SKU: BR.SON-632
Composed by Jean Sibelius. Edited by Sakari Ylivuori. Linen. Complete Works. Late-romantic; Early modern. Complete Works. 428 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #SON 632. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.SON-632). ISBN 9790004803677. 10 x 12.5 inches.
The present volume contains four works for choir and orchestra that were composed and premiered at the turn of the 20th century. The works in the volume are arranged according to their opus numbers, though this does not fully reflect their chronology: Impromptu (Op. 19) for female choir and orchestra, composed and premiered in 1902; Sandels (Op. 28) for male choir and orchestra, composed in 1898 and premiered in 1900; Snofrid (Op. 29) for reciter, mixed choir, and orchestra, composed and premiered in 1900; and Islossningen i Ulea alv (Op. 30) for reciter, male choir, and orchestra, composed and premiered in 1899. Sibelius planned to revise all four works, but he only revised Impromptu in 1910 and Sandels in 1915. Both versions of these two works appear in the volume. All four works are settings of poems by Swedish-speaking authors, namely Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804-1877) and Zacharias Topelius (1818-1898). Thorough introductions for all the works are include along with some facsimile pages. One might hope that the availability of the critical edition would encoure performances of these fine, neglected works. The music deserves to be heard more often. (Andrew Barnett & Ian Maxwell, www.sibeliusone.com).
