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Content: Erkki Melartin Artists: Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Leonid Grin, conductor Pia Freund, soprano Laura Nykänen, contralto Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano Genres: Orchestral Vocal Features: 3 CDs; booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish |
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Format: CD Released: May 1999 Catalogue No.: ODE 931-2T EAN/UPC Code: 0761195093 |
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60:54 | |||||
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Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 30/1 (1902) | |
25:50 | |
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| 1 | I. Adagio - Allegro molto moderato ed energico | 8:51 | ||||
| 2 | II. Adagio | 4:39 | ||||
| 3 | III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) | 5:12 | ||||
| 4 | IV. Finale (Allegro vivace) | 6:55 | ||||
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Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 40 (1907) | |
34:54 | |
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| 5 | I. Allegro moderato | 8:55 | ||||
| 6 | II. Andante | 9:06 | ||||
| 7 | III. Scherzo (Vivacissimo) | 10:09 | ||||
| 8 | IV. Largo | 6:30 | ||||
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69:48 | |||||
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Symphony No. 2 (1904) | |
28:05 | |
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| 1 | I. Andante tranquillo - Allegro - | 6:44 | ||||
| 2 | II. Andante | 8:16 | ||||
| 3 | III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) | 5:41 | ||||
| 4 | IV. Finale (Vivace) | 7:25 | ||||
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Symphony No. 4, Op. 80 "Summer Symphony" (1912) | |
41:33 | |
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| 5 | I. Allegro moderato | 10:26 | ||||
| 6 | II. Scherzo (Vivace) | 5:56 | ||||
| 7 | III. Andante | 14:40 | ||||
| 8 | IV. Rondo-Finale | 10:18 | ||||
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68:07 | |||||
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Symphony No. 5, Op. 90 "Sinfonia Brevis" (1916) | |
32:46 | |
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| 1 | I. Moderato | 12:23 | ||||
| 2 | II. Andante | 7:20 | ||||
| 3 | III. Intermezzo (Allegro moderato) | 6:01 | ||||
| 4 | IV. Finale | 7:00 | ||||
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Symphony No. 6, Op. 100 (1925) | |
35:11 | |
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| 5 | I. Andante | 13:36 | ||||
| 6 | II. Andante | 5:28 | ||||
| 7 | III. Allegro | 5:43 | ||||
| 8 | IV. Finale | 10:16 | ||||
This triple CD contains the six symponies by Erkki Melartin, performed by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Leonid Grin. Soprano Pia Freund, mezzo-soprano Lilli Paasikivi and contralto Laura Nykänen are featured in the Andante to the popular Fourth Symphony ("Summer Symphony").
Erkki Melartin, whose birthdate and year of death coincide exactly with those of Maurice Ravel, regarded the symphony as holding the central place in his oeuvre. He composed his six symphonies more or less in parallel with Sibelius, although the works rather bear the stamp of Gustav Mahler - as a conductor, Melartin lead the first performances of Mahler's music in the Nordic countries. Melartin was also influenced by impressionism and expressionism.