Contents:
CD 1 [78'52]
Music for Male Voice Choir
- Kullervo, Op.7
Movements III and V for soloists, male voice choir and piano (World Première Recording)
III. Kullervo ja hänen sisarensa (Kullervo and his Sister)
Johanna Rusanen (soprano) · Jorma Hynninen (baritone)
V. Kullervon kuolema (Kullervo’s Death)
Johanna Rusanen (soprano) · Jorma Hynninen (baritone) · Ilmo Ranta (piano)

- Rakastava, JS 160a (The Lover)
Tuomas Katajala (tenor)

- Six Songs, Op.18
1. Sortunut ääni (The Broken Voice)
2. Terve kuu (Hail, O Moon)
3. Venematka (The Boat Journey)
4. Saarella palaa (Fire on the Island)
5. Metsämiehen laulu (The Woodsman’s Song)
6. Sydämeni laulu (Song of my Heart)

- Heitä, koski, kuohuminen, JS 94 (Cease , O Cataract, Thy Foaming)
Completed by Erik Bergman in association with Jussi Jalas and Erik Tawaststjerna

- Hymn (Natus in curas), Op.21

- Kuutamolla, JS 114 (In the Moonlight)

- Athenarnes sång, Op.31 No.3 (Song of the Athenians)
Version for boys’ and mens’ voices, piano and harmonium
Helsingfors gosskör · Ekenäs gosskör · Minervaskolans musikklasskör · Folke Gräsbeck (piano) · Harri Viitanen (harmonium)

- Sandels, Op.28
Version for male voice choir and piano (World Première Recording)
Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

YL Male Voice Choir / Matti Hyökki · Akademiska Sångföreningen / Henrik Wikström


CD 2 [76'06]
Music for Male Voice Choir (cont)
- Har du mod? JS 93 (Have You Courage?)
Version for male voice choir a cappella (World Première Recording)

- Ej med klagan, JS 69 (Not with Lamentation)
Version for male voice choir World Première Recording

- Laulun mahti, JS 118 (The Power of Song)
Ballad by Jāzeps Vītols, arranged by Jean Sibelius.

- Veljeni vierailla mailla, JS 217 (My Brothers Abroad)

- Tulen synty, Op.32 (The Origin of Fire)
Version for baritone, male voice choir and piano (World Première Recording)
Raimo Laukka (baritone) · Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

- Har du mod? Op.31 No.2 (Have You Courage?)
Revised version for male voice choir and piano (World Première Recording)
Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

- Uusmaalaisten laulu, JS 214b (Song of the People of Uusimaa)
Version for male voice choir

- Five Songs, Op.84
1. Herr Lager och Skön fager (Mr Lager and the Fair One)
2. På berget (On the Mountain)
3. Ett drömackord (A Dream Chord)
4. Evige Eros (Eternal Eros)
Olle Persson (baritone)
5. Till havs (To Sea)

- Fridolins dårskap, JS 84 (Fridolin’s Folly)

- Jone havsfärd, JS 100 (Jonah’s Voyage)

- Two Schybergson Songs, JS 224
1. Ute hörs stormen (Outside the Storm is Raging)
2. Brusande rusar en våg (The Roaring of a Wave)

- Likhet, JS 121 (Resemblance)

- Jääkärien marssi, Op.91a (March of the Finnish Jäger Battalion)
Original version for male voice choir and piano (World Première Recording)
Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

- Viipurin Laulu-Veikkojen kunniamarssi (Honour March of the Singing Brothers of Viipuri)
Version I, JS 219 (1920)
Version II, JS 220 (1929)

- Two Songs, Op.108
1. Humoreski (Humoresque). Nopeaan ja paatoksella
2. Ne pitkän matkan kulkijat (Wanderers on the Long Way)

- Skyddskårsmarsch, JS 173 (Skyddskår’s March) for male voice choir and piano
Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

- Siltavahti, JS 170a (The Guardian of the Bridge)

- Karjalan osa, JS 108 (Karelia’s Fate)
(World Première Recording)
Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

- En etsi valtaa, loistoa, Op.1 No.4 (Give me no Splendour, Gold or Pomp)
Olli Hannuksela (tenor)

- Finlandia Hymn from Op.26
Version for male voice choir

Akademiska Sångföreningen / Henrik Wikström · YL Male Voice Choir / Matti Hyökki · Orphei Drängar / Robert Sund


