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Johanna Rusanen (soprano), Ville Rusanen (baritone), The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Male Choir, Polytech Male Choir, Hannu Lintu
A fresh new recording of Jean Sibelius? early
breakthrough work by the Finnish Radio Symphony
Orchestra under its conductor Hannu Lintu. This
recording with two male choirs, the Estonian
National Male Choir and the Polytech Choir, brings
up the full drama of this gigantic 70-minute work
which during Sibelius? lifetime was often
referred to as a 'symphony?. The work tells the
story of Kullervo, a tragic hero drawn from the
Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. While a
student in Vienna, Sibelius started planning to
write a large work that would crystallize the
rising Finnish national feeling in music. It was
in the cosmopolitan surroundings of Vienna where
Sibelius finally discovered the Finnish sound for
his orchestral works to follow. Until that moment
the art music of his country, even works based on
folklore characters such as found in the Kalevala
poetry, had been largely influenced and dominated
by German Romanticism. For his work Sibelius drew
inspiration from traditional Finnish folk music
and by studying the Kalevala epic on his own. From
the 50 songs of the Kalevala, Sibelius chose
passages from the most tragic sections of the work
telling the story of Kullervo, an ill-fated young
man. With the premiere of this work in Helsinki
in 1892, Sibelius became a national hero ? and
also won the favour of his future father-in-law.
Although the work was not performed never again in
Sibelius? lifetime after the following year, the
work was a milestone for Sibelius himself in his
development as a composer and a symphonist. It was
the composer?s first serious attempt in composing
a large-scale orchestral work. Kullervo is work
by a young composer filled with inspiration,
ideas, and drama. Conductor Hannu Lintu recently
won the Gramophone Award and ICMA Award for his
recording of the Bartók Violin Concertos together
with Christian Tetzlaff and the Finnish Radio
Symphony Orchestra.
I. Introduction 12:39
II. Kullervo's Youth 15:18
III. Kullervo and His Sister 23:01
IV. Kullervo Goes to War 9:26
V. Kullervo's Death 12:00
Kat.č.: ODE 13385 (SACD - Superaudio CD), Ondine , cena: 380.00 Kč, EAN: skladem: 0ks, expedujeme do 2-40 dnů