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The Very Best of Sibelius

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Jean Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music for orchestra, Op. 46; Kyllikki, Op. 41; Oceanides, Op. 73; Andante festivo for Strings and Timpani; Songs (6), Op. 36; Kuolema; Sympho...
Performers: Gimse, Havard; Jurmu, Hannu; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Lauriala, Risto; Somero, Jouni
Conductors: Gallois, Patrick; Sakari, Petri; Leaper, Adrian; Panula, Jorma
Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana; Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sinfonia Finlandia; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Jean Sibelius is considered the greatest Finnish composer and from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, defined Finnish music, becoming the nationalist voice of...continue...

Mélancolie

2 CD / Naïve / 2006-02-21

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Anorga, Solange; Bavouzet, Jean-Efflam; Bayo, Maria; Cabasso, Laurent; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Christie, Nan; Eloir, Cecile; Gastinel, Anne; Greacen, Timothy; Hill, Martyn; Kaz...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence; Krivine, Emmanuel; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Gardiner, John Eliot; Antonini, Giovanni; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Griffiths, Howard; Spering, Christoph; Robertson, David; Sempe, Skip;...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Chamber Choir; Chorus Musicus; Concerto Italiano; Das Neue Orchester; English Baroque Soloists; Il Giardino Armonico; Les talens lyriques; Lyon National Orchestra; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ens...

Classical Chill

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Arthur Bliss: Adam Zero, ballet in one scene, Op. 67, F. 1a; E.J. Moeran: Trio for s...
Performers: Alanko, Petri; Anthony, Adele; Bakels, Kees; Bloch, Thomas; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Camerata, Oxford; CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Edison, Noel; Edlinger, Richard; Europea...
Conductors: Lintu, Hannu; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Yuasa, Takuo; Griffiths, Howard; Panula, Jorma; Penny, Andrew; Kamu, , Okko; Bakels, Kees; Robinson, Christopher; Wit, Antoni; Summerly, Jeremy; Edison, Noel; Good...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; Elora Festival Singers; English Northern Philharmonia; European Union Baroque Orchestra; Ge...

Naxos jumps onto the downbeat/chillout bandwagon with Classical Chill, a two-disc collection that shoehorns selected pieces from the classical canon into a package that might hook a few young listener...continue...

Finnish Orchestral Favorites / Panula, Turku PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-05-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Kuolema; Leevi Madetoja: Elegia, song for male chorus, Op. 62/1; Oskar Merikanto: Romance, for piano, Op 12; Valse Lente; Heikki Aaltoila: Wedding March, from "Here ...
Conductors: Panula, Jorma; Kamu, , Okko
Ensemble: Finnish Chamber Orchestra; Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

"Most of us know little of this music, but one piece is better than the next. I frankly expected the usual one or two great...continue...