CD 3 [66'31]
Music for Mixed Choir
- Ensam i dunkla skogarnas famn, JS 72 (Alone in the Dark Forest’s Clasp)

- När sig våren åter föder, JS 139 (When Spring is Born Again)

- Tanke, se, hur fågeln svingar, JS 191 (Thought, See how the Bird Swoops)

- Hur blekt är allt, JS 96 (So Faded Everything Is)

- Upp genom luften, JS 213 (Up Through the Air)
Gustav Djupsjöbacka (piano)

- Ack, hör du fröken Gyllenborg, JS 10 (Ah! Listen, Miss Gyllenborg)

- Työkansan marssi, JS 212 (March of the Labourers)

- Soitapas soria neito, JS 176 (Play, Pretty Maiden) for tenor and mixed choir

- Juhlamarssi (Festive March) from Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1894), JS 105

- Italian Folk Song Arrangements, JS 99 (World Première Recordings)
1. Oje Carulì (Oh Caroline)
Music by Mario Costa: Solo and piano part published in 1885, choir parts arranged by Sibelius
Jorma Hynninen (baritone) · Folke Gräsbeck (piano)
2. Trippole trappole: Old Spanish folk song
Neapolitan adaptation by Guglielmo Luigi Cottrau, Piano part from duet version from the early 1860s, choir parts arranged by Sibelius
Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

- Lauluja sekaköörille vuoden 1897 promotioonikantaatista, Op.23
(Songs for Mixed Choir from the Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897)
1. Me nuoriso Suomen (We the Youth of Finland)
2. Tuuli tuudittele (The Wind Rocks)
3. Oi toivo, toivo, sä lietomieli (O Hope, Hope, You Dreamer)
4. Montapa elon merellä (Many on the Sea of Life)
5. Sammuva sainio maan (The Fading Thoughts of the Earth)
6a. Soi kiitokseksi Luojan (We Praise Thee, our Creator)
6b. Tuule, tuuli leppeämmin (Blow, Wind, More Gently)
7. Oi Lempi, sun valtas ääretön on (O Love, Your Realm is Limitless)
8. Kuin virta vuolas (As the Swift Current)
9. Oi, kallis Suomi, äiti verraton (Oh Precious Finland, Mother Beyond Compare)
Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) · Sauli Tiilikainen (baritone) · Juhani Hapuli and Ari-Pekka Mäenpää (percussion)

- Carminalia, JS 51a
Version for three-part mixed choir (SAB)
I. Ecce novum gaudium (Behold a New Joy)
II. Angelus emittitur (An Angel is Sent Out)
III. In stadio laboris (In Athletic Strife)

- Rakastava, JS 160c (The Lover)
Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) · Jorma Hynninen (baritone)

- from Six Songs, Op.18 – versions for mixed choir
1. Sortunut ääni (The Broken Voice)
3. Venematka (The Boat Journey)
4. Saarella palaa (Fire on the Island)
6. Sydämeni laulu (Song of my Heart)

- Min rastas raataa, JS 129 (Busy as a Thrush)

- Isänmaalle, JS 98a (To the Fatherland)
Version for mixed choir

Jubilate Choir / Astrid Riska · Dominante Choir / Seppo Murto


CD 4 [73'21]
Music for Mixed Choir (cont)
- Aamusumussa, JS 9a (In the Morning Mist)
Version for mixed choir

- Den 25 oktober 1902. Till Thérèse Hahl (25th October 1902. To Thérèse Hahl)
Version I, JS 60
Version II, JS 61

- Ej med klagan, JS 69 (Not with Lamentation) – published version for mixed choir

- Listen to the Water Mill (fragment), JS 122

- Two Songs, Op.65
a. Män från slätten och havet (Men from Land and Sea)
b. Kellosävel Kallion kirkossa (The Bells of Kallio Church)

- Uusmaalaisten laulu, JS 214a (Song of the People of Uusimaa)
Version for mixed choir

- Three Songs for American Schools, JS 199
1. Autumn Song for two voices (SA) and piano
2. The Sun upon the Lake Is Lowfor mixed choir
3. A Cavalry Catch for unison male voices and piano
Gustav Djupsjöbacka (piano)

- Drömmarna, JS 64 (The Dreams)

