Jean Sibelius： Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22

Jean Sibelius： Lemminkäinen Suite (Four Legends from the Kalevala) Op.22
00:11 1. Lemminkäinen ja saaren neidot (Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island)
17:20 2. Tuonelan joutsen (The Swan of Tuonela)
27:08 3. Lemminkäinen tuonelassa (Lemminkäinen in Tuonela)
43:00 4. Lemminkäinen kotiinpaluu (Lemminkäinen's Return)
Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern (Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra) / Paavo Järvi
February 1-3, 1996 Stockholms konserthus, Stockholm

[@slothostpUL]

Sibelius's music caresses me without punching me in the face. What a beautiful imagination to reach out.

[@NoahSpurrier]

Do you often otherwise get punched in the face while being caressed?

[@CaptainCompassion1]

Most mystical work by any major composer. Spellbinding.

[@timpyle7452]

Unquestionably my favorite Sibelius, esoecially The Swan.

[@josemiguelveitesruiz3317]

Una música creada para que fuese imposible interpretarla. Es de una complejidad exasperante y maravillosa. Bravo por aquellos que se atreven.

[@richardjohns8617]

This music embodys the spull of Finland: its lakes, its trees, its solitude, to be among nature and its uncertainties

[@alwaysmanandwoman]

Ace, I heard some music on Swedish cop show a few weeks ago, knew I knew it, but could not place it, it's been so long. I was pretty sure it was Sibelius though so have been listening to various pieces off and on and here it is here The Swan of Tuonela.I am a happy, if tearful, girl now. I used to play this stuff all the time, but that stopped when I got married, my wife could not stand that 'old squit' as she put it. Country and western, not my thing at all but I had to put up with it. But she's been my ex now a good few years and I can do more or less as I like.

[@ljiljanastanic9076]

I'm impressed with this great performance.Sibelius is one of my favorite composer💙💙💙

[@daydays12]

mine too

[@elephantsdontforget]

​@@daydays12and mine! En Saga is one of my favourite!

[@daydays12]

@@elephantsdontforget Good to hear that 🙂 Greetings to you from a Brit living in France, where Sibelius is not so popular!

[@ralphellenburgjr9742]

I live in the American south South Carolina specifically and am just now discovering this most wonderful, mesmerizing composer. KZbin with a few dollars to banish advertisements is presenting me with such amazing music, composers, performers, and conductors. Right now it's Sibelius all the time for me. It has been so nice to read comments from music lovers around the world.

[@hillcresthiker]

not more than his 4th symphony

[@ODYSSEUSMORTEL]

Suomenkielisiä kommentteja ei näissä juurikaan näy.Tuonelan joutsen on ihmeellinen, jotenkin vapauttavan lohdullinen ja raukea yksinäisyydessään.Yksi ehdottomista lempi jutuista

[@rayhowland9211]

Maybe it’s because your wonderful language is so difficult for the rest of us! And long may it continue…sorry l only know one word in Finnish-pupu l think, meaning rabbit…

[@EnoVarma]

Hyvää Sibeliuksen päivää!

[@deadlynightshade1658]

Opiskelen suomea ja voin sanoa, että se on vaikea, mutta todella kaunis kieli. Jean Sibelius on mun lempi säveltäjä.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

It seems I am wandering in a mystic labyrinth of Finland

[@englishrose47]

Sibelius’s music is so haunting. Has a shimmering, completely northern style.

[@miehillestoft5273]

Jeg har genopdaget Sibelius. Er vokset op med hans musik.

[@carlosdsalas]

Sibelius fue un compositor con una sensibilidad profunda y misteriosa, que en su música transmite emociones que resultan en quien lo escucha, muy enigmáticas, por sus diversos y múltiples significados. Escucharlo es un verdadero deleite.

[@TheVaughan5]

How I adore the first movement of this exceptional work. Sibelius at his finest which means of course music doesn’t get any better than this. Paavo Jarvi is a great Sibelius conductor without doubt and the playing of the Stockholm Philharmonic is magnificent. However I’ve yet to hear a performance that can surpass or quite match that of Ormandy/Philadelphia Orch from the late 1970’s.

[@MegaCirse]

When the world crumbles, when the structures of a civilization falter, it is good to return to that which in history does not flex, but on the contrary recovers courage, gathers the separated, pacifies without bruising. It’s worth recalling that the genius of creation is also moving in an history devoted to the destruction 💙

[@bjornh78]

Very well put! Best regards Björn, Sweden

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

Russia will uphold the Western civilization from now on. The EU and the US are in flames.

