Recordings

Kalevi Aho

Symphonic Dances ‘Hommage á Uuno Klami’
Symphony No. 11 for six percussionists and orchestra

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble:
Anders Loguin, Johan Silvmark, Leif Karlsson,
Anders Holdar, John Eriksson, Ulrik Nilsson

BIS-CD-1336, 2/2004

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

Sibelius – Music from Timo Koivusalo’s film

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
1. Finlandia, Op. 26 (BIS-CD-1125)
2. Andante (ma non Troppo lento) from Symphony
No. 1 in E minor, Op.39 (BIS-CD-861)
3. Allegro molto from Suite in E major for violin
and piano (BIS-CD-1023)
4. [Interludium] in C minor for piano (BIS-CD-
1023)
5. [Maestoso] in C minor for violin and piano (BIS-
CD-1023)
6. Andante from Sonata in F major for violin and
piano (BIS-CD-1023)
7. Andante, ma non troppo – Allegro energico from
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, op. 39 (BIS-CD-
861)
8. Alla marcia from Karelia Suite, Op. 11 (BIS-CD-
915)
9. The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22 No. 2 (BIS-CD-
1015)
10. Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 (BIS-CD-915)
11. Allegro from Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op.
43 (BIS-CD-862)
12. Andante festivo

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
Folke Gräsbeck, piano

BIS-CD-1295, 9/2003

Platinum Record 2004

Jean Sibelius – Rondo of the Waves

Aallottaret (The Oceanides), Op. 73
(Yale version, 1914)
Fragments from a Suite for Orchestra /
Predecessor of The Oceanides
Cassazione, Op. 6
Musik zu einer Scéne
Coronation March
Morceau romantique
Porilaisten marssi
Cortège
Spring Song
Aallottaret (The Oceanides), Op. 73
(final version, 1914)

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

All works are World Premiére Recordings
(except the final version of the Oceanides)

BIS-CD-1445, 3/2003

Gramophone Nomination 2003
(The Best recording of Orchestral Music)

Fredrick Pacius: Die Loreley

Die Loreley, opera in two acts
Libretto: Emanuel Geibel

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Soile Isokoski, soprano (Lenore)
Raimo Sirkiä, tenor (Otto)
Cornelius Hauptmann, bass (Hubert)
Riikka Rantanen, mezzo-soprano (Bertha)
Topi Lehtipuu, tenor (Reinald)
Arttu Kataja, bass (Leopold)
Dominante Choir, chorus-master: Seppo Murto

BIS-CD-1393/1394 (double-cd), 11)/2003

Aho – Mussorgsky

Kalevi Aho (b. 1949):
Symphony No. 3 (Sinfonia concertante) for violin
and orchestra

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Songs and Dances of Death for bass and orchestra,
arranged and orchestrated by Kalevi Aho

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Matti Salminen, bass
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin

BIS-CD-1186, 2/2003

Finnish folk songs

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

BIS-CD-1327, 12/2002

Finnish Hymns 2

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

BIS-CD-1349, 9/2002