- Partiolaisten marssi, Op.91b (Scout March)
Version for mixed choir and piano
Gustav Djupsjöbacka (piano)

- Koulutie, JS 112 (The Way to School)

- Skolsång, JS 172 (School Song)

- Den höga himlen, JS 58a (The Lofty Heav’n)

- On lapsonen syntynyt meille, JS 142 (A Child is Born Unto Us)

- Finlandia Hymn from Op.26
Version in F major for mixed choir

Music for Female or Children’s Choir
- Vi kysser du fader min fästmö här? JS 218 (Why, O Father, do you Kiss my Bride?) for female choir and piano
Gustav Djupsjöbacka (piano)

- Carminalia, JS 51c
Version for two-part female choir (SA) and piano
I. Ecce novum gaudium (Behold a New Joy)
II. Angelus emittitur (An Angel is Sent Out)
III. In stadio laboris (In Athletic Strife)
Gustav Djupsjöbacka (piano)

- Kotikaipaus, JS 111 (Homesickness) for three-part female choir (SMA)

- Impromptu, Op.19
Revised version for female choir and piano (World Première Recording)
Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

- Kansakoululaisten marssi, JS 103 (March of the Primary School Children) for children’s choir

- Kantat till ord av W. von Konow, JS 107 (Cantata to Words by W. von Konow), for female choir

- Aamusumussa, JS 9b (In the Morning Mist)
Version for children’s choir

- Terve ruhtinatar (Hail, O Princess), from Cantata for the Coronation of Nicholas II
Version for children’s choir

- Nejden andas, from Islossningen i Uleå älv (The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River), Op.30
Version for children’s choir with second ending

- Soi kunniaksi Luojan (May the Hymn of Honour Now Resound), from Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897
Version for children’s / female choir

- Two Christmas Songs from Op.1
Versions for two-part female choir
No. 4. Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt (Give me no Splendour, Gold or Pomp)
No. 5. On hanget korkeat, nietokset (High are the Snowdrifts)

- The World Song of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Op.91b, for female choir and piano
Gustav Djupsjöbacka (piano)

Jubilate Choir / Astrid Riska · Dominante Choir / Seppo Murto · Florakören / Ulf Långbacka conductor


CD 5 [65'10]
Appendix I: Student Exercises – Chorales for Mixed Choir (World Première Recordings)
Chorales written for Martin Wegelius in Helsinki (1887–89)
- Säll är den som fruktar Herren (Blessed is the Man that Feareth the Lord)
- Svara mig Gud när jag ropar (O Lord, Give Ear to my Supplications)
- Allt vad anda haver (Let Every Thing that hath Breath)
Version I
Version II
- Credo in unum Deum (I Believe in One God)
Version I
Version II
- Gloria Deo in excelsis (Glory Be to God on High)
- Gloria in excelsis Deo (Glory Be to God on High)
- Kyrie eleison (Lord, Have Mercy)
- Morgonens och aftonens portar (The Gates of Morning and Evening)

Chorales written for Albert Becker in Berlin (1889–90)
- Der König träumte (The King Saw a Dream)
- Der Mensch ist in seinem Leben wie Gras (As for Man, his Days are as Grass)
- Dies ist der Tag des Herren (This is the Day which the Lord Hath Made)
- Sende dein Licht und deine Wahrheit (O Send out thy Light and thy Truth)
- Ich gehe hinein zum Altar des Gottes (Then Will I Go unto the Altar of God)
- Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele (Why art thou Cast Down, O my soul?)
- Gelobet sei dem Herrn (May the Lord be Praised)
- Halleluja, Halleluja (Alleluia, Alleluia)
- Halleluja! Amen
- Die Wasser sahen dich (The Waters Saw Thee)
- Die Toten werden dich, Herr, nicht loben (The Dead Praise Not the Lord)
- [Gott] Sei mir gnädig (Be Merciful unto Me)
Version I
Version II
- Er ist unser Herrscher (He is our Sovereign)
Version I
Version II
Version III
- Herr Gott, mein Heiland (O Lord God of my Salvation)
Version I
Version II
Version III
Version IV
- Ich will deines Namens gedenken (I Will Make Thy Name to be Remembered)
- Mein Herr, ich rufe dich an (My Lord, I Call Upon You)
Version I
Version II
- Herr, du bist ein Fels (Lord, You are a Rock)
Version for mixed choir and piano (piano part completed by Folke Gräsbeck in bars 42–60)
Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Dominante Choir / Seppo Murto conductor


