Marianne Beate Kielland, Norwegian Radio Orchestra & Petr Popelka - Sibelius: Orchestral Songs (2022) [Digital Download 24/192]

Mezzo-soprano Marianne Beate Kielland is famous for her strong stage presence and musical integrity. Gramophone Magazine writes about her: The mezzo-soprano is quite outstanding: strong, firm, sensitive in modulations, imaginative in her treatment of words, with a voice pure in quality, wide in range and unfalteringly true in intonation. Considered today one of Europes leading singers, she says of this new recording: "As my career has progressed, I have had the chance to make numerous recordings featuring a variety of repertoires, and I have always felt the desire to record the songs of Sibelius. A wonderful opportunity presented itself when the Norwegian Radio Orchestra with Chief Conductor Petr Popelka expressed its willingness to be part of such a recording. Virtually all Sibelius songs are written for voice and piano, but many of them seem as though made for orchestral sounds and instrumental subtlety. Therefore a number of his finest songs have fortunately been orchestrated, and it is these editions we have used for this recording. A few of the orchestrations were done by Sibelius himself, one by his contemporary, Simon Parmet (n Pergament), while several were orchestrated by his own son-in-law, conductor Jussi Jalas. This album presents orchestrated songs of Sibelius from four opus numbers: 17, 36, 37 and 38.

Tracklist:
1. 5 Songs, Op. 38: No. 1. Höstkväll (04:31)
2. 5 Songs, Op. 38: No. 2. På verandan vid havet (03:06)
3. 5 Songs, Op. 38: No. 3. I natten (04:06)
4. 7 Songs, Op. 17: No. 1. Se'n har jag ej frågat mera (Orchestrated by Jean Sibelius) (02:16)
5. 7 Songs, Op. 17: No. 2. Sov in! (Orchestrated by Ernest Pingoud) (02:11)
6. 7 Songs, Op. 17: No. 3. Fågellek (Orchestrated by Ernest Pingoud) (01:47)
7. 7 Songs, Op. 17: No. 5. En slända (Orchestrated by Jussi Jalas) (04:38)
8. 7 Songs, Op. 17: No. 6. Illalle (Orchestrated by Jussi Jalas) (01:21)
9. 7 Songs, Op. 17: No. 7. Lastu lainehilla (Orchestrated by Jussi Jalas) (01:16)
10. 6 Songs, Op. 36: No. 1. Svarta rosor (Orchestrated by Simon Parmet) (02:01)
11. 6 Songs, Op. 36: No. 2. Men min fågel märks dock icke (Orchestrated by Colin Matthews) (02:17)
12. 6 Songs, Op. 36: No. 4. Säv, säv, susa (Orchestrated by Kim Borg) (02:31)
13. 6 Songs, Op. 36: No. 5. Marssnön (Orchestrated by Jussi Jalas) (01:29)
14. 6 Songs, Op. 36: No. 6. Demanten på marssnön (Orchestrated by Jean Sibelius) (01:55)
15. 5 Songs, Op. 37: No. 1. Den första kyssen (Orchestrated by Ivar Hellman) (01:46)
16. 5 Songs, Op. 37: No. 3. Soluppgång (Orchestrated by Jean Sibelius) (02:06)
17. 5 Songs, Op. 37: No. 4. Var det en dröm (Orchestrated by Jussi Jalas) (01:46)
18. 5 Songs, Op. 37: No. 5. Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (Orchestrated by Ernest Pingoud) (03:09)


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