1. Victoriae & Triumphi Dominus2. As Torches Rise3. Battle Metal4. The Land of Hope and Glory5. The Messenger6. One More7. Midnight Sunrise8. Among Ancestors9. Sahti - Waari10. Prologue for R.R.R.11. Rex Regi Rebellis12. Katuman Kaiku
Tracklista: 1. Funeral Ground 2. In Eclipse 3. Further From Salvation 4. Grave Image 5. Among Us 6. Words Of Dead Men 7. No Horizon 8. Plague Of Virtue 9. A Servant 10. Return To Silence
Internationally, Lahti Symphony Orchestra is closely associated with the numerous Sibelius recordings released on BIS, conducted by their long-time chief conductor Osmo Vänskä. These recordings have received an overwhelming international welcome among reviewers, but also among record-buyers: as of August 2009 more than one million Lahti discs released by BIS have been sold! As many already know, the orchestra does not only play works by Sibelius – its recordings of music by contemporary Finnish composers such as Rautavaara, Kalevi Aho and Joonas Kokkonen have all met with critical acclaim. Led by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, its present chief conductor, the orchestra now takes a step eastwards, and performs two symphonies by the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov. Having as a student absorbed the music of Webern, Scriabin and the new Polish school, in the 1970s Silvestrov moved away from avant-garde techniques and became increasingly involved with the idiom of 19th-century song: ‘It seems to me that music is song in spite of everything, even when it is unable to sing in a literal sense. Not a philosophy, not a system of beliefs, but the song of the world about itself, and at the same time a musical testament to existence.’ To date, Silvestrov has composed seven symphonies, of which the Fourth (1976) and the Fifth (1980–82) are both dominated by a longing for a beauty that used to be, but is no longer within reach. Considered by some to be his masterpiece, Symphony No. 5 has for instance been described as ‘an epilogue or coda inspired by the music of late Romantic composers such as Gustav Mahler.’
Internationally, Lahti Symphony Orchestra is closely associated with the numerous Sibelius recordings released on BIS, conducted by their long-time chief conductor Osmo Vänskä. These recordings have received an overwhelming international welcome among reviewers, but also among record-buyers: as of August 2009 more than one million Lahti discs released by BIS have been sold! As many already know, the orchestra does not only play works by Sibelius – its recordings of music by contemporary Finnish composers such as Rautavaara, Kalevi Aho and Joonas Kokkonen have all met with critical acclaim. Led by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, its present chief conductor, the orchestra now takes a step eastwards, and performs two symphonies by the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov. Having as a student absorbed the music of Webern, Scriabin and the new Polish school, in the 1970s Silvestrov moved away from avant-garde techniques and became increasingly involved with the idiom of 19th-century song: ‘It seems to me that music is song in spite of everything, even when it is unable to sing in a literal sense. Not a philosophy, not a system of beliefs, but the song of the world about itself, and at the same time a musical testament to existence.’ To date, Silvestrov has composed seven symphonies, of which the Fourth (1976) and the Fifth (1980–82) are both dominated by a longing for a beauty that used to be, but is no longer within reach. Considered by some to be his masterpiece, Symphony No. 5 has for instance been described as ‘an epilogue or coda inspired by the music of late Romantic composers such as Gustav Mahler.’
Tracklista:1. Falling Rain (Link Wray)2. Summer in Toulouse3. Among the Low4. Island Bliss5. Sylvia (Southern People)6. The Bottom of the Well7. Souls On a String8. I See the End
Tracklista: 1. I See You Among the Stars2. Cut My Hair3. Anyway When I Look in Your Eyes4. Zero Summer Mind5. Shallow Seas6. Reassign Me7. A Cooling Sun8. Help Me Help Me
Tracklista:1. Ten Killer Ferry Lake2. I'm Alive3. Reservations4. Beneath the Golden Sky5. Daughter of the Sun6. Buffalo Blood7. White River8. Comanche Moon9. Carry the Feather10. Ghosts of Wild Horses11. War Among the Nations12. Bones13. Land of Broken Promises14. Buffalo Thunder15. Vanishing World
Tracklista: 1. Just Sometimes2. Sisyphus3. Cradle Song (Hoy Nazan)4. Like a Lover5. Rush6. The Titles7. Carnera8. Lipe Rosie9. Among the Clouds10. Ballo Furlano11. Goddess12. En Mort D'en Joan De Cucanh
Tracklista: 1. By Blood Sworn2. Among the Bones3. This Is Vengeance4. We Are the Night5. Faith of the Fallen6. Devil's Day7. Lilith8. Play Among the Godz9. Circle of Damnation10. Fistful of Hate
Tracklista:1. Among the Ghosts2. Bottom of the Sea3. Everything Has Changed4. Always Been You5. Cover Me6. To My Dearest Wife7. Long Way Back Home8. Loving9. Back to the Night10. For the Lonely Ones