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Both Sibelius works come across very strongly here...Saraste sees these works whole. Always the right thing seems to happen at the right time. The sense of growth from a simple but potent musical... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Older conductors have a knack of searching out the metaphysical in Bruckner...Tempi are wonderfully sustained – “old” does not always mean “slow” – and climaxes are reached patiently and lyrically,... — Financial Times, 17th August 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…Finn Paavo Berglund is now the composer's most authoritative living interpreter. Hearing his live recording of the Seventh Symphony, a lifetime's questioning distilled in a single monolithic... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It's an extraordinary interpretation: for one thing, at least in the first two movements, it must be the slowest account I've ever heard...Yet, to be fair, the effect is neither glacial nor... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Both interpretations have impressive strengths, with Berglund's familiar and admirable no-nonsense directness everywhere in evidence, and with much fine and vividly focused orchestral playing... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…