Recordings

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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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

Einojuhani Rautavaara – The Journey

Violin Concerto
Symphony No. 8 ‘The Journey’

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin

BIS-CD-1315, 5/2004