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SARL Pristine Audio, Le Bourg, 24610 St. Méard de Gurçon, France - Tel. +33 (0)5 53 82 18 57 - Internet: www.pristineclassical.com PASC204 PASC204 Transfers and XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, November 2009 All disc information taken from transfers used for this compilation Cover artwork based on a photograph of Jean Sibelius Total duration: 73:44 ©2009 Pristine Audio. Karelia Suite, Op.11 1 1. Intermezzo (3:40) 2 3. Alla marcia (4:14) The Royal Philharmonic Society's Orchestra conducted by Robert Kajanus, May 1930 UK Columbia DX307, Matrices WYX19-20, 1st takes Rakastava (The Lover), Op. 14 3 1. Rakastava (The Lover) (3:57) 4 2. Rakastetuntie (The Road of the Beloved) (1:57) 5 3. Hyvää iltaa Jää hyvästi (Good Evening - Farewell) (4:48) King Christian II, Suite Op.27 6 2.Elegie (3:55) The Leslie Heward String Orchestra (Drawn from the City of Birmingham Orchestra's string section) conducted by Leslie Heward, February 14, 1941 UK Columbia DX.1004-5, Matrices CAX 8834-7, 1st takes 7 The Swan of Tuonela, Op.22, No.3 (8:33) The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy, October 20, 1940 HMV DB.5832, Matrices 2A.047823-4 Scenes Historiques, Op. 25 8 3. Festivo (Tempo di Bolero) (7:08) London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beechem, December 14, 1935 UK Columbia LX.501, Matrices CAX 7769-70, 1st takes Belshazzar's Feast, Op. 51 9 1. Oriental Procession (2:36) A 2. Solitude (3:47) B 3. Night Music (4:40) C 4. Khadra's Dance (3:43) London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Kajanus, June 24 & 29, 1932 HMV DB.3937-8, Matrices 2B.2943-5 & 2960 Takes 1, 2, 1, 1 Swanwhite, Op. 54 D 3. 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Page 1: IBELIUS - Amazon Simple Storage Service · Cover artwork based on a photograph of Jean Sibelius ... Danses Champêtres, Op ... G Romance in F major, Op.78, No.2 (2:53) Emil Telmanyi,

SARL Pristine Audio, Le Bourg, 24610 St. Méard de Gurçon, France - Tel. +33 (0)5 53 82 18 57 - Internet: www.pristineclassical.com

PASC204 PASC204

Transfers and XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, November 2009All disc information taken from transfers used for this compilation

Cover artwork based on a photograph of Jean SibeliusTotal duration: 73:44 ©2009 Pristine Audio.

Karelia Suite, Op.111 1. Intermezzo (3:40)2 3. Alla marcia (4:14)The Royal Philharmonic Society's Orchestra

conducted by Robert Kajanus, May 1930UK Columbia DX307, Matrices WYX19-20, 1st takes

Rakastava (The Lover), Op. 143 1. Rakastava (The Lover) (3:57)4 2. Rakastetuntie (The Road of the Beloved) (1:57)5 3. Hyvää iltaa Jää hyvästi (Good Evening - Farewell) (4:48)

King Christian II, Suite Op.276 2.Elegie (3:55)The Leslie Heward String Orchestra

(Drawn from the City of Birmingham Orchestra's string section)conducted by Leslie Heward, February 14, 1941UK Columbia DX.1004-5, Matrices CAX 8834-7, 1st takes

7 The Swan of Tuonela, Op.22, No.3 (8:33)The Philadelphia Orchestra

conducted by Eugene Ormandy, October 20, 1940HMV DB.5832, Matrices 2A.047823-4

Scenes Historiques, Op. 258 3. Festivo (Tempo di Bolero) (7:08)London Philharmonic Orchestra

conducted by Sir Thomas Beechem, December 14, 1935UK Columbia LX.501, Matrices CAX 7769-70, 1st takes

