Sibelius - Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Valse Triste .. + Presentat° (Cent. rec. : Sir John Barbirolli)

[@classicalmusicreference]

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) - Complete Orchestral Works recorded by Sir John Barbirolli. 🎧 Find this recording in our Spotify playlist : spoti.fi/3sWQUWn *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-03:55) Finlandia - Symphonic Poem op.26 (00:00) Karelia Suite Op.ll I. Intermezzo (08:32) II. Ballade (12:17) III. Alla marcia (19:35) Pohjola's Daughter / Symphonic Fantasia Op.49 (24:20) Valse triste / from Kuolema - lncidental Music Op.44 (38:42) Lemminkäinen Suite Op.22 I. The Swan Of Tuonela / English Horn : Eric Fletcher (44:21) II. Lemminkäinen's Return (52:20) Pelléas et Mélisande / Suite from the Incidental Music Op.46 I. At The Castle Gate (58:47) II. Mélisande (1:03:13) III. Mélisande at the Spinning Wheel (1:07:12) IV. The Death of Mélisande (1:09:31) Scène Historiques / Suite I & II All’ overture Op.25 No.1 (1:15:37) The Hunt Op.66 No.1 (1:20:55) Scena Op.25 No.2 (1:28:46) Rakastava ‘The Lover’ / for strings and percussion Op.14 I. The Lover (1:35:28) II. The Way of the Lover (1:40:01) II. Goodnight, my beloved, farewell (1:42:48) Romance in C for Strings Op.42 (1:48:29) Hallé Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli Recorded in 1966-69 Find CMRR's recordings on *Spotify* : spoti.fi/3016eVr La première œuvre que Sibelius intitula « symphonie » était l’oeuvre orchestrale et chorale, Kullervo (1892) offre un portrait éclatant de la vie et de la mort tragique de l'un des héros populaires finlandais parmi les plus célèbres (sorte de parent nordique de l'Œdipe de la Grèce antique), hésitant, pour ce qui est du style, entre la symphonie romantique, le poème symphonique, l'oratorio et même l'opéra. Sur le papier, la trame de cette épopée en cinq mouvements ressemble singulièrement à du Mahler, cependant que les influences les plus immédiatement perceptibles sont celles de l'archi-romantique Tchaïkovski et du maître de Mahler, Bruckner. Il est vrai qu'après Kullervo (qu'il retira rapidement), jamais Sibelius n'accompagna la moindre de ses symphonies d'un quelconque programme - du moins pas en public. La ferveur patriotique qui s'était en partie exprimée dans Kullervo trouva à s'épanouir pleinement dans les pages qu'il composa à l'appui des revendications d'indépendance de la Finlande à l'égard de la Russie : Karelia, suite en trois mouvements (1893), les deux recueils de Scènes historiques (1899/1911 et 1912) ainsi que le stimulant poème symphonique Finlandia (1899) furent initialement conçus tels des tableaux historiques forme extrêmement populaire durant la dernière décennie du XIXe siècle car autorisant l'affirmation d'un sentiment national. Par ailleurs, l'exceptionnel talent de Sibelius pour raconter en musique et pour dépeindre une atmosphère (avec ou sans penchant « nationaliste ») ne pouvait que le porter vers le poème symphonique, dont la Valse triste (1904), extraite d'une musique de scène pour la pièce d'Arvid Jàrnefelt Kuolema (« la Mort ») offre en miniature un exemple parfait, ainsi que vers le théâtre, comme dans la musique destinée à la pièce Pelléas et Mélisande (1905), œuvre transformant le symbolisme insaisissable et éminemment français de Maeterlinck en un quelque chose de plus ferme, de plus nordique, mais nullement moins séduisant. Il est finalement devenu de bon ton de parler d'une séparation entre le Sibelius « romantique », celui des poèmes symphoniques et des oeuvres tournées vers le théâtre, et le « musicien absolu » des symphonies. Il existe toutefois une oeuvre de transition, fascinante, montrant Sibelius symphoniste parvenu à maturité mais apparaissant tel le prolongement immédiat du conteur musical de Kullervo. La Suite de Lemminkainen (1893-1897, revue par la suite et intitulée Quatre Légendes) est en effet une symphonie à programme en quatre mouvements retraçant l'épopée du héros populaire Lemminkainen, depuis ses triomphes de jeunesse, son voyage aux Enfers et sa propre mort, jusqu'à sa renaissance et son retour. Ce mythe haut en couleur offrit à Sibelius quelques splendides occasions de déployer tout son talent de peintre musical : l'une des pages les plus saisissantes en est Le Cygne de Tuonela, évocation du Cygne Noir des Enfers de la tradition finnoise, chantant tandis qu'il glisse sur l'eau, allant et venant sur la Rivière de la Mort. Mais ce fut l'idée de la mort et de la résurrection du héros (commune aux légendes du monde entier) qui fournit à Sibelius la trame générale de ce drame symphonique, Le Cygne de Tuonela tenant lieu d'élégiaque mouvement lent et Le Retour de Lemminkainen de finale triomphant. On a beaucoup écrit sur la « profonde logique » déployée par Sibelius dans ses symphonies numérotées ainsi que sur la « relation interne » entre leurs thèmes ; le mot organique s'y retrouve sans cesse, et à juste titre. Cependant les symphonies de Sibelius doivent également leur force d'attraction et de séduction à ses premières expériences de conteur musical. Le musicien absolu et le conteur Proche des bardes anciens sont beaucoup plus intimement liés que Sibelius vieillissant ne voulut le laisser entendre. Le contraste entre la Troisième Symphonie et le poème symphonique qu'il allait ensuite composer, La Fille de Pohjola (1906), n'en est que plus fascinant. L'œuvre est sous-titrée « fantaisie symphonique » (c'est aussi le titre sous lequel la Septième Symphonie apparaîtra initialement, dix-huit ans plus tard). Sibelius envisagea un instant de renoncer au programme de l'œuvre et de l'intituler simplement Ein Heldenleben (« Une vie de héros » ), comme le célèbre poème symphonique de Strauss. La référence à Strauss ne pouvait être qu'ironique : le héros de Strauss (il s'agit clairement de lui-même) termine son combat sur une éblouissante victoire celui de Sibelius (inspiré du barde Vainamoinen des légendes finnoises), ne parvenant pas à obtenir la main de la glaciale Fille de Pohjola - « le Pays du Nord » - disparaît finalement dans l'obscurité, repartant comme il était venu. Aussi logiquement organisé que n'importe laquelle des symphonies de Sibelius, La Fille de Pohjola nous montre une fois encore que, pour lui, argument symphonique et histoire racontée en musique n'étaient pas toujours facilement dissociables. Sibelius - Symphonies No.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 + Presentation (Century's recording : Sir John Barbirolli) kzbin.info/www/bejne/imS8nHaZbbiVl7M Elgar - Enigma Variations, Nemrod / Pomp and Circumstance, March (Century's recording : Sir John Barbirolli) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/naWvenV7jd1_n5Y Johan Sibelius PLAYLIST (reference recordings) : kzbin.info/aero/PL3UZpQL9LIxN0O7wxnylqoBaXgj0-NSTl

