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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

    Symphony No. 2, Op. 43
    Symphony No. 3, Op. 52

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-862, 6/1997

    Sponsored by: Metsäliitto Group and Telecom Finland Oy TELE

    Editor’s Choice 1997 (Gramophone Award’s Issue 1997)

  • Lindberg plays Sanström

    Jan Sandström:
    Emperor´s Chant
    Don Quixote (Trombone Concerto No. 2)
    Wahlberg Variations
    A Short Ride on a Motorbike

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    BIS-CD-828, 6/1997

  • Jean Sibelius – Symphony No 1 & 4

    Symphony No. 1, Op. 39
    Symphony No. 4, Op. 63

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-861, 4/1997

    Sponsored by Metsäliitto Group and Telecom Finland Oy (TELE)

    Critic’s Choice 1998 (Gramophone)
    Record of the Year 1997 (The Sunday Times)

  • Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 5, En Saga

    Symphony No. 5 , Op. 82
    (original version 1915, WPR)
    En Saga, Op. 9 (Original version 1892 WPR)

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-800, 2/1996

    Sponsored by Telecom Finland

    The Gramophone Award 1996
    for Best Engineered recording
    Cannes Classical Award 1997

    Orchestral Classical Award 1997
    Orchestral Music – CD Premiere
    Record of the Year 1996 (Sunday Telegraph)
    Record of the Year 1996 (Svenska Dagbladet)
    Records of the Year 1996 (Helsingin Sanomat)
    Classic CD Awards 1997 (Classic CD)

  • Sibelius – The Wood Nymph

    The Wood-Nymph, Op. 15, the Poem and
    Melodrama (WPR)
    A Lonely Ski-Trail
    Swanwhite, Op. 54 (WPR)

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Lasse Pöysti, narrator

    BIS-CD-815, 5/1996

    Sponsored by Metsäliitto Group

    Cannes Classical Award 1997

    Orchestral Music – CD Premiere Records of the Year 1996 (Helsingin Sanomat)
    Record of the Year (United Kingdom Sibelius Society)

  • Dances with the Winds

    Flute Concertos:
    Einojuhani Rautavaara: Dances with the Winds
    Leonid Bashmakov: Impressioni marine
    Aulis Sallinen: Chamber Music II
    Tauno Marttinen: Concerto espagnole

    Petri Alanko, flutes
    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-687, 1/1996

    Records of the Year 1996 (Helsingin Sanomat)

  • Uuno Klami

    Whirls, Act 1
    Violin Concerto, Op. 32
    Suomenlinna, Op. 30

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Jennifer Koh, violin

    BIS-CD-696, 6/1997

  • Kalevi Aho

    Symphony No. 9
    Concerto for cello and orchestra

    Cristian Lindberg, trombone
    Gary Hoffman, cello
    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-706, 5/1995

    Sponsored by Schauman Wood Oy Kymmene

  • Sibelius – Jedermann

    Jedermann, Op. 83 (WPR)
    Belshazzar’s Feast, Op. 51 (WPR)
    The Countess’s Portrait

    Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano
    Petri Lehto, tenor
    Sauli Tiilikainen, baritone
    Lahti Chamber Choir
    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-735, 8/1995

    Sponsored by Rank Xerox