Lemminkäinen Legends

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Lemminkäinen Legends (Lemminkäis-sarja). Suite for orch. Op.22 by Sibelius containing 4 movts.: 1. Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island (Lemminkäinen ja saaren neidot) comp. 1895, rev. 1897, 1939. 2. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela (Lemminkäinen Tuonelassa) comp. 1895, rev. 1897, 1939. 3. The Swan of Tuonela (Tuonelan joutsen) comp. 1893, rev. 1897, 1900. 4. Lemminkäinen's Return (Lemminkäisen paluu) comp. 1895, rev. 1897, 1900. No.3 was conceived as prelude to abandoned opera The Burning of the Boat (Veenen luominen) and No.2 also had operatic origins, F.p. 1895 version, Helsinki 1896, cond. Sibelius; f.p. 1897 revision, Helsinki 1897, cond. Sibelius; f. Eng. p. of complete 1897 version, BBC 1950, cond. Cameron; f.p. of Nos. 1 and 2 outside Finland, Bournemouth 1937, cond. Wood; f. Eng. p. No.3, London 1905, cond. Wood; f. Eng. p. No.4, BBC Newcastle station broadcast 1925, cond. E. Clark.

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