[@MegaCirse]

@M S Right ... I saw & heard fountains of chocolate milk gush from her paradise, without laughing the stars began to chat and ceased to scroll and we to grab hold of their golds at dawn. The sun was dizzy and the moon, stirred, hid behind a section of clouds in the shape of a barbapapa 🦄

[@hortenseweinblatt1508]

The above is a quote found oddly all over the internet, but never with attribution.

[@MegaCirse]

Weird did you say? Indeed, how strange 😏🧐 @@hortenseweinblatt1508

[@frankqueentv839]

Por obras como esta Sibelius es mi compositor favorito. Uso esta maravilla para estudiar cuando estoy desmotivado y me siento mal. Me levanta y por momentos tengo que detener el estudio para apreciar a pleno esta obra y por otros momentos lloro de emoción por la gran genialidad del maestro

[@Dan5482]

" Uso esta maravilla para estudiar cuando estoy desmotivado y me siento mal." Eu também.

[@alexgianrio]

Austria gave us Mozart, Germany Wagner and Finland is magistrally represented by SIBELIUS! Unique composer!

[@MontyVierra]

I often listen to the works of Sibelius provided by several uploaders on YT but don't always take the opportunity to say thanks. So--thanks! The last movement is an exhilarating ride! I have to catch my breath.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

His patriotism is the stronghold of my soul

[@pacific2319]

愛国心とは少し異なる気もしますが。日本の伝説や民俗説話（の持つ幻想性）に対して私たちが抱く憧れや畏れ、といったものに近いのではないでしょうか。

[@shin-i-chikozima]

@@pacific2319 素晴らしいお便りありがとうございました。 本はたくさん読んでいますがなかなか素晴らしい感想感動が出てきません。 もっと素晴らしい感想があるのでしょうが。 プルーストとバージニアウルフを愛しています。 頑張って下さい。 応援しています。

[@herptek]

I would not say this is the clearest example of it, but the national romantics didn't shy away from patriotism. Sibelius also composed some pieces of famous and now traditional military music where this is more explicit and admitted by him literally. Jaeger march, for example, which was composed by him to the words of a Finnish jaeger in Germany, in preparation for fighting for Finnish independence, was inspired according to him while he was gripped by tremendous spirit of patriotism. This goes a long way from modern spirit, which disregards the fate of the country, let alone the people. Serious times produced serious personalities. Life or death themes were experienced personally by the generations of the past.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

@@herptek Thankyou your wonderful comment From A corner o Tokyo ⛩️🎎🎴🎑🎏🗼

[@stillstanding6031]

It's all a tremendously satisfying journey when I enter a Sebelious piece I've never heard.💖

[@matzek.9119]

Ich liebe Jean Sibelius.

[@JohnMartin-ux2rm]

The water temperature is just right !

[@noriemeha]

one of the most menacing Lemmininkainen's Return I've ever heard. Though Barbarolli's ending of it is more satisfying.

[@pacific2319]

I love Barbirolli's performance, but it's a pity he only recorded two tunes, "Tuonelan joutsen" and "Lemminkäinen kotiinpaluu".

[@PhilipFClark]

Yes, I agree whole-heartedly on Sir John's recording. But this is quite good -- very dark.

[@alexkije]

Good sound quality

[@Weltschmerz1523]

The third movement though...

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

I like to call this Sibelius Symphony No 8. It's not of course. But ---------------------------

[@thysvanzyl2782]

💚

[@MicheleRicchett]

4:22 star wars

[@daydays12]

film "composers" are always ripping off romantic composers ...the music for "the Lord of the Rings" trilogy of films was ripped off from Sibelius too.

[@daydays12]

What is the painting for the Swan of Tuenola? It is superb.

[@pacific2319]

"The Swan of Tuonella" uses four images, how many are you referring to? The first, second, and fourth images can be easily identified with an image search, but the third image was created by myself by processing multiple images, so no other identical image exists. Thanks.

[@alexgianrio]

@@pacific2319 Thanks for the wonderful work, souls like yours make mankind proud, don't give up"

[@alessandromarchesini9039]

@alexgianrio il tuo commento mi sembra il tema che la maestra dava alle scuole elementari...Potevi anche scrivere: il sole e' giallo e caldo, voglio bene alla mamma e al babbo, ho chiesto una bicicletta a babbo natale....Lascia stare che e' meglio.

[@alexgianrio]

@ sono brasiliano figlio de Genovesi e dico semplicemente a te : Vafancu😂😂😂