Six Partsongs | |
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Choral works by Jean Sibelius | |
Opus | 18 |
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Language | Finnish |
Composed | 1893 | –1901
Publisher | piecemeal by several firms [1] |
The Six Partsongs (sometimes listed as the Six Songs; deprecated title Nine Partsongs or Nine Songs), Op. 18, is a collection of Finnish-language a cappella choral pieces written from 1893 to 1901 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Originally composed for male choir, the composer subsequently arranged Nos. 1, 3–4, and 6 (under the same catalogue number) for mixed choir. The Six Partsongs are as follows:
The lyrics for Nos. 2–3 come from Finland's national epic, the Kalevala, while Nos. 1 and 4 draw on its companion book of poetry, the Kanteletar; finally, for Nos. 5–6 Sibelius set excerpts from the novel Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä) by Aleksis Kivi. [7]
The following three partsongs were at one time listed by Sibelius under the Op. 18 catalogue number but were removed subsequently. The deprecated title of Nine Partsongs, then, refers to their inclusion:
The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the Op. 18 partsongs, as well as the three related partsongs noted above:
No. | Ensemble | Conductor | Partsong runtime [a] | Rec. [b] | Recording venue | Label | Ref. | ||||||||
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Op. 18/1
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Op. 18/2
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Op. 18/3
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Op. 18/4
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Op. 18/5
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Op. 18/6
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JS 98
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JS 129
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JS 217
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1 | YL Male Voice Choir (1) | Matti Hyökki (1) | 1:33 | 3:28 | 2:00 | 1:25 | 1:40 | 2:38 | 2:01 | — | 3:31 | 1986 | German Church, Helsinki | Finlandia | |
2 | Candomino Choir | Tauno Satomaa | 1:30 | — | — | 1:34 | — | 2:09 | — | — | — | 1987 | Unknown], Espoo | Finlandia | |
3 | Jubilate Choir (1) | Astrid Riska (1) | 1:24 | — | 2:17 | 1:07 | — | 2:06 | — | 1:15 | — | 1992 | Järvenpää Hall | Ondine | |
4 | Jubilate Choir (2) | Astrid Riska (2) | 1:22 | — | 2:16 | 1:12 | — | 2:56 | 2:19 | 1:17 | — | 1996 | Danderyds gymnasium | BIS | |
5 | Tapiola Chamber Choir | Hannu Norjanen | 1:25 | — | 1:51 | 1:32 | — | 2:55 | 2:01 | 1:22 | — | 1997 | Roihuvuori Church | Finlandia | |
6 | Accentus Chamber Choir | Eric Ericson | 1:49 | — | — | — | — | — | 2:11 | — | — | 2001 | Church Notre Dame de Liban | Naive | |
7 | YL Male Voice Choir (2) | Matti Hyökki (2) | 1:20 | 3:10 | 1:34 | 1:23 | 1:36 | 2:12 | 1:47 | — | 3:13 | 2006 | New Pavilon , Kauniainen | BIS [i] | |
8 | Polytech Choir | Juha Kuivanen | 1:09 | 2:56 | — | 1:10 | — | 2:26 | — | — | — | 2007 | Riihimäki Garrison Church | PK | |
9 | Dominante Choir | Seppo Murto | 1:32 | — | 1:37 | 1:19 | — | 3:01 | 2:03 | 1:17 | — | 2010 | New Pavilon , Kauniainen | BIS | |
10 | Klemetti Institute Chamber Choir | Heikki Liimola | 1:37 | — | 1:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2010 | Tampere Hall | Alba | |
11 | Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir | Heikki Seppanen | 1:23 | — | 1:44 | 1:13 | — | 2:55 | 2:05 | 1:10 | — | 2014 | Järvenpää Hall | Ondine | |
12 | Ensemble Nobiles | — | 1:46 | — | — | — | — | 2:32 | 2:08 | — | — | 2016 | Zur Ratte, Leipzig | Genuin |