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Jean Sibelius

Sibelius: Complete Works - Series 1 - Volume 9

Skogsrået, Op. 15 - Improvisation & Vårsång [Op. 16] – Vårsång, Op. 16

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Breitkopf & Härtel  |  SKU: SON609  |  Barcode: 9790004802717
  • Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
  • Editor: Tuija Wicklund
  • Format: Full Score
  • Instrumentation: Orchestra
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISMN: 9790004802717
  • Size: 9.8 x 12.6 inches
  • Pages: 260

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Description

It was in a Minor sensation when in 1996 the conductor Osmo Vänskä recorded a completely unknown, more than 20-minute-long orchestral work by the young Jean Sibelius in Lahti: "Skogsrået" (The Forest Nymph) had suddenly re-emerged. But this was no mere rediscovery, since in his later years, Sibelius had graciously agreed that his early work could be performed in a radically abridged form. He thus left his score in a rather confusing condition. "Vårsång" (Spring Song), the second work in this volume of the Complete Edition, has two (or even three?) early versions, which makes for a most complicated source examination. Tuija Wicklund thus faced a mountain of problems in preparing the edition. The editor's meticulous work ultimately yielded three complete orchestral scores from the years 1894/95, thus from a period in which no one can claim that such pieces are "early works." By this time, Sibelius had already made a name for himself in Finland with his first masterpieces "Kullervo" (1892), "En saga" (first version, 1892), the "Karelia Suite" (1893) and "Rakastava" (1894).

Works:

  • Skogsrået (The Forest Nymph), Op. 15
  • Vårsång (Spring Song), Op. 16
Breitkopf & Härtel

Sibelius: Complete Works - Series 1 - Volume 9

$ 312.50

Listen on Soundcloud

Description

It was in a Minor sensation when in 1996 the conductor Osmo Vänskä recorded a completely unknown, more than 20-minute-long orchestral work by the young Jean Sibelius in Lahti: "Skogsrået" (The Forest Nymph) had suddenly re-emerged. But this was no mere rediscovery, since in his later years, Sibelius had graciously agreed that his early work could be performed in a radically abridged form. He thus left his score in a rather confusing condition. "Vårsång" (Spring Song), the second work in this volume of the Complete Edition, has two (or even three?) early versions, which makes for a most complicated source examination. Tuija Wicklund thus faced a mountain of problems in preparing the edition. The editor's meticulous work ultimately yielded three complete orchestral scores from the years 1894/95, thus from a period in which no one can claim that such pieces are "early works." By this time, Sibelius had already made a name for himself in Finland with his first masterpieces "Kullervo" (1892), "En saga" (first version, 1892), the "Karelia Suite" (1893) and "Rakastava" (1894).

Works:

  • Skogsrået (The Forest Nymph), Op. 15
  • Vårsång (Spring Song), Op. 16
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