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Orchestral Songs
Jean Sibelius

Orchestral Songs

Marianne Beate Kielland

Label: Lawo Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 7090020182612
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Catalog number: LWC 1239
Releasedate: 23-09-22
Jean Sibelius, Orchestral songs, Mezzo-soprano Marianne Beate Kielland, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Chief Conductor Petr Popelka
As my career has progressed, I have had the chance to make numerous recordings featuring a variety of repertoires, and I have always felt the desire to record the songs of Sibelius. A wonderful opportunity presented itself when the Norwegian Radio Orchestra with Chief Conductor Petr Popelka expressed its willingness to be part of such a recording. Virtually all Sibelius songs are written for voice and piano, but many of them seem as though made for orchestral sounds and instrumental subtlety. Therefore a number of his finest songs have fortunately been orchestrated, and it is these editions we have used for this recording. A few of the orchestrations were done by Sibelius himself, one by his contemporary, Simon Parmet (né Pergament), while several were orchestrated by his own son-in-law, conductor Jussi Jalas. This album presents orchestrated songs of Sibelius from four opus numbers: 17, 36, 37 and 38.
- Marianne Beate Kielland