Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaakko Kuusisto - Järnefelt: Song of the Scarlet Flower (full score to the 1919 film) (2019) CD-Rip

This release features the world-première recording of the full orchestral score written by Armas Järnefelt (18691958) to Mauritz Stiller's silent film Song of the Crimson Flower (1919) performed by Gävle Symphony Orchestra under Jaakko Kuusisto. Armas Järnefelt - today largely known in music literature as Sibelius's brother-in-law - became one of the most remarkable Finnish orchestral composers during the 1890s. The composer wrote several symphonic poems and orchestral suites in his young age which were highly successful and widely performed by various orchestras in his home country. Järnefelt's score was lost for a long time, although he did conduct a recording of extracts from the score in 1931. In the 1980s the original score was rediscovered among the possessions of Järnefelt's relatives. Järnefelt's score was augmented and restored by Jani Kyllönen and Jaakko Kuusisto for the present recording.