Kullervo Symphony

Album by Jean Sibelius & Radion sinfoniaorkesteri & Monica Groop & Jorma Hynninen & Polyteknikkojen Kuoro & Jukka‐Pekka Saraste

Kullervo is a choral symphony by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, composed and first performed in 1892. The work combines large-scale orchestral writing with solo vocal parts and a male-voice chorus in a programme drawn from the Kalevala, featuring folk-inspired motifs, bold orchestral colours and dramatic declamation, and it occupies a formative, experimental place in Sibelius's early career that anticipated elements of his later symphonic output.
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  1. 1.
    Kullervo Symphony, op. 7: I. Introduction (Allegro moderato)
    12:45
  2. 2.
    Kullervo Symphony, op. 7: II. Kullervo's Youth (Grave)
    14:18
  3. 3.
    Kullervo Symphony, op. 7: III. Kullervo and his Sister (Allegro vivace)
    23:32
  4. 4.
    Kullervo Symphony, op. 7: IV. Kullervo Goes to Battle (Alla Marcia)
    9:24
  5. 5.
    Kullervo Symphony, op. 7: V. Kullervo's Death (Andante)
    9:48

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