Sibelius: The Countess's Portrait (Grevinnans konterfej).

Sibelius: Suite for Violin & Strings Op.Sibelius: String Quartet in B flat major, Op.Sibelius: Romance in C major for strings, Op.Sibelius: Processional (‘Onward, Ye Peoples'), Op.Sibelius: Presto in D major for string orchestra.Sibelius: Morceau Romantique sur un motif de M.Sibelius: March of the Finnish Jaeger Battalion, Op.Sibelius: Impromptu for string orchestra.

Sibelius: Fragments from a Suite for Orchestra (Predecessor of The Oceanides).Sibelius: Earnest Melodies (2) for violin or cello & orchestra, Op.You must judge me from my orchestral works.’ This disc includes some of Sibelius’s best-known works (the Violin Concerto in Leonidas Kavakos’ award-winning recording and the Karelia Suite newly recorded by Osmo Vänskä to name but two) to rarities such as an early version of Rakastava never previously on disc. Tawaststjerna - The Complete Original Piano Music, Volume 1 at Discogs. Sibelius himself is reported to have said: ‘I am a man of the orchestra. Discover releases, reviews, track listings, recommendations, and more about Jean Sibelius / Erik T. This instalment returns to the field in which the Finnish master has earned the greatest acclaim. Processional, Op.113 No.6 Rakastava, Op.14 Tableaux 7/8 from Karelia, JS115, with simplified version of Tableau 7 Impromptu for string orchestra Karelia Suite, Op.11 Romance in C major for string orchestra, Op.42 March of the Finnish Jäger Battalion, Op.91a Suite mignonne, Op.98a Suite champêtre, Op.98b Suite caractéristique, Op.100 Autrefois from Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op.96 Menuetto, JS127Īlso includes the following world première recordings: Includes previously unreleased recordings with Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä: Of course, couplings are relevant: the Ashkenazy on Decca offers Finlandia and Luonnotar, with Elisabeth Soderstrom (having more vibrato than is ideally desirable), while the DG offers Karajans glorious account of the Sixth Symphony, which to my mind remains almost unsurpassed.Īmong its predecessors only the famous Beecham recording on LP (RCAnla) offers more distinctive insightsand I endorse a recent plea in these columns for its reissue (see April Correspondence, page 1172), and of more recent versions Sir Colin Daviss LP account on Philips with the Boston orchestra is extremely fine.Ī concert performance I heard at the Royal Festival Hall last summer from Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia promises well.) However, so far as a CD is concerned, at the time of writing the only contender of note is Neeme Jarvi and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra who give a vividly-recorded account with totally committed playing on BISConifer.Īlthough Karajans recording does not quite have the range of the Jarvi version, the situation is now much improved and the performance is a great one: so are Nos. It has grown in my estimation over the years and I find that having felt it too well-groomed on first acquaintance in the mid-1960s, I have come to discover its depths in later years.Īlthough one is bowled over by the Ashkenazy at first, it is the Karajan that has the greater concentration and tension. However, the virtues of the Fifth are well known and I cannot welcome its appearance in the CD format too warmly. Impressive though it is, I have never thought Karajans Seventh quite in the same class, and it must yield both technically and, I think, artistically to the Ashkenazy which is very powerful and coupled with impressive Tapiola. The Karajan is (to quote IM who reviewed its last reissue on cassette) a great performance and, to my mind, it is indisputably the finest of the four LP versions he has made (two with the Philharmonia for Columbia and the 1977 Berlin account for HMV). The Fifth Symphony faces the greatest competition (and formidable it is too) from Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra on Decca, not to mention the even finer account Simon Rattle has made with the same orchestra for EMI.īoth versions have the advantage of the latest engineering: yet the excellence of this classic Karajan record is such that few listeners would guess its age. And if you have an M-Audio keyboard you can use its own faders and transport buttons to control Sibeliuss playback.

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