Description
FHR Remasters
Early stereo recordings • 6
Released on CD and all digital platforms: Summer 2024
Not available in USA/Canada (we ship worldwide)
Jean SIBELIUS (1865–1957)
1. Finlandia, Op. 26
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Vittorio Gui
(rec. 9–10 October 1953)
2. Finlandia – Hymn (version for male choir)
Helsinki University Chorus / Martti Turunen
(rec. 20 November 1953)
3. Six Part Songs, Op. 18: No. 6. Sydameini laulu (‘Song of my Heart’)
Helsinki University Chorus / Martti Turunen
(rec. 20 November 1953)
4. Tulen synty (‘The Origin of Fire’), Op. 32
Sulo Saarits baritone
Helsinki University Chorus / Martti Turunen
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra / Thor Johnson
(rec. 21 November 1953)
5. Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra • Thor Johnson
(rec. 20 November 1953)
6. Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Vittorio Gui
(rec. 9–10 October 1953)
7–11. String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 ‘Voces intimae’
Pascal Quartet
Jacques Dumont violin I
Maurice Crut violin II
Léon Pascal viola
Robert Salles cello
(recording date unknown but before July 1957)
12. Finlandia, Op. 26
Philharmonia Orchestra / George Weldon
(rec. 12 March 1956)
All 1st stereo recordings, apart from track 12
Track 4 is the world première recording
24bit, 96kHz high resolution transfers, editing and remastering by Paul Baily
℗ 1954, 1957, 1958 and 2024 © 2024
Source materials:
Track 1: Liviingston Audiosphere 7½ ips binaural tape BN 701
Tracks 2–5: A-V Tape Libraries, Inc. 7½ ips binaural tape AV 1508B
Track 6: Audiosphere 7½ ips binaural tape BN-703
Tracks 7–11: Concert Hall Society 7½ ips stereophonic tape HX-59
Track 12: EMI Columbia 7½ ips stereosonic tape BTC 505