Composer: Jean Sibelius
Performer: Pia Pajala, Sari Nordqvist
Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2015
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Pelleas and Melisande Suite, Op. 46, JS 147
01. Act I Scene 1: Prelude: Grave e largamente
02. Act I Scene 2: Andantino con moto
03. Act I Scene 4: Adagio
04. Act II Scene 1: Prelude: Commodo
05. Act III Scene 1: Prelude: Con moto (ma non tanto)
06. Act III Scene 2: De trenne blinda systrar (The 3 Blind Sisters), “Melisande’s Song”: Tranquillo
07. Act III Scene 4: Andantino pastorale
08. Act IV Scene 1: Prelude: Allegretto
09. Act IV Scene 2
10. Act V Scene 2: Prelude: Andante
11. Musik zu einer Szene
Three Pieces, Op. 96
12. Valse Lyrique, Op. 96a (version for orchestra)
13. Autrefois, Op. 96b (version for 2 voices and orchestra)
14. Valse Chevaleresque, Op. 96c (version for orchestra)
15. Morceau romantique sur un motif de Monsieur Jakob de Julin, JS 135a
Pia Pajala (soprano) & Sari Nordqvist (mezzo-soprano)
Turun Filharmoninen Orkesteri
Leif Segerstam
Recorded: 20-24 January and 8-12 September 2014
Recording Venue: Turku Concert Hall, Turku, Finland
No sooner had Sibelius moved to the town of Järvenpää in 1904 than he was commissioned by the Swedish Theatre to write incidental music for Maeterlinck’s Pelléas et Mélisande. At the time it was his most ambitious undertaking in the genre of incidental music and his setting included ten scenes, only one of which was cut when he adapted the piece as a concert suite. Dating from the same year, Musik zu einer Szene was originally intended to accompany a tableau and is full of striking contrasts. The two waltzes of 1921 are transcriptions of piano pieces, and reveal the potent influence of Tchaikovsky.