White Nights: Music of Tranquil Beauty

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1A Shepherd Girl’s Sunday
orchestra:
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Leif Segerstam (Finnish composer and conductor)
recording of:
Sæterjentens Søndag (Svendsen harmonisation)
composer:
Ole Bull
arranger:
Johan Svendsen (composer and conductor)
version of:
Sæterjentens Søndag
Ole Bull (arr. Johan Svendsen)4:08
2Romance
violin:
Erkki Palola
orchestra:
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Leif Segerstam (Finnish composer and conductor)
recording of:
Romance, op. 26 (for violin and orchestra)
composer:
Johan Svendsen (composer and conductor) (in 1881)
part of:
Works of Johan Svendsen by opus number (number: op. 26)
Johan Svendsen7:24
3Nocturne from Belshazzar’s Feast, op. 51
orchestra:
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Leif Segerstam (Finnish composer and conductor)
recording of:
Belsazars gästabud, op. 51: III. Night Music (for orchestra)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1906)
part of:
Belsazars gästabud, op. 51 (Belshazzar’s Feast, op. 51, for orchestra)
Jean Sibelius4:28
4Intermezzo from the Tempest, Suite no. 2, op. 109/3
orchestra:
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Leif Segerstam (Finnish composer and conductor)
recording of:
Stormen Suite no. 2, op. 109 no. 3: II. Intermezzo (The Tempest, Suite No. 2: II. Intermezzo)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1927)
part of:
Stormen, Suite no. 2, op. 109 no. 3 (The Tempest, Suite No. 2, Op. 109, No. 3, The Tempest, Suite No. 2)
Jean Sibelius2:07
5Dance of the Nymphs from the Tempest, Suite no. 2, op. 109/3
orchestra:
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Leif Segerstam (Finnish composer and conductor)
recording of:
Stormen Suite no. 2, op. 109 no. 3: III. Tanz der Nymphen (The Tempest, Suite No. 2: III. Dance of the Nymphs)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1927)
part of:
Stormen, Suite no. 2, op. 109 no. 3 (The Tempest, Suite No. 2, Op. 109, No. 3, The Tempest, Suite No. 2)
Jean Sibelius1:52
6Miranda from the Tempest, Suite no. 2, op. 109/3
orchestra:
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Leif Segerstam (Finnish composer and conductor)
recording of:
Stormen Suite no. 2, op. 109 no. 3: VI. Miranda (The Tempest, Suite No. 2: VI. Miranda)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1927)
part of:
Stormen, Suite no. 2, op. 109 no. 3 (The Tempest, Suite No. 2, Op. 109, No. 3, The Tempest, Suite No. 2)
Jean Sibelius1:58
7Melisande from Pelleas & Melisande, op. 46
orchestra:
Tapiola Sinfonietta
conductor:
Tuomas Ollila (Finnish conductor and violinist, fka Tuomas Ollila)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 46: II. Mélisande (for orchestra)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1905)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 46 (for orchestra)
Jean Sibelius3:47
8Pastorale from Pelleas & Melisande, op. 46
orchestra:
Tapiola Sinfonietta
conductor:
Tuomas Ollila (Finnish conductor and violinist, fka Tuomas Ollila)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 46: VI. Pastorale (for orchestra)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1905)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 46 (for orchestra)
Jean Sibelius1:51
9Impromptu
orchestra:
Virtuosi di Kuhmo
conductor:
Péter Csaba (violinist/conductor)
recording of:
Impromptu for String Orchestra, op. 5 (arrangement of the piano impromptus 5 and 6)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (from 1893 until 1894)
premiered at:
Turun VPK:n talo in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi (Finland Proper), Finland (on 1894-02-17)
arrangement of:
6 Impromptus, op. 5 (for piano)
revision of:
Impromptu for String Orchestra, op. 5 (1893 preliminary version)
Jean Sibelius6:58
10Pastorale from Suite lyrique no. 3
orchestra:
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra (aka Tampereen kaupunginorkesteri 1947-2002)
conductor:
Leif Segerstam (Finnish composer and conductor)
recording of:
Suite lyrique no. 3 "Impressions de Belgique": IV. Pastorale ("Adoration des bergers" au Musée de Bruxelles)
composer:
Erkki Melartin (Finnish composer) (from 1915 until 1916)
part of:
Suite lyrique no. 3 "Impressions de Belgique"
Erkki Melartin4:05
11In Folk Style from Two Nordic Melodies, op. 63
orchestra:
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra (Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Juha Kangas
recording of:
To nordiske melodier, op. 63, nr. 1: I folketonestil (2 Nordic Melodies, Op. 63, No. 1: In folk style, for string orchestra)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1895)
part of:
To nordiske melodier, op. 63 (2 Nordic Melodies, Op. 63)
Edvard Grieg8:04
12Nocturne from Pan Voyevoda
orchestra:
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Evgeny Svetlanov (Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor)
recording of:
Pan Voyevoda Suite, op. 59: III. Nocturne - Clair de lune. Lento
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
part of:
Pan Voyevoda Suite, op. 59
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov4:48
13Entreacte from Raymonda, op. 57
orchestra:
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Evgeny Svetlanov (Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor)
recording of:
Raymonda, op. 57: Act I, Tableau II: Entr'Acte
composer:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) (in 1898)
part of:
Raymonda, op. 57: Act I
Alexander Glazunov5:18
14Petit adagio from The Seasons, op. 67
orchestra:
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Evgeny Svetlanov (Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor)
recording of:
Les saisons, op. 67: Tableau IV. L'Automne. No. 15. Petit adage
composer:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936)
part of:
Les saisons, op. 67: Tableau IV. L'Automne
Alexander Glazunov5:38