[@valerieheinderyckx4506]

Il y a une vie incroyable dans ces interprétations qui rendent pleinement justice à cette musique, sibeliene et sauvage... Merci.

[@CaptainCompassion1]

Sibelius is the most mystical of the great composers. Magic. Love this.

[@Magidornwill]

I just love the beginning of Finlandia so much, it sounds so mysterious.

[@MsRhopeg]

Yes, Oh Yes!

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne und spannende Interpretation dieser nordisch komponierten Meisterwerke mit gut harmonisierten und perfekt synchronisierten Tönen aller Instrumente. Der unvergleichliche Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im inspirierenden Tempo und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik, als wäre es ein Teil seines Körpers. Wunderbar und atemberaubend zugleich!

[@shin-i-chikozima]

I am just intoxicated by this great masterpiece while being impressed May eveything go well for Finland this year, 2022

[@inst1tution]

Thank You. And for 2023...?

[@surfacegraphy1731]

Dear Classical Music/ /Reference Recording, hi. I love your channel. Congratulations for the beautiful Sibeliu´s work. Thanks a lot. Gracias, Marcelo Baglione, from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.

[@marycarreras288]

Un maravilloso musico y una obra increiblelastima que como mychos no se le reconociera tanto su valiacuando vivia Gace poco estuve en un concierto de la orquestaCiudadde Granada que lo interpreto de manera magistral nos puso la pielde gallina de la emocion queobra tan bella la de este gran compositor

[@sirtim100]

Fast becoming one of my favourite composers...

[@LadyBlanche.888]

Thank you for this wonderful music from Jean Sibelius. I feel such a sense of peace and calm when listening to it, like being wrapped in tbe arms of the musical angels!

[@BlackHermit]

Sibelius was such a great composer! I love him so much! He is like a brother to me.

