COMPLETE WORKS (JSW) Series I (Orchestral works) Vol. 9: Skogsr''et op. 15 '' Improvisation/V''rs''

Sibelius orchestral works rediscovered
It was a minor sensation when in 1996 the conductor Osmo VAnskA recorded a completely unknown, more than 20-minute-long orchestral work by the young Jean Sibelius in Lahti: 'Skogsr''et' (The Forest Nymph) had suddenly re-emerged. But this was no mere rediscovery, since in his later years, Sibelius had graciously agreed that his early work could be performed in a radically abridged form. He thus left his score in a rather confusing condition. 'V''rs''ng' (Spring Song), the second work in this volume of the Complete Edition, has two (or even three?) early versions, which makes for a most complicated source examination. Tuija Wicklund thus faced a mountain of problems in preparing the edition. The editor's meticulous work ultimately yielded three complete orchestral scores from the years 1894/95, thus from a period in which no one can claim that such pieces are 'early works.' By this time, Sibelius had already made a name for himself in Finland with

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