![]() ![]() ![]() Captured in super audio sound that envelops the listener in the performances, this recording deserves to be heard by anyone who relishes Sibelius. 7, is a five-movement symphonic work for soprano, baritone, male choir, and orchestra written from 18911892 by the Finnish composer Jean. And with the brawny but expressive baritone Tommi Hakala in the title role and the pure but passionate soprano Soile Isokoski as his sister, the central movement sounds more than ever like a scene from an opera. 0 in a proper edition with the world premiere of Kullervo in 1892, Jean Sibelius. With the powerful, colorful, and deeply committed playing of the Helsinki Philharmonic, the outer movements have the heft and control of symphonic arguments. Breitkopf & Hrtel - No longer just a facsimile: Sibeliuss Symphony No. DSD Text & English translation included ONDINE ODE1338-5 SACD 72:28 Kullervo was long neglected. By blending the epic-symphonic and the lyric-dramatic elements of the score into a cogent musical whole, Segerstam makes the best case for the work. no less than three superb SACD multichannel recordings of Sibelius epic Kullervo Symphony in the past year or so. 7 (1892) Johanna Rusanen (soprano), Ville Rusanen (baritone), Estonian National Male Choir, The Polytech Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu rec. This 2008 Ondine release with Leif Segerstam leading the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and the YL Male Voice Choir not only ranks with the best of recent memory - Osmo Vänskä and the Jukka-Pekka Saraste's recordings - but Segerstam finds something new to say about the piece. A five-movement symphony-cum-symphonic poem-cum-oratorio-cum-opera, Kullervo may have seemed unwieldy in its time, but starting with Paavo Berglund's premiere recording in 1985, the work has taken its rightful place in the canon as the progenitor of Sibelius' mature style and as a valid and affecting work in its own right. ![]() Kullervo’s story resembles that of Siegmund and Sieglinde in Wagner’s Die Walk¸re, except for its tragic consequences in the Kalevala when the hero realizes that he seduced his sister. Slowly but surely, he became convinced it was possible to create a body of work that would take established genres in hitherto unexplored directions, fired by his country’s cultural heritage, primeval landscapes and extreme night-and-day cycle.Īlthough The Kalevala had already inspired several composers– including Filip von Schantz, Karl Müller-Berghaus and (most notably) Robert Kajanus – it was Sibelius who became most associated with its intoxicating poetry.Every recording released of Kullervo proves Sibelius' aesthetic judgment was wrong when he forbid performances of the work during his long lifetime. Although he withdraw it a year after its successful premiere, Sibeliuss early Kullervo symphony is laced with the atmosphere and creativeness that would. In the third movement Sibelius leave Kullervo’s story to the suggestions of instrumental writing, but incorporates voices to clarify the narrative. It was now that Sibelius first encountered The Kalevala, through which he not only became familiar with the stirring legends of his ancestors, but also the natural cadences and melodic profiles of the Finnish language. Born during the mid-1860s, at a time when most of his peers were being taught to speak Swedish and Latin, Sibelius attended a grammar school that spearheaded the move towards making Finnish the country’s primary language. Despite the tragedy, the work evokes the beauty of the Finnish countryside is an orchestral tour-de-force, offering stunning cameos for its soloists and chorus. He seduces a girl only to discover she is his long-lost sister and in remorse throws himself on his sword. Sibelius was one of the first generation of students to benefit directly from the groundswell of Finnish nationalism. After alonely childhood, Kullervo grows up to become a determined warrior. ![]()
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