Jean Sibelius: Scenes historiques opp.25 & 66 on CD
Scenes historiques opp.25 & 66
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
Expected availability end of September 2025
+King Christian II -Suite op. 27
- Artists:
- New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen
- Label:
- Naxos
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2006
- Item number:
- 5734485
- UPC/EAN:
- 0747313006878
- Release date:
- 4.1.2008
Sibelius's first set of Scènes historiques forms a suite taken from music for a patriotic pageant, staged in 1899 at a time of increasing Finnish nationalism and originally including Finlandia, which was published separately. For his Scènes Historiques II Sibelius composed new music. In the opening The Chase, horns are heard through the mist, followed by the wild chase, with its impelling rhythms. The incidental music for Adolf Paul's play King Christian II, set in the 16th century, deals with the King's love of a commoner, her murder by a jealous rival and the King's bloodthirsty revenge. It includes a strongly-felt love scene, Nocturne, with many elements characteristic of the composer's future musical language.
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Scenes historiques I, Op. 25: I. All'Overtura
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2 Scenes historiques I, Op. 25: II. Scena
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3 Scenes historiques I, Op. 25: III. Festivo
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4 Scenes historiques II, Op. 66: I. The Chase
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5 Scenes historiques II, Op. 66: II. The Love Song
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6 Scenes historiques II, Op. 66: III. At the Drawbridge
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7 King Kristian II, Op. 27: I. Nocturne
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8 King Kristian II, Op. 27: II. Elegie
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9 King Kristian II, Op. 27: III. Musette
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10 King Kristian II, Op. 27: IV. Serenade
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11 King Kristian II, Op. 27: V. Ballade
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