Sibelius: Scaramouche, Op. 71 Turku Philharmonic Orchestra & Leif Segerstam

• Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Scaramouche, Op. 71 / Act I
• 1Scene 1: Lento assai00:57
• 2Scene 2: [Lento assai]02:10
• 3Scene 3: [Lento assai] - Andante con moto03:34
• 4Scene 4: Tempo di bolero02:52
• 5Scene 5: Lento - Tempo di bolero - Lento assai07:44
• 6Scene 6: Tempo di valse03:11
• 7Scene 7: Poco moderato00:49
• 8Scene 8: [Poco moderato]02:20
• 9Scene 9: Tempo di valse00:41
• 10Scene 10: Adagio - Allegro - Adagio …06:43
• Act II
• 11Scene 1: Meno tranquillo00:23
• 12Scene 2: Allegretto00:28
• 13Scene 3: Andantino01:27
• 14Scene 4: Allegretto00:25
• 15Scene 5: [Allegretto] - Andantino03:26
• 16Scene 6: Tranquillo assai02:31
• 17Scene 7: [Andantino] - Meno tranquillo - Lento - Moderato - Allegro moderato07:47
• 18Scene 8: Allegretto - Allegro03:30
• 19Scene 9: [Allegro]04:00
• 20Scene 10: Andante - Lento assai - Andantino …15:32
• 21Scene 11: [Grave assai]00:30
• Total Runtime01:11:00

Info for Sibelius: Scaramouche, Op. 71

The eloquent power of Jean Sibelius’s symphonies and other core orchestral works has overshadowed his prolific output in other genres, including significant scores for the theatre. The commission to compose music for the tragic pantomime Scaramouche caused Sibelius much stress and frustration, but on its première the composer was able to note “great success in Copenhagen” in his diary. With the exception of his one opera, Scaramouche is Sibelius’s only continuous dramatic score, the story of the sinister hunchbacked dwarf’s bewitching musicianship and evil intent taking us from innocent charm to a nightmarish conclusion.

Bendik Goldstein, viola
Roi Ruottinen, cello
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor

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