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Oulu Sinfonia - Scenes From Finland

Oulu Sinfonia - Scenes From Finland

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Sibelius's Scaramouche, a ballet-pantomime commissioned in 1912 by his publishers, for a play by Poul Knudsen. His story line reflects the immense early twentieth-century interest in clowns and the commedia dell'arte, and in erotic desire, death, and the macabre, the same phenomena that produced Stravinsky's Petrouchka and Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. Best known as a composer of piano music, Sibelius' younger contemporary Selim Palmgren also wrote music for the theatre, and his score for the fairy-tale play Tuhkimo ja kuninkaantytar (Tuhkimo and the Princess), dates from 1902-03. Larin- Kyosti's play recounts the adventures of a passionate youth, Tuhkimo, and combines features of the familiar Cinderella story with elements drawn from a wide range of folk tales and fables. Einar Englund studied composition with Palmgren (and later Aaron Copland). His soundtrack for Erik Blomberg's 1952 film Valkoinen peura (The White Reindeer) was particularly acclaimed and won best prize for original music in the Jussi Awards (the Finnish Oscars) in the year of it's release. Kalervo Tuukkanen taught for three years at Viipuri University before serving as Kapellmeister in Pori, on Finland's Baltic coast, in 1942- 44. He was one of the founding members of Suomen Saveltayat (the Finnish Composer's Association) and his composition Karhunpyynti (Bear Hunting) was awarded a silver medal in the 1948 Cultural Olympics in London (where Finland impressively topped the medal table). Joulusarja (Christmas Suite) is taken from his 1953 score for a production of the play Die Erzahlung des letzten Hirten (The Tale of the Last Shepherd) and it's five movements covers the key moments in the Christmas story.

Tracklist:

  1. Suite from ‘Scaramouche’, Op. 71~Introduction
  2. Suite from ‘Scaramouche’, Op. 71~Tempo di Bolero
  3. Suite from ‘Scaramouche’, Op. 71~Tempo di Valse
  4. Suite from ‘Scaramouche’, Op. 71~Adagio
  5. Suite from ‘Scaramouche’, Op. 71~Andantino cantabile
  6. Suite from ‘Scaramouche’, Op. 71~Tranquillo assai
  7. Suite from ‘Scaramouche’, Op. 71~Allegretto
  8. Suite from ‘Scaramouche’, Op. 71~Coda
  9. Cinderella Suite~Prelude
  10. Cinderella Suite~Musette
  11. Cinderella Suite~Intermezzo
  12. Cinderella Suite~Dance of the Forest Fairies
  13. Cinderella Suite~Waltz
  14. Cinderella Suite~Intermezzo
  15. Cinderella Suite~Dance on the Hangman’s Mountain
  16. White Reindeer, Suite from the Music to the Film~Prelude
  17. White Reindeer, Suite from the Music to the Film~The Fell
  18. White Reindeer, Suite from the Music to the Film~The Reindeer Race
  19. White Reindeer, Suite from the Music to the Film~Funeral March
  20. White Reindeer, Suite from the Music to the Film~Finale
  21. Christmas Suite, Op. 41 from the Incidental Music to the Play: The Tale of the Last Shepherd~Introduction. Shepherds in the Fiel
  22. Christmas Suite, Op. 41 from the Incidental Music to the Play: The Tale of the Last Shepherd~A Message from the Angels
  23. Christmas Suite, Op. 41 from the Incidental Music to the Play: The Tale of the Last Shepherd~A Message of Peace
  24. Christmas Suite, Op. 41 from the Incidental Music to the Play: The Tale of the Last Shepherd~Lullaby at the Manger
  25. Christmas Suite, Op. 41 from the Incidental Music to the Play: The Tale of the Last Shepherd~Intermezzo. The Night of Death in B
  26. Christmas Suite, Op. 41 from the Incidental Music to the Play: The Tale of the Last Shepherd~The Shepherds’ Joy

UPC: 0095115539125
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 8.7.26
Format: CD

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