[@classicalmusicreference]

What a beautiful expression :-)

[@mashtali1]

@@classicalmusicreference If I wrote that, you wouldn't say a word.

[@barney6888]

Sir John's Sibelius is my favourite, has been since the 1970's. Slow broad tempos. Slow mvmt to the 3rd symphony is gorgeous. Great trombone in the Halle

[@classicalmusicreference]

50 years of passion for this music, bravo :-)

[@fransmeersman2334]

Many thanks once again for this great upload of Sibelius works with Sir John Barbirolli.

[@markrubin9449]

Sibelius is tops. Nice recordings and sound quality. I like tempos.

[@skzion2]

So funny: I just found this in storage and was listening to it. Just terrific.

[@EijaForsberg]

Tämä on Suomen kansallislaulu!!❤ Bravo Finland!!!❤ Terveisin Eija Forsberg from FINLAND

[@giovannirivoira5496]

One of the greatest Sibelius interpreters.Thank you so much for this complete anthology!!

[@classicalmusicreference]

We no longer present Sir John Barbirolli, one of the greatest ambassadors of Sibelius' music. Not all of these orchestral pages have the same degree of popularity. Finlandia, Valse Triste, Karelia Suite are particularly famous. We recommend Opus 46 (58:47). The drama of Pelléas et Mélisande, though without vocal accompaniment, finds here its full lyrical expression thanks to Sibelius' melodic sensitivity. The Scena Op.25 No.2 (1:28:46) is similar to a beautiful finale of a symphony. Finally, the Symphonic Fantasia op.49 (24:20) is a work as a main course. Beautiful listening :) Sibelius - Symphonies No.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 + Presentation (Century's recording : Sir John Barbirolli) kzbin.info/www/bejne/imS8nHaZbbiVl7M Elgar - Enigma Variations, Nemrod / Pomp and Circumstance, March (Century's recording : Sir John Barbirolli) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/naWvenV7jd1_n5Y

[@jaimesanverg69]

Muchas gracias. Extraordinario.

[@enriquesangonzalo9674]

siempre habia querido tener todas estas grabaciones por sir jhon que me parece una referencia absoluta

[@jeanvuvu6900]

Jean Sibelius, the Master of Sound, Space, and Silence. Maybe the last Greatest Compositor. The most underestimated Compositor ever ... 💛 For me, with Sir Elgar, and Karol Szymanowski 💜 (and that is the first time I'm writing "underestimated") May you rest in Peace, Maestro Jean ~ 💙 Ps~ Very great records and performance here ! THANK YOU !

[@brucknerian9664]

Not in Finland, where I was born. He'a a national hero and patriot.

[@danieln9932]

you forgot antonin dvorjak, enescu...

[@jockmoron]

I don't think he's as "underestimated" as you might imagine. So many musically interested people around the world have an undying love for the music of Sibelius - you can count me among them. Read the postings to any Sibelius on KZbin, you will read some beautiful and truly heartfelt comments.

[@teresaolivos3584]

Una joya musical. Maravilloso album. Gracias

[@白鳥オデット]

A hometown of my deep memory. I appreciate this good performance.

[@ethanjeon5064]

좋은 음악 감사합니다!

[@WesleySantos-eo9lb]

Nada melhor do que conhecer mais peças do seu compositor favorito. É uma pena Sibelius ter sido tão subestimado por seus contemporâneos.

[@alejandrosotomartin9720]

The last movement of the Pelleas and Melisande suite is breathtaking. I never heard it before.

[@aarong5716]

Whew... Barbarolli's "Finlandia" is a real banger! It even gave me a jump scare at 2:47.

[@YY34566]

Finlandia - always a special place in my heart!

[@stillstanding6031]

Liberation and freedom for all!

[@trantiencaophong]

Excellent. Thank you very much for this sharing. I like it very much.

[@classicalmusicreference]

YOU'RE WELCOME :-)

[@marthatolome8594]

Bellísima obra con mucha dulzura y una fuerza increíble

[@stillstanding6031]

Like my beloved Barenboim, Barbirolli summons equisite sonics from his brass. Everything Sibelius would have hoped for. This is Sibelius at his best!

[@marycarreras288]

Me encanta Finlandia hace un par de meses fui a ver la Orquesta de Granada que lo interpreto de manera magistral un verdadero sueño Y yo suelo escuchar Sibelius amenudo en casa cuando estoy pintandp o haciendp alguna manualidad

[@jeffwatkins352]

I know and love every single one of these works, Sibelius being among my favorite composers. However, I do with they'd include the full Lemminkainen Suite, since The Maidens of Saari is my favorite movement. But it's often done in recordings, presenting only Swan and Return. Ah well. I have my own recordings. And what's in this collection is wonderful enough on its own.

