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

• Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Scaramouche, Op. 71 / Act I
• 1 Scene 1: Lento assai 00:57
• 2 Scene 2: [Lento assai] 02:10
• 3 Scene 3: [Lento assai] - Andante con moto 03:34
• 4 Scene 4: Tempo di bolero 02:52
• 5 Scene 5: Lento - Tempo di bolero - Lento assai 07:44
• 6 Scene 6: Tempo di valse 03:11
• 7 Scene 7: Poco moderato 00:49
• 8 Scene 8: [Poco moderato] 02:20
• 9 Scene 9: Tempo di valse 00:41
• 10 Scene 10: Adagio - Allegro - Adagio … 06:43
• Act II
• 11 Scene 1: Meno tranquillo 00:23
• 12 Scene 2: Allegretto 00:28
• 13 Scene 3: Andantino 01:27
• 14 Scene 4: Allegretto 00:25
• 15 Scene 5: [Allegretto] - Andantino 03:26
• 16 Scene 6: Tranquillo assai 02:31
• 17 Scene 7: [Andantino] - Meno tranquillo - Lento - Moderato - Allegro moderato 07:47
• 18 Scene 8: Allegretto - Allegro 03:30
• 19 Scene 9: [Allegro] 04:00
• 20 Scene 10: Andante - Lento assai - Andantino … 15:32
• 21 Scene 11: [Grave assai] 00:30
• Total Runtime 01:11:00

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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