Artist: Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Album: Sibelius: Lunnotar, Op. 70 & Other Orchestral Works
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:12:51
Total Tracks: 15
Total Size: 1,19 GB

Tracklist:

01. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Luonnotar, Op. 70 (09:02)
02. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Tapiola, Op. 112 (18:11)
03. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46: I. At the Castle Gate (02:19)
04. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46: II. Mélisande (04:08)
05. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46: III. At the Seashore (02:00)
06. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46: IV. By a Spring in the Park (02:12)
07. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46: V. The Three Blind Sisters (Version for Soprano & Orchestra) [Sung in Swedish] (02:34)
08. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46: VI. Pastorale (01:53)
09. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46: VII. Mélisande at the Spinning Wheel (01:48)
10. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46: VIII. Entr’acte (02:49)
11. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46: IX. The Death of Mélisande (05:58)
12. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Rakastava, Op. 14: I. The Lover (04:07)
13. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Rakastava, Op. 14: II. The Path of His Beloved (02:19)
14. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Rakastava, Op. 14: III. Good Evening! Farewell! (05:42)
15. Lise Davidsen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Edward Gardner – Sibelius: Spring Song, Op. 16 (07:44)

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Following their acclaimed recordings of Schoenberg with Sara Jakubiak and Britten’s Peter Grimes with Stuart Skelton, Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic turn their attention to the music of Sibelius. Written in 1913 for the diva Aino Ackté, the tone poem Luonnotar draws on text from the Finnish national epic poem, the Kalevala. Its virtuosic demands are ably met here by award-wining soprano Lise Davidsen, who also feature in the Suite from Pelléas and Mélisande, music re-worked by Sibelius from his incidental music written for the first performances of Maeterlinck’s play in Helsinki, in 1905, in Swedish. The tone poem Tapiola, from 1926, is Sibelius’ last great masterpiece and evokes the forests of his native Finland. The programme is completed by a pair of much earlier works, Rakastava and Vårsång (Spring Song). 

Details of original recording : Recording producers Brian Pidgeon (May 2018) and Vegard Landaas, LAWO Classics (February 2021)