Belshazzar's Feast, Op. 519 1. Oriental Procession (2:36)A 2. Solitude (3:47)B 3. Night Music (4:40)C 4. Khadra's Dance (3:43)London Symphony Orchestra

conducted by Robert Kajanus, June 24 & 29, 1932HMV DB.3937-8, Matrices 2B.2943-5 & 2960 Takes 1, 2, 1, 1

Swanwhite, Op. 54D 3. The Maidens with Roses (3:09)Boston Symphony Orchestra

conducted by Serge Koussevitzky, December 12, 1936HMV DB.3171, Matrix 2A.03175

Danses Champêtres, Op. 106E 1. Largamente assai (3:56)F 2. Alla polacca (1:46)

G Romance in F major, Op.78, No.2 (2:53)Emil Telmanyi, violinGeorg Vasarhelyi, piano (14), March 3, 1936Gerald Moore, piano (15, 16), March 28, 1935HMV DB.2893, Matrices 2RA.1042, 2EA.1348, Takes 1,3

H Malinconia, Op. 20 (9:02)Louis Jensen, celloGalina Werschenskaya, piano, August 26, 1936HMV DB.5223, Matrices 2CS.955-6, 2nd takes

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Jean Sibelius (8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played animportant role in the formation of the Finnish national identity.

The core of Sibelius's oeuvre is his set of seven symphonies. Like Beethoven, Sibelius used each one to develop further his own personalcompositional style. Unlike Beethoven who used the symphonies to make public statements, and who reserved his more intimate feelingsfor his smaller works, Sibelius released his personal feelings in the symphonies. These works continue to be performed frequently in theconcert hall and are often recorded.

In addition to the symphonies, Sibelius's best-known compositions include Finlandia, Valse Triste, the violin concerto, the Karelia Suite andThe Swan of Tuonela (one of the four movements of the Lemminkäinen Suite). Other works include pieces inspired by the Kalevala, over 100songs for voice and piano, incidental music for 13 plays, the opera Jungfrun i tornet (The Maiden in the Tower), chamber music, pianomusic, 21 separate publications of choral music, and Masonic ritual music. Sibelius composed prolifically until the mid-1920s. However,soon after completing his Seventh Symphony (1924), the incidental music to The Tempest (1926), and the tone poem Tapiola (1926), heproduced no large scale works for the remaining thirty years of his life. Although he is reputed to have stopped composing, he didattempt to continue writing, including abortive attempts to compose an eighth symphony. He wrote some Masonic music and re-editedsome earlier works during this last period of his life, and retained an active interest in new developments in music, although he did notalways view modern music favorably.

Transfer notes

This anthology of recordings was entirely drawn from a single album compiled by the late professor of music at a UK university whoseextensive collection of 78s was acquired by Pristine Audio some years ago. It supplemented the Sibelius Society collection of some sixvolumes, and together with a handful of other recordings, represents a pretty successful attempt to bring together just about all of therecordings of Sibelius available to the British record buyer in the 1930s and early 1940s from the two major record companies.

I have kept very closely to the professor's order of discs, merely reversing the two recordings made by Emil Telmanyi and Gerald Moorefrom their order on a single disc side in order to bring together the two Danses Champêtres. Alas two discs arrived broken - the perpetualperil in shipping shellac discs, and thus we do not have Beecham's RPO Tapiola. However, the rest of the discs survived in remarkablygood condition, with very few scratches indeed, and almost no evidence of wear. All possessed the typical 'bacon frying' crackle of Britishpressings, all replayed well, and swish was remarkable by its general absence. Although there is some difference in sound quality betweenthe earlier and later recordings, all have responded exceptionally well to XR remastering, and sound quality is generally excellent.

NOTES FROM WIKIPEDIA AND BY ANDREW ROSE - FURTHER NOTES ONLINE AT WWW.PRISTINECLASSICAL.COM

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