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| | Sibelius Pelleas & Melisande/other works |
 | | The 10-minute Cassazione, despite its low opus number (just two after the string quartet, from which Sibelius extracted the Presto on this disc circa 1894), is a companion piece of the Violin Concerto, first version, and his Pelleas music. |
 | | Tapiola Hall may be highly reverberant, but nothing is muddy, and location is spot-on; high marks for producer Seppo Sirila and engineer Enno M”emets. |
 | | Whatever your decision (the list for Ondine is a pricey $16.99), don't deny yourself the glory of the opening movement, "At the Gate," in the Pelleas Suite; it's in my will to be played should anyone choose to give me a funeral, whenever. |
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