The , Op. 98b, is a three-movement concert suite for string orchestra written in 1921 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
History Sibelius finished composing the on 7 February 1922; immediately, he mailed it to the London-based publishing firm Chappell & Co., which had accepted the three-movement (Op. 98a, 1921) for two flutes and strings the previous year. However, Chappell refused the new suite, and in the end, Sibelius reached an agreement in April with Copenhagen's Edition Wilhelm Hansen.
Structure The contains three movements, as follows:
Discography ConductorEnsembleTimeRecording venueLabel1Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra1973-75Liverpool Philharmonic HallEMI Classics219857:18Finlandia3Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra19879:04Gothenburg Concert HallBIS47:53Ondine5Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra19947:27Finlandia6English String Orchestra19887:37Great Hall, University of BirminghamNimbus7Tapiola Sinfonietta20006:22Tapiola Hall, Espoo Cultural CentreOndine8Lahti Symphony Orchestra20057:27Sibelius HallBIS
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