jean Sibelius

    Disc 1
    Finlandia, Op. 26
    Karelia Suite, Op. 11
    Raimo Laukka, baritone
    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
    Leonidas Kavakos, violin
    The Oceanides, Op. 73
    Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1

    Disc 2
    Andante Festivo, JS 34b
    En saga, Op. 9
    Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49
    The Wood-Nymph, Op. 15
    Tapiola, Op. 112
    Porilaisten marssi, JS 152 (Arr. Jean Sibelius)

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-1557/58, 10/2005

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  • Sibelius – Song of the Earth

    Jordens sång (Song of the Earth), Op. 93
    Vapautettu kuningatar (The Captive Queen),
    Op.  48
    Two Chorales (1889), World Premiére Recording
    Promootiokantaatti (Promotional Cantata 1894),
    JS 105
    Partiolaisten marssi (Scout March), Op. 91b
    Maan virsi (Hymn of the Earth), Op. 95
    Processional (‘Onward, Ye Peoples’), Op. 113 No. 6

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Helena Juntunen, soprano
    Juha Hostikka, baritone
    Dominante Choir

    BIS-CD-1365, 8/2005

  • Nordic Spell / Sharon Bezaly

    Kalevi Aho (b. 1949):
    Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (WPR)
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    Haukur Tómasson (b. 1960):
    Flute Concerto No. 2 (WPR)
    Iceland Symphony Orchestra
    Bernhardur Wilkinson, conductor

    Christian Lindberg (b. 1958):
    The World of Montuagretta,
    Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra (WPR)
    Swedish Chamber Orchestra
    Christian Lindberg, conductor

    Sharon Bezaly, flute / alto flute

    BIS-CD-1499, 6/2005

    Midem Classica Award 2006

  • Finnish Hymns 3

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-1369, 2004

  • Jean Sibelius – Snöfrid

    Snöfrid, Op. 29
    Overture in A minor, JS 144
    Coronation Cantata, JS 104
    Rakastava, Op. 14
    Oma maa, Op. 92
    Andante Festivo, JS 34b

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Jubilate Choir
    Stina Ekblad, narrator

    BIS-CD-1265, 8/2004