The present volume of the Sibelius Complete Edition contains seven orchestral works, five of which Jean Sibelius originally composed as stage music but later separated from the incidental-music connection to be performed as individual compositions in concerts. The tone poem Finlandia Op. 26 originates from the “Music for the Press Celebration Days” (JS 137, 1899). Valse triste and Scen med tranorna (“Scene with the Cranes,” Op. 44 Nos. 1 and 2) were composed for the 1903 premiere of Arvid Järnef...