Jean Sibelius: Incidental Music - Scaramouche, Pelléas et Mélisande, Belshazzar's Feast, Kuolema, King Christian II, Jedermann, Swanwhite
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Parallel to his great sequence of symphonic masterpieces and tone poems, Jean
Sibelius wrote a significant body of music for the theatre. It was with King Christian II
and Kuolema that he established his fame throughout Europe whilst some of his most
hauntingly beautiful writing for the stage can be found in Belshazzar’s Feast. The tragic
pantomime Scaramouche is Sibelius’s only continuous dramatic score and Pelléas et
Mélisande is one of his most accomplished, whilst the rarely performed Jedermann
is recognised as a hidden masterpiece. Gramophone wrote of these performances:
‘Leif Segerstam masterminds a characteristically unhurried, atmospheric display. What
an absorbing journey of discovery this series has proved to be; congratulations to
everyone involved.’