CD 6 [77'34]
Appendix II: Alternative/Preliminary Versions
- Kantaatti tohtorin- ja maisterinvihkijäisissä 31 [30] päivänä toukokuuta 1897, JS 106
(Cantata for the University Graduation Ceremonies of 1897) for soprano, tenor, mixed choir and orchestra [piano])
(World Première Recording)
I. Me nuoriso Suomen (We, the Youth of Finland)
II. Veno kupliksi vesille (A Boat Bobbing in the Water)
III. Tää valon nuori vartiasto (These Young Guardians of Light)
IV. Soma on tieto siemeniksi (Sweet is the Knowledge that Bears Fruit)
V. Hei tointa tarmosaapa tarvitaan (Take Heed, Hard Work is Needed)
VI. …hylyksi jouda (…to Become a Wreck) (fragment)
VII. Oi toivo, toivo, sä lietomieli (O Hope, Hope, You Dreamer)
VIII. Montapa elon merellä (Many on the Sea of Life)
IX. …Suvi nyt on Suomessa (…Now it is Summer in Finland) (fragment)
X. Soi kiitokseksi Luojan (We Praise Thee, our Creator)
XI. Yksin on elo iloton (Alone, Life is Cheerless)
XII. Oi Lempi, sun valtas ääretön on (O Love, Your Realm is Limitless)
XIII. Kuin virta vuolas (As the Swift Current)
XIV. Sitä kuusta kuuleminen (Listen to the Spruce Tree)
Dominante Choir / Seppo Murto
Helena Juntunen (soprano) · Mika Pohjonen (tenor) · Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

- Hymn (Natus in curas), Op.21
Original version (1896)
YL Male Voice Choir / Matti Hyökki

- Carminalia, JS 51b
Version for two-part female choir (SA) and organ
I. Ecce novum gaudium (Behold a New Joy)
II. Angelus emittitur (An Angel is Sent Out)
III. In stadio laboris (In Athletic Strife)
Jubilate Choir / Astrid Riska · Kaj-Erik Gustafsson (organ)

- Isänmaalle, JS 98b (To the Fatherland)
Original version for male voice choir
YL Male Voice Choir / Matti Hyökki

- Athenarnes sång, Op.31 No.3 (Song of the Athenians)
Version for boys’ and mens’ voices a cappella (World Première Recording)
Helsingfors gosskör · Ekenäs gosskör · Minervaskolans musikklasskör · Akademiska Sångföreningen / Henrik Wikström

- Impromptu, Op.19 (1902)
Original version for female choir and piano (World Première Recording)
Florakören / Ulf Långbacka · Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

- Har du mod? Op.31 No.2 (Have You Courage?)
Original version for male voice choir and piano (World Première Recording)
Akademiska Sångföreningen / Henrik Wikström · Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

- Ej med klagan, JS 69 (Not with Lamentation)
Version for mixed choir with later corrections (World Première Recording)
Dominante Choir/ Seppo Murto

- Nejden andas (The Landscape Breathes), from Islossningen i Uleå älv (The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River), Op.30
Version for children’s choir with first ending (1899, arr. 1913)
Dominante Choir / Seppo Murto

- Till havs, Op.84 No.5 (To Sea)
Preliminary version (1917)
YL Male Voice Choir / Matti Hyökki

- Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt (Give me no Splendour, Gold or Pomp)
· Version for three-part boys’ choir
Gosskör från Lilla Akademien / David Lundblad
· Version for female choir [SSAA] and soprano
Jubilate Choir / Astrid Riska · Sirpa Lilius (soprano)
· Version for female choir [SMA] and soprano
Jubilate Choir / Astrid Riska · Sirpa Lilius (soprano)

- Suur’ olet, Herra, JS 58b (You are Great, O Lord)
Version for male voice choir and organ
YL Male Voice Choir / Matti Hyökki · Harri Viitanen (organ)

- Finlandia Hymn from Op.26
· Version for male voice choir
YL Male Voice Choir / Matti Hyökki
· Version in A flat major for mixed choir
Dominante Choir / Seppo Murto

Total Time: 7h 17m 34s