Artist: Mariss Jansons
Title: The Oslo Years
Year Of Release: 2020
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: Flac
Total Time: 21:15:30

Limited 26 disc (21 CD + 5 DVD) edition. Over Mariss Jansons’ long tenure as Music Director of the Oslo Philharmonic, from 1979 to 2002, the Latvian-born conductor rose to global pre-eminence and the Norwegian orchestra cemented it’s international reputation. Trained in St Petersburg, and mentored by Yevgeny Mravinsky and Herbert von Karajan, Jansons took up his position in Oslo at the age of 36. “The artistic leader is responsible for the quality of the orchestra,” he said, “He must think of the orchestra constantly”. He praised the Oslo Philharmonic for it’s “identity and unique sound” and “exceptionally strong work ethic and discipline… without a trace of arrogance, superficiality or routine thought”. The 21CD set comprises all the Warner Classics recordings they made together and reflects Jansons’ special mastery of music of the later Romantic era and the 20th century. Entirely new to the catalogue are 5 DVDs of concerts originally broadcast on Norwegian television and offering works by Sibelius, Mahler, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Strauss and Franck.

Tracks:

CD 1 :

Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet – Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49

CD 2 :

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

CD 3 :

Svendsen: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 4
Svendsen: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 15

CD 4 :

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Suite No. 1, Op. 64a
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Suite No. 2, Op. 64b

CD 5 :

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Mussorgsky: Dawn on the Moscow River (from Khovanshchina)

CD 6 :

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’
Smetana: Vltava (from Má Vlast)

CD 7 :

Respighi: Roman Festivals
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé – Suite No. 2
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

CD 8 :

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106

CD 9 :

Dvořák: Symphony No. 5 in F major, Op. 76
Dvořák: Othello Overture, Op. 93
Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66

CD 10 :

Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11
Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

CD 11 :

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70

CD 12 :

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture
Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Siegfried’s Funeral March
Wagner: Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3
Wagner: Rienzi Overture

CD 13 :

Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

CD 14 :

Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

CD 15 :

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela (from Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22)
Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1
Sibelius: Andante festivo, JS34b

CD 16 :

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version)

CD 17 :

Honegger: Symphony No. 2 in D for strings and trumpet
Honegger: Symphony No. 3, H186 ‘Liturgique’
Honegger: Movement symphonique No. 1 ‘Pacific 231’

CD 18 :

Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 ‘Organ Symphony’

CD 19
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82

CD 20 :

Respighi: Pines of Rome
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Respighi: Roman Festivals

CD 21 :

Bernstein: Candide – Overture
Kim, L J: Élégie
Alfvén: Vallflickans dans, Op. 37
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Pas de deux
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 15 in C major, Op. 72 No. 7
Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1
Elgar: The Wild Bears (The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2 Op. 1b)
Grieg: Morning (from Peer Gynt)
Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2: IV. Farandole
Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air (‘Air on a G String’)
Kodály: Háry János: Intermezzo
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 2: IV. Toccata “O trenzinho do Caipira”
Toyama: Dance of the Celestials
Toyama: Dance of Men from Yugen
Dinicu: Hora Staccato
Lorente, R: La Revoltosa: Preludio
Strauss, J, II: Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324
Gade, J: Tango Jalousie
Theodorakis: Zorba’s Dance

DVD 1 :

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45

DVD 2 :

Strauss, R: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Franck, C: Symphony in D minor

DVD 3 :

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major ‘Titan’
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite

DVD 4 :

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

DVD 5 :

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Personnel:

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons