Sibelius: Complete Works - Series 1 - Volume 9
Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Editor: Tuija Wicklund Format: Full Score Instrumentation: Orchestra Binding: Hardcover ISMN: 9790004802717 Size: 9.8 x 12.6 inches Pages: 260 Listen on Soundcloud Description It was in a Minor sensation when in 1996 the conductor Osmo Vänskä recorded a completely unknown, more than 20-minute-long orchestral work by the young Jean Sibelius in Lahti: "Skogsrået" (The Forest Nymph) had suddenly re-emerged. But this was no mere rediscovery, since in his later years, Sibelius had graciously agreed that his early work could be performed in a radically abridged form. He thus left his score in a rather confusing condition. "Vårsång" (Spring Song), the second work in this volume of the Complete Edition, has two (or even three?) early versions, which makes for a most complicated source examination. Tuija Wicklund thus faced a mountain of problems in preparing the edition. The editor's meticulous work ultimately yielded three complete or