Jean Sibelius

Symphony, symphonic poem, fantasy, or something else entirely different? For a long time while working on the Sixth Symphony, Sibelius was not certain what his new orchestral work was now about to bec...

In the fall of 1909, Sibelius wrote in his diary: 'At Koli! One of the greatest experiences of my life. Plans [for] 'La Montagne'! It turned out that these were plans for the Fourth Symphony. The comp...

The present volume contains five orchestral works, which Sibelius composed in 1904-1910: Die Dryade (Op. 45 No. 1), Musik zu einer Szene [Op. 45 No. 2/1904], Tanz-Intermezzo (Op. 45 No. 2), Pohjolas T...

The first significant success for Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), KARELIA MUSIC was commissioned for a lottery sponsored by the Viipuri Students' Association to foster education in Vyborg Province. Its fir...

The first significant success for Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), KARELIA MUSIC was commissioned for a lottery sponsored by the Viipuri Students' Association to foster education in Vyborg Province. Its fir...

Started in 1898, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) completed and premiered his SYMPHONY No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39, the following year when only 33 years old. Dissatisfied with the original version, which has b...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) composed his three-movement Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52 between 1906 and 1907, with the work receiving its premiere by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society under the compo...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) composed his three-movement Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52 between 1906 and 1907, with the work receiving its premiere by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society under the compo...

Kuolema ("Death" in Finnish) is a play by Arvid Järnefelt. Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) happened to be Järnefelt's brother-in-law, and he composed incidental music to the play under the same title (Kuole...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) compuso por primera vez el poema tonal En Saga, Op. 9 en 1892, y la obra se estrenó el 16 de febrero de 1893, con Sibelius al frente de la Filarmónica de Helsinki. Aunque cab...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) compuso por primera vez el poema tonal En Saga, Op. 9 en 1892, y la obra se estrenó el 16 de febrero de 1893, con Sibelius al frente de la Filarmónica de Helsinki. Aunque cab...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) compuso la música incidental para la obra teatral Belsazars gästabud (El festín de Belsasar), de Hjalmar Fredrik Eugen Procopé, en 1906. La obra, en ocho movimientos para orq...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) compuso en 1906 la música incidental para la obra teatral Belsazars gästabud (El festín de Belsasar), de Hjalmar Fredrik Eugen Procopé. La obra, en ocho movimientos para orqu...

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) compuso su SINFONÍA nº 6 en re menor, op. 104, entre 1918 y 1923, un periodo marcado por la agitación política en Finlandia tras su independencia de Rusia y por la propia evo...

Originally composed and premiered in 1915 from a commission by the Finnish government in honor of his 50th birthday, Jean Sibelius' (1865-1957) SYMPHONY NO. 5 in E-flat, Op. 82 saw two revisions, one...

Escrito por Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) en 1913, este críptico poema tonal fue estrenado el 27 de marzo de ese año por la Orquesta de la Sociedad Filarmónica de Helsinki, bajo la batuta del compositor....

La Sinfonía nº 7 en do mayor, Op. 105, fue la última sinfonía publicada de Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Terminada en 1924, la obra destaca por constar de un solo movimiento, en contraste con la fórmula...

Devotion (Ab imo pectore) is the second half of Jean Sibelius' (1865-1957) Two Pieces for Violin or Cello and Orchestra, Op. 77. Completed in 1915, the first performance was held in Helsinki on March...

Devotion (Ab imo pectore) is the second half of Jean Sibelius' (1865-1957) Two Pieces for Violin or Cello and Orchestra, Op. 77. Completed in 1915, the first performance was held in Helsinki on March...

Opera Score.

The famous Valse triste grew out of the incidental music to Arvid Järnefelts drama Kuolema (Death). After the first staged performances in December 1903 at the Finnish National Theater in Helsinki, Si...

Little is known about the actual composition process of Lemminkäinen and the performance and publication history is rather complex, resulting in a first complete printing of all the four movements en...