A slower tempo for this movement is sanctified by the example of Sibelius’s friend Kajanus, but itĬomes slightly at the expense of the con moto marking. Losing some of the Sibelian mystery of the movement. It’s marked andantino con moto, quasi allegretto but you may well consider that Gibson emphasises con moto and allegretto a little too much, The second movement now moves slightly faster than on the Lahti recording but still considerably more slowly than from Gibson. Slightly greater degree of opulence than the Lahti or the SNO for Gibson and the 24-bit sound, with the reservation about levels noted below is even better The tempo remains overall almost exactly as before but the Minnesota playing has a Later, however, the new recording won me over. BIS’s boss Robert von Bahr assured me that I would.Īt first I thought him wrong: No.3 is a little slow to get under way, so I prefer Gibson’s approach to either Vänskä recording, and the Lahti version to Having found the earlier Minnesota releases very slightly disappointing by comparison with the earlier Lahti recordings, I wondered if I would prefer the
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If you have not yet snapped up Vänskä’s earlier recordings of theĬomplete symphonies on Volume 12 of the Sibelius Edition, you should do so, now that the download is finally competitive with the CD set Those with deeper pockets, however, will benefit from either of the BIS offerings. 1, 2 and 4, with Finlandia and the Karelia Suite are on another Double Decca, 4554022, currently on offer for £5.75. Though I used to own his LPs of the symphonies, but this twofer is still competitive at the price: Nos.
I wouldn’t now rate Ashkenazy’s Sibelius in quite the top flight, Philharmonia Orchestra on a budget-price Decca twofer will serve well (E4554052, download only, available from Presto). The impecunious need look no further unless they also want Symphony No.5, En Saga and Tapiola, in which case Vladimir Ashkenazy with the The recording isĪDD and dates from earlier than the ‘1990’ given on the TCS website – their claims are often to be taken with a pinch of salt – but the sound holds up More rounded sound – after all, there isn’t quite the same lushness in these symphonies that is required more often in Nos.
Similarly, though the SNO of the 1980s was not in the top flight, only occasionally could one wish for a The feeling that he is pushing the music too hard. Only in the finale of No.6 does Gibson take longer than Vänskä on either of his recordings and then only by seconds. (DeccaĮloquence 4823922, 3 CDs at budget price, or Double Decca 4525762, 2 budget-price CDs, with other Stein and Ashkenazy recordings.) There’s much to be said for pushing the pace in Sibelius – Horst Stein’s still unbeaten Night Ride and Sunrise a case in point for me. 3 and 7, STXID5284, was the first version that I owned – by good luck I managed to obtain a copy withĭecent surfaces – and the Chandos CD still lives in my collection despite regular purges to make room for new discs. Gibson’s earlier Saga LP recording of Nos. Long in the tooth (1982/3) and download only but far from superannuated (CHAN6557 – from, mp3 £4.80 lossless £4.99, with pdfīooklet). 3, 6 and 7 there’s a budget-price Chandos recording from the Scottish National Orchestra and Sir Alexander Gibson, slightly Symphonies 1-7 with fragments and preliminary versions BIS-CD-1933/35, 5 CDs for the price of 3 – see link to reviews below.įor the exact coupling of Nos. Symphonies 1-7 as part of The Essential Sibelius BIS-CD-1697/1700, 15 CDs for the price of 4 – Inevitably my prime comparisons have been with his very fineĮarlier recordings with the Lahti Orchestra, still available separately or as part of the complete symphony set: This recording rounds off Osmo Vänskä’s second cycle of recordings of the Sibelius symphonies. Also available in mp3, 16-bit and 24-bit surround sound and from dealers on SACD. Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, USA, May-June 2015. Johan (Jean) Christian Julius SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Support us financially by purchasing this from
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