Sibelius Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra & Klaus Mäkelä

• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957): Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39
• 1 Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39: I. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico 11:50
• 2 Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39: II. Andante (ma non troppo lento) 09:46
• 3 Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39: III. Scherzo. Allegro 05:18
• 4 Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39: IV. Finale. Quasi una fantasia 13:00
• Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
• 5 Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: I. Allegretto 10:12
• 6 Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: II. Tempo andante, ma rubato 14:59
• 7 Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: III. Vivacissimo 06:22
• 8 Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: IV. Finale. Allegro moderato 14:30
• Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52
• 9 Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52: I. Allegro moderato 10:15
• 10 Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52: II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto 10:42
• 11 Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52: III. Moderato - Allegro ma non tanto 09:06
• Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63
• 12 Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63: I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio 11:20
• 13 Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63: II. Allegro molto vivace 04:55
• 14 Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63: III. Il tempo largo 11:40
• 15 Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63: IV. Allegro 09:57
• Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82
• 16 Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: I. Tempo molto moderato 14:22
• 17 Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto 09:43
• 18 Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: III. Allegro molto 09:57
• Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104
• 19 Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104: I. Allegro molto moderato 09:26
• 20 Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104: II. Allegretto moderato 06:52
• 21 Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104: III. Poco vivace 03:51
• 22 Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104: IV. Allegro molto 11:14
• Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105
• 23 Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105: I. Adagio - 09:51
• 24 Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105: II. Vivacissimo - Adagio - 02:52
• 25 Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105: III. Allegro molto moderato - 04:43
• 26 Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105: IV. Vivace - Presto - Adagio 05:19
• Tapiola, Op. 112:
• 27 Sibelius: Tapiola, Op. 112 19:23
• 3 Late Fragments:
• 28 Sibelius: 3 Late Fragments: I. HUL 1325 (Compl. Virtanen) 01:41
• 29 Sibelius: 3 Late Fragments: II. HUL 1326/9 (Compl. Virtanen) 00:17
• 30 Sibelius: 3 Late Fragments: III. Allegro moderato, HUL 1327/2 (Compl. Virtanen) 01:43
• Total Runtime 04:25:06

Info for Sibelius

Als Klaus Mäkelä 2020 den Chefdirigenten-Posten beim Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra antrat, hatte er im Vorfeld bereits ein Konzertprojekt geplant, das ihm besonders am Herzen lag. Es sollte die Aufführung sämtlicher Sinfonien von Jean Sibelius sein. Denn nicht nur der gebürtige Finne ist mit der Musik aufgewachsen. »Sibelius gehört gleichfalls zur DNA des Orchesters«, so Mäkelä. Für den zweiten Abend des Hamburger Sibelius-Zyklus präsentiert man nun mit der Zweiten Sinfonie die populärste und mit der Vierten Sinfonie die kompositorisch vielleicht bedeutendste des Finnen.

Von pastoraler Natürlichkeit über herrlich hymnisches Pathos bis hin zu effektvollen Rhythmen besitzt die 1901 komponierte Zweite alles, was einen fesselt, bewegt und mitreißt. Mit der ein Jahrzehnt später entstandenen Vierten Sinfonie stellte Sibelius dann die Normen der Sinfonik als Ganzes infrage und kratzte dafür auch an der Tonalität. Der bezwingenden Ausdruckskraft und energischen Entschlossenheit dieser Sinfonie kann sich aber gleichfalls niemand entziehen.

Oslo Philharmonic
Klaus Mäkelä, Dirigent 

Klaus Mäkelä
is Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director of Orchestre de Paris and Artistic Director of the Turku Music Festival. An exclusive Decca Classics Artist, Mäkelä has recorded the complete Sibelius Symphony cycle with the Oslo Philharmonic as his first project for the label, released in March 2022.

Klaus Mäkelä launched the Oslo Philharmonic 2021/22 season in August with a special concert featuring Saariaho’s Asteroid 4179: Toutatis, Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, two new works by Norwegian composer Mette Henriette and Sibelius Lemminkäinen. A similarly wide range of repertoire is presented throughout his second season in Oslo, including major choral works by Bach, Mozart and William Walton, Mahler Symphony No. 3 and Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 10 and 14 with soloists Mika Kares and Mirjam Mesak. Recent and new works include compositions by Sally Beamish, Unsuk Chin, Jimmy Lopez Bellido, Andrew Norman and Kaija Saariaho. In Spring 2022 Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic will perform the complete Sibelius Symphony cycle in residency at the Wiener Konzerthaus and Hamburg Elbphilharmonie and give additional concerts at the Paris Philharmonie and London Barbican.

With Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä performed at the summer festivals of Granada and Aix en Provence. For his first concert in the 2021/ 22 season he conducted a new work by Unsuk Chin entitled Spira, Richard Strauss Four Songs Op 27 with soloist Lise Davidsen and Mahler Symphony No. 1. His first season as Music Director also features the music of Ligeti and Dutilleux alongside Biber, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky.

In the 2021/22 season Klaus Mäkelä appears as a Portrait Artist at the Wiener Konzerthaus and guest conducts the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Royal Concertgebouworkest, London Philharmonic, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Münchner Philharmoniker. In summer 2022 he returns to the Verbier Festival to conduct the Verbier Festival and Verbier Festival Chamber orchestras as well as perform as a chamber musician.

In the 2020/21 season Klaus Makela appeared with the Concertgebouworkest, Münchner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, NDR Elbphilharmonie, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Tapiola Sinfonietta. As Artist in Residence at Spain’s Granada Festival he conducted the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada and Orchestre de Paris. At the Verbier Festival he conducted and performed cello in a chamber music programme.

Mäkelä studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy with Jorma Panula and cello with Marko Ylönen, Timo Hanhinen and Hannu Kiiski. As a soloist, he has performed with several Finnish orchestras and as a chamber musician with members of the Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

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