Recordings

Finnish Hymns 2

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

BIS-CD-1349, 9/2002

Jean Sibelius: Tone Poems

En Saga, Op. 9
The Dryad, Op. 45 No. 1
Dance-Intermezzo, Op. 45 No. 2
Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49
Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55
The Bard, Op. 64
The Oceanides, Op. 73

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

BIS-CD-1225, 4/2002

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Erkki Melartin: Aino

Erkki Melartin: Aino, opera in two acts
Libretto: Juhani Finne

Ulf Söderblom, conductor
Aino: Ritva-Liisa Korhonen, soprano
Väinö: Sauli Tiilikainen, baritone
Taina, Aino’s mother: Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano
Ainikki, Ainos’s sister: Pia Feund, soprano
Jouko, Aino’s brother: Aki Alamikkotervo
Dominante Choir, chorus-master: Seppo Murto
A Water Nymph: Sari Nordqvist, mezzo-soprano
One of the Kalevala People: Jussi Järvenpää,
baritone

BIS-CD-1193/1194, 2/2002

Recorded at public concerts at the Sibelius Hall, Lahti, in March 2000.

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Finnish hymns

Ein feste Burg
Jesus at the seat of grace
Only a moment in time
Alleluia, sing to Jesus
When will the morning star
From Gethsemane there is a path
This is the great day
Glasp me, O Holy Spirit
Veni, creator spiritus
Moon and sun
Nearer my God to thee
The earth is the Lord´s
May the hymn of honour now resound
Hear, O heavenly father
Hear from the master calls blessed
Who passes on the road
Go Zion, to meet your king
The blessed day
Abide with me
Now the world is in bloom

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

BIS-CD-1149, 12/2001

Gold Record 2001 
(15.000 copies sold in Finland 12/2001)

Jean Sibelius – Kullervo

Kullervo, Op. 7

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano
Raimo Laukka, baritone
Helsinki University Chorus,
chorus-master: Matti Hyökki

BIS-CD-1215, 2/2001

Cannes Classical Award 2001

Kalevi Aho

Chinese Songs (1997)
1. The Red Sun (Text: Li Yu)
2. How Pliant /Text: Cho Wen-chun)
3. The Golden Bird Hairpin (Text: Li Yu)
4. At Night, Very Drunk (Text: Li Ch’ing-chao)
5. The Wind of Autumn (Text: Li Yu)
6. Awind the Snow, the Message of Spring
(Text: Li Ch’ing-chao)
Symphony No. 4 (1972-73)

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Tiina Vahevaara, soprano

BIS-CD-1066, 8/2000

Sibelius – Lahti – Vänskä

Jean Sibelius (1865 -1957):
Finlandia, Op. 26
The Swan of Tuonela from the Lemminkäinen Suite,
Op. 22 No. 2
Spring Song, Op. 16
Alla Marcia from Karelia Suite, Op. 11
The Countess’s Portrait
Antonio, Dance of the Shapes from The Tempest,
Op. 109
Suite for Violin and String Orchestra, Op. 117
Valse triste, Op. 44
Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46
Tapiola, Op. 112

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Dong Suk-Kang, violin

BIS-CD-1125, 3/2000

Gold Record 2009

Jean Sibelius – Patriotic Music by Jean Sibelius

Patriotic Music by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Press Celebrations Music
The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River, Op. 30
A Song for Lemminkäinen, Op. 31 No. 1
Have You Courage?, Op. 31 No. 2
Song of the Athenians, Op. 31 No. 3
Finland Awakes

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Lasse Pöysti, narrator
Helsinki University Chorus (YL)
Lahti Boys’ Choir

BIS-CD-1115, 5/2000

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Symphony No. 7 ‘Angel of Light’
Dances With the Winds (Concerto for Flutes and
Orchestra)
Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61 (Concerto for Birds and
Orchestra)

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Petri Alanko, flute

BIS-CD-1038, 8/1999