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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 15
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5.3 x 1.6

MPN: 1697
UPC: 675754958121
EAN: 0675754958121

Release Date: November 28, 2006
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Tracks:

Disc 1

•	1. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico
•	2. Andante (ma non troppo lento)
•	3. Scherzo. Allegro
•	4. Finale (Quasi una Fantasia). Andante - Allegro molto
•	1. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
•	2. Allegro molto vivace
•	3. Il tempo largo
•	4. Allegro

Disc 2

•	1. Allegretto
•	2. Tempo Andante, ma rubato
•	3. Vivacissimo - attacca -
•	4. Finale. Allegro moderato
•	1. Allegro moderato
•	2. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto
•	3. Moderato - Allegro (ma non tanto)

Disc 3

•	1. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato
•	2. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
•	3. Allegro molto - Largamente assai

Disc 4

•	1. Allegro molto moderato
•	2. Allegretto moderato
•	3. Poco vivace
•	4. Allegro molto

Disc 5

•	1. Allegro moderato
•	2. Adagio di molto
•	3. Allegro, ma non tanto
•	1. Cantique (Laetare anima mea)
•	2. Devotion (Ab imo pectore)
•	No. 1 in D major
•	No. 2 in G minor
•	No. 1 in D minor
•	No. 2 in D major
•	No. 3 in G minor
•	No. 4 in G minor
•	No. 5 in E flat major
•	No. 6 in G minor

Disc 6

•	1. Introduction. Allegro moderato
•	2. Kullervo's Youth. Grave
•	3. Kullervo and his Sister. Allegro vivace
•	4. Kullervo Goes to War. Alla marcia [Allegro molto] - Vivace - Presto
•	5. Kullervo's Death. Andante

Disc 7

•	1. Lemminkaeinen and the Maidens of the Island
•	2. The Swan of Tuonela
•	3. Lemminkaeinen in Tuonela
•	4. Lemminkaeinen's Return

Disc 8

•	1. Intermezzo
•	2. Ballade
•	3. Alla marcia
•	1. All'Overtura
•	2. Scena
•	3. Festivo
•	1. The Lover
•	2. The Path of His Beloved
•	3. Good Evening!... Farewell!

Disc 9

•	1. Nocturne
•	2. Elegy
•	3. Musette
•	4. Serenade
•	5. Ballad
•	1. At the Castle Gate
•	2. Melisande
•	2a. At the Seashore
•	3. By a Spring in the Park
•	4. The Three Blind Sisters
•	5. Pastorale
•	6. Melisande at the Spinning Wheel
•	7. Entr'acte
•	8. The Death of Melisande
•	The Oak Tree
•	Humoresque
•	Caliban's Song
•	Intrada - Berceuse
•	Entr'acte - Ariel's Song
•	Chorus of the Winds
•	Intermezzo
•	Dance of the Nymphs
•	Prospero
•	Miranda
•	The Storm

Disc 10

•	1. Andante - Allegro
•	2. Adagio ma non tanto
•	3. Vivace
•	4. Allegro
•	1. Andante - Allegro molto moderato
•	2. Vivace
•	3. Adagio di molto
•	4. Allegretto (ma pesante)
•	5. Allegro

Disc 11

•	1. Allegro moderato
•	2. Fantasia. Andante - Adagio - Molto adagio - Andantino - Moderato - Andantino - [Transition]
•	3. Finale. Vivace
•	1. Grave - Allegro
•	2. Intermezzo. Moderato
•	3. Andante
•	4. Scherzo. Vivacissimo
•	5. Moderato - Vivace

Disc 12

•	1. [Allegro]
•	2. Andante
•	3. Vivace
•	1. Impromptu
•	2. Romance in F major
•	3. Religioso
•	4. Rigaudon
•	1. Lento - Allegro
•	2. Andantino
•	3. Lento - Allegretto
•	1. Largamente assai - Vivace
•	2. Alla polacca

Disc 13

•	1. Moderato
•	2. Molto moderato
•	3. Andante
•	4. Tempo I
•	1. Allegro molto
•	2. Andantino
•	3. Vivacissimo
•	9. Romance in D flat major
•	1. Largamente - Allegro
•	2. Andantino
•	3. Commodo
•	1. Allegro
•	2. Largo
•	3. Allegro moderato
•	1. Allegro
•	2. Andantino
•	3. Allegro
•	1. Andante - Allegro moderato
•	2. Andante - Allegro
•	2. Den ensamma furan (The Solitary Fir Tree)
•	5. Granen (The Spruce)
•	5. Scene romatique
•	1. The Village Church

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Predecessor to The Complete Sibelius Edition (pending) December 15, 2006
Martin Selbrede (The Woodlands, Texas)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful

BIS set itself the task of recording EVERY work by Sibelius, and this 15 CD set is the downpayment on that more ambitious project. That in no way renders this so-called Essential Sibelius set modest or compromised. This set is so good, it risks eclipsing the subsequent Complete Works project BIS is still working to finish. All the major works (symphonies, tone poems, songs, Kullervo, concerti) are represented here and are gorgeously recorded. All but the second half of the 15th CD are digitally recorded (the analog material is restricted to some piano works).

The recording engineers at BIS do stunning work, and this collation is no exception. Let's consider the symphonies as representative of the set itself. This is a marvelous traversal of all seven. I own the readings done by Sir Colin Davis (still highly respected), the four that Bernstein recorded with the Vienna Philharmonic, and Maurice Abravanel's recordings. In virtually all particulars, Osmo Vanska betters the competition. He's done something I would not have thought possible (given that I own over 2,000 classical CDs): one of these disks has earned entry into my "Ten Desert Island CDs" list. That would be CD 2, containing the Second and Third Symphonies of Sibelius. Astonishingly compelling music-making: authoritative, with deeply carved emotion, overwhelming power, and soul-searching tenderness. It was like rediscovering Sibelius anew. I don't think there can be any higher praise than this.

The multi-lingual booklet is informative on a biographical level, but weak on extended discussion of the individual works. The sleeve packaging is arguably bargain-basement level, as is the silkscreening on the disks, which sometimes requires the booklet to let you know what you're facing. But at the stupendous price these gorgeous recordings are offered at, to complain about the packaging is to quibble.

There is something authoritative about any Sibelius project BIS puts its hand to, and one gets that sense in this collection. National pride, corporate pride, and (as we learn from the booklet) a personal connection to Sibelius, is evident in this box set and the loving attention the interpreters and recording engineers lavished on these works. Rediscover Sibelius by starting here. This box set will become the new benchmark for Sibelius box sets, at least until BIS finishes the Complete Works project in the future.