[@reginaltedbrown]

WONDERFUL !

[@asunciongarcimartin2672]

Maravillosa música. Homérico compositor.

[@marinilla67]

Me encanta, gracias.

[@KariPiirainen]

Johan Christian Julius “Jean” Sibelius (December 8, 1865 in Hämeenlinna - September 20, 1957 in Järvenpää) was a Finnish composer of late Romantic art music. His national romantic music played an important role in the formation of Finland's national identity. Sibelius is the most internationally known and performed Finnish composer. As the creator of symphonies and symphonic poems, Sibelius was one of the most significant in the 20th century. Proposals for the flagging day of Sibelius and Finnish music have been made since the 1980s. The Ministry of the Interior recommended general flagging for the first time on Sibelius' 140th birthday in 2005. The Almanac Office approved the 2009 flagging day as a significant flagging day in the 2011 calendar. Sibelius' birthday on December 8 is the day of flagging, the day of Finnish music.

[@behainesanchezlf]

Es asombroso.... que fuerza

[@fernandofernandezgar]

Epic sound!!!

[@classicalmusicreference]

Perhaps Sibelius would have liked to compose for movies :-)

[@fernandofernandezgar]

@@classicalmusicreference Jajajaja no, yo me refería a la orquesta y a la maravillosa toma de sonido. No creo que Sibelius tuviera "humor" para hacer música de películas. Jajaja

[@alanpartridge6024]

Agreed there is so much more to discover,

[@atmobeat]

Rakastava ‘The Lover’ / for strings and percussion Op.14 - I. The Lover (1:35:28)

[@古哥國志]

Very nice

[@SuperHyee]

Thanks !

[@enriquenavarro7528]

Fabulosos

[@badhairdye]

Herrmann's Shower Scene from Psycho @ 32:40. Nice lifting!

[@alirezaseyyed-ahmadian7743]

Thank you so much for uploading works of my favourite composer. Really magnificent interpretations! But shouldn't the present collection better be called "[an anthology of] orchestral works conducted by Sir John Barbirolli," rather than "Complete Orchestral Works"? Only naming a few other works for any list to be called "complete": En Saga, op. 9; Night-Ride and Sunrise, op. 55; The Oceanides, op. 73; The Bard, op. 64; The Tempest - Incidental Music, op. 109; Belshazzar's Feast, op. 51 (Concert Suite); Kullervo, op. 7 (sort of a "symphonie chorale"); Tapiola, op. 112; Four Legends from the Kalevala (= Lemminkäinen Legends), op. 22 (in four movements, of which only 2 are performed here); Valse romantique, op. 62b; Romance for Strings, op. 42; The Dryad, op. 45 no. 1; Dance Intermezzo, op. 45 no. 2; Pan and Echo, op. 53a; In memoriam, op. 59; Canzonetta for Strings, op, 62a; Valse romantique, op. 62b; Suite mignonne for two flutes and strings, op. 98a; Suite Champêtre for strings, op. 98b, and probably many others.

[@classicalmusicreference]

Hy Alireza, thanks for your feedback, The introduction states that it is the "Complete Orchestral Works recorded by Sir John Barbirolli." Enjoy :-)

[@arteguey]

Don't agree. Is kind of fake publicity. Please be honest and change it to "An anthology of orchestal works" as suggested by Alireza Seyyed-Ahmadian. @@classicalmusicreference

[@cmmtac]

Title is misleading, the music absolutely fantastic.

[@Volcano-Man]

@@classicalmusicreference Well if you are reproducing something that isn't what it actually is supposed yo ve, then surely that is misrepresentation. I recall seeing Sir John at the Halle in Manchester, present a lit of Sibelius's works and from memory it took a lot longer than an hour or so.

[@joediamo4322]

What about the symphony's ?

[@pranktheroyal]

The French horn intonation at 1:34:54 is brutal. How could they release that?

[@jockmoron]

Well, in "those days", with the recording techniques available, correcting such errors was very difficult indeed. Just accept it as a small ink smudge on a book you're reading, or a small scratch on your Chippendale chest of drawers.

[@peacemaker7645]

The non-existent makes me feel jealousy, I really envy the non-existent !!!!! do you know that the non-existent is the only one endless, it is everywhere, it is the nothingness we all live inside it !!!!! ❤♾

[@iancrossley6637]

Why am I crying?

