Jean Sibelius - Pohjola's Daughter (Score)

Pohjola's Daughter, Opus 49, is a tone poem composed by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius in 1906. Drawn from the Finnish national epic "Kalevala", it depicts the meeting of the hero Väinämöinen with the Daughter of the North. He bids her to join him on his journey, but she instead challenges him to several seemingly impossible tasks. Through his skill and magic, he nearly completes her challenges, but is distracted by evil spirits and injures himself, and gives up the challenges, continuing on without her. This version is set to the complete orchestral score, and is performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy.