Recordings

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 – Karelia, complete score

    Karelia, complete score (WPR), completed and reconstructed by Kalevi Aho
    Kuolema, incidental music (WPR)
    Valse triste

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Kirsi Tiihonen, soprano
    Raimo laukka, baritone
    Heikki Laitinen and Taito Hoffren, vocal

    BIS-CD-915, 10/1997

    Record of the Year 1998
    (United Kindom Sibelius Society)

    The best CD of 1997 (The Times)

  • Kalevi Aho

    Rejoicing of the Deep Waters, fantasy for orchestra
    Symphony No. 10

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-856, 6/1997

    Commissioned by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and the Finnish Accociation for Mental Health for the Centenary celebrations 1997

  • Sibelius

    Rejoicing of the Deep Waters, fantasy for orchestra
    Symphony No. 10

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor

    BIS-CD-856, 6/1997

    Commissioned by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and the Finnish Accociation for Mental Health for the Centenary celebrations 1997

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Uuno Klami

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

    Osmo Vänskä, conductor
    Jennifer Koh, violin

    BIS-CD-696, 6/1997

  • 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

  • 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