Recordings

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

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

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

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

Jean Sibelius

Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22
(Four Legends from the Kalevala)
with World Premiére Recordings of original
version of Nos 1 & 4

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

BIS-CD-1015, 6/1999

Niccoló Paganini – Ilya Gringolts

Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra, Op. 6
Introduction and Variations on “Nel cor piú non mi sento” for violin solo
La Campanella for violin and piano
Cantabile for violin and piano
Moses Fantasy for violin and piano

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Ilya Gringolts, violin
Irina Ryumina, piano

BIS-CD-999, 3/1999

Jean Sibelius

Karelia Suite, Op. 11
(version using original scoring 1893)
King Christian II, Op. 27 (WPR)
Indicental music to the play by Adolf Paul
(First complete recording using original scoring
1898)
Pelléas and Mélisande, Op. 46 (WPR)
Indicental music to the play by Maurice
Maeterlinck (First complete recording using
original scoring 1905)

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Anna-Lisa Jakobsson, mezzo-soprano
Raimo Laukka, baritone

BIS-CD-918, 2/1999

Christmas Wonderland

Vogler: Hosianna
Sibelius: High are the snowdrifts
Kotilainen: The sparrow on Christmas morning Kiiski: The language of Christmas
Bernard: Winter Wonderland
Kokkonen: Traditional / At Christmas /
The angels´song was heard
Various composers: The star of christmas
(potpourri)
Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Various composers: Wild Christmas (potpourri)
Sonninen: Peace, only peace)
Maasalo: The bells of Christmas
Halonen: Thus in my heart I make my christmas Gruber: Silent Night
Sibelius: Give me no splendour, gold or pomp Turunen: We shall celebrate Christmas
Vänskä: The message of Christmas
Praetorius: From heav´n on high

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Laulupuu Choir of Lahti,
chorus master: Terhi Hildén

BIS-CD-947, 1998

Gold Record 1998

Kalvei Aho

Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 7 ‘Insect Symphony’

Osmo Vänskä, conductor

BIS-CD-936, 11/1998