The Tempest

Album by Jean Sibelius & Royal Danish Opera Chorus & Det Kongelige Kapel & Okko Kamu

The Tempest is incidental music by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, composed in 1925. The work employs orchestral tone‑poem textures and atmospheric motifs to evoke the stormy seascapes and dramatic scenes of Shakespeare's play, and it represents one of Sibelius's later compositions that explores colouristic orchestration and concise thematic writing near the end of his career.
First released: 18th November 2022

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Tempest, op. 109: Overture
    5:33
  2. 2.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act I Scene 1: Miranda Is Lulled Into Slumber
    1:36
  3. 3.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act I Scene 1: Ariel Flies In
    0:24
  4. 4.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act I Scene 1: Chorus of the Winds
    2:26
  5. 5.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act I Scene 1: Ariel Hastens Away
    0:23
  6. 6.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act I Scene 1: Ariel’s first song (Come unto these yellow sands)
    2:17
  7. 7.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act I Scene 1: Ariel’s second song (Full fathom five, your father lies)
    2:16
  8. 8.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act II Scene 2: Interlude
    4:01
  9. 9.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act II Scene 2: The Oak Tree: Ariel plays on the flute
    3:05
  10. 10.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act II Scene 2: Ariel’s third song (While you here do snoring)
    1:15
  11. 11.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act II Scene 3: Interlude: Caliban
    1:32
  12. 12.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act II Scene 3: Stephano’s song (I shall no more to sea, to sea)
    1:26
  13. 13.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act II Scene 3: Caliban’s song (Farewell, master, farewell, farewell!)
    1:35
  14. 14.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act III Scene 4: Interlude: Miranda
    2:08
  15. 15.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act III Scene 5: Interlude: Ariel’s Dance
    1:47
  16. 16.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act III Scene 5: Canon (Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo): Flout them and scout them
    1:53
  17. 17.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act III Scene 6: Dance of the Shapes
    4:30
  18. 18.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act III Scene 6: Melodrama: Ariel as harpy
    1:19
  19. 19.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act III Scene 6: The shapes dance out (Ballet)
    2:15
  20. 20.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act IV Scene 7: Intermezzo: Alonso mourns
    2:20
  21. 21.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act IV Scene 7: Ariel Flies In
    0:26
  22. 22.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act IV Scene 7: Ariel’s fourth song (Before you can say ‘come’ and ‘go’)
    0:51
  23. 23.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act IV Scene 7: The Rainbow
    2:02
  24. 24.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act IV Scene 7: Melodrama: Iris
    0:56
  25. 25.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act IV Scene 7: Juno’s song
    1:34
  26. 26.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act IV Scene 7: Dance of the Naiads
    2:08
  27. 27.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act IV Scene 7: Dance of the Harvesters
    1:22
  28. 28.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act IV Scene 7: Ariel Flies In
    0:24
  29. 29.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act IV Scene 7: Spirits (dogs)
    0:54
  30. 30.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act V Scene 8: Overture
    1:10
  31. 31.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act V Scene 8: Ariel Brings the Foes to Prospero
    2:53
  32. 32.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act V Scene 8: Ariel’s fifth song (Where the bee sucks, there suck I)
    1:12
  33. 33.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act V Scene 8: Cortège
    2:39
  34. 34.
    The Tempest, op. 109, Act V Scene 8: Miranda is lulled into slumber (Appendix: Version 2)
    2:03

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