[@ValzainLumivix]

Nice

[@kristimariashuaipi9822]

ADONAY YESHUA...ITS THE GOD IN ALL PEOPLE...AND IN HES GREAT COMPOSITOR...TODA RABA HOLY SPIRIT FOR THIS MIRACLE MAN..

[@frankzhang1246]

Turn the captions on...

[@ronaldorodrigues4348]

BRASIL 👍

[@burtcolk]

This should not be called “Sibelius: complete orchestral works”! It’s nowhere near complete. Did you get this from the box set called “complete symphonies and orchestral works”? I think you may have misread the title: actually only the symphonies are complete; the orchestral works are just a selection. Look at a list of Sibelius’s orchestral compositions and you’ll see how many more there are.

[@classicalmusicreference]

The introduction states that it is the integral by Sir John Barbirolli. For more clarity we have added the word "recording''. Thanks

[@extrasalt4595]

Stop whining, golfa. Hoomeyow!!

[@arteguey]

dishonest and fake publicity @@classicalmusicreference

[@mirandaayoung5]

I wish there was an English translation following the French.

[@fibber2u]

* FULL COMMENT: SEE FIRST PINNED COMMENT. * It is true that after Kullervo (which he quickly withdrew), Sibelius never accompanied any of his symphonies with any program - at least not in public. The patriotic fervor which was partly expressed in Kullervo found its full expression in the pages he composed in support of Finland's demands for independence from Russia: Karelia, suite in three movements (1893), the two collections of Historical Scenes (1899/1911 and 1912) as well as the stimulating symphonic poem Finlandia (1899) were initially conceived as historical paintings, an extremely popular form during the last decade of the 19th century because they allowed the affirmation of a national feeling. Moreover, Sibelius' exceptional talent for storytelling in music and for depicting an atmosphere (with or without a “nationalist” inclination) could only lead him to the symphonic poem, including the Sad Waltz (1904), extracted from a music. stage for Arvid Jàrnefelt Kuolema ("Death") offers a perfect example in miniature, as well as towards the theater, as in the music intended for the play Pelléas et Mélisande (1905), a work transforming the elusive symbolism and eminently French by Maeterlinck into something firmer, more Nordic, but by no means less attractive. It has finally become fashionable to speak of a separation between the "romantic" Sibelius, that of symphonic poems and works turned towards the theater, and the "absolute musician" of symphonies. There is, however, a fascinating transitional work showing Sibelius a mature symphonist but appearing as an immediate extension of Kullervo's musical storyteller. The Suite by Lemminkainen (1893-1897, subsequently revised and titled Four Legends) is indeed a program symphony in four movements retracing the epic of the popular hero Lemminkainen, from his youthful triumphs, his journey to the Underworld and his own dead, until his rebirth and return. This colorful myth offered Sibelius some splendid opportunities to display all his talent as a musical painter: one of the most striking pages is Tuonela's Swan, an evocation of the Black Swan of the Underworld of the Finnish tradition, singing while it glides over the water, coming and going on the River of Death. But it was the idea of ​​the hero's death and resurrection (common to legends the world over) that provided Sibelius with the general plot of this symphonic drama, Tuonela's Swan taking the place of an elegant slow movement and The Return of Lemminkainen triumphant final. Much has been written about the “deep logic” deployed by Sibelius in his numbered symphonies as well as the “internal relationship” between their themes; the word organic is endlessly found there, and with good reason. However, Sibelius' symphonies also owe their strength of attraction and seduction to his early experiences as a musical storyteller. The absolute musician and the Close to the Ancient Bards storyteller are much more closely linked than the aging Sibelius would have liked to suggest.

[@lucyfisher8347]

Sky at Night

[@lammaammalammaamma4281]

Bei alla marcia muß ich irgendwie an dvorak denken ?

[@steveassante6797]

Hm, Barbirolli .... He recorded on Decca, correct? (There was absolutely nothing "Deficient" in the Sound of these Analogue Recordings; You just need to have a "Real" Audio System & half-decent Hearing to hear how Well this music was recorded; It's not my fault people who listen to MP4 music can't hear!

[@olivergorman3419]

Reminds an old man of Marya Lissa Kalkela.

[@sdeveau7970]

Not bad but not doing the piece justice. This is a masterpiece. Some conductor must have given it justice.

[@АннаКожанова-ю2г]

8:32

[@fatimacanche9081]

A Sibelius se le conoce poco en ME XICO