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His tempi… are unsensational and highly effective, and he inspires readings of great expressive intensity. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2009 More…

Release Date: 25th May 2009
Catalogue No: AV2150
Label: Avie
Length: 74 minutes

Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52

Work length27:49

$4.50

$6.30

Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair

I. Allegro moderato

Track length9:48

$1.50

$2.10

II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto

Track length9:45

$1.50

$2.10

III. Moderato; Allegro (ma non tanto)

Track length8:16

$1.50

$2.10

Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major

Work length20:44

$4.00

$5.60

Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair

I. Toccata

Track length5:39

$1.00

$1.40

II. Aria I

Track length4:08

$1.00

$1.40

III. Aria II

Track length4:59

$1.00

$1.40

IV. Capriccio

Track length5:58

$1.00

$1.40

Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104

Work length25:41

$5.00

$7.00

Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair

I. Allegro molto moderato

Track length7:50

$1.50

$2.10

II. Allegro moderato

Track length5:40

$1.00

$1.40

III. Poco vivace

Track length3:03

$1.00

$1.40

IV. Allegro molto

Track length9:08

$1.50

$2.10

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Thomas Zehetmair, Music Director of Northern Sinfonia returns as both soloist and conductor with a new recording of Symphonies 3 & 6 by Jean Sibelius and Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto. All three works were recorded at the home of Northern Sinfonia, The Sage Gateshead and follow critically acclaimed Mozart recordings with Imogen Cooper and a Brahms/Schumann CD which was CD of the month in BBC Music Magazine (July 2007).

Sibelius’ Symphony No. 3 in C major was premiered in 1907 and many argue that it is here that Sibelius’ powers first display themselves in full regalia while Symphony No. 6 (1923) is the purest, most inward, almost hypnotic of his works and in many ways the most fascinating of his symphonies. The Violin Concerto in D, very representative of Stravinsky’s neo-Classical period, received its first performance in Berlin in October 1931 with the composer himself conducting the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Northern Sinfonia with its Music Director Thomas Zehetmair command a unique position in Europe, with repertoire spanning three centuries and regularly commissioned new works. Autumn 2008 marked the start of the Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Season and its fourth year in its own spectacular Norman Foster designed home for music, The Sage Gateshead, wthere it is central to the extensive classical programme.

"With its breathtaking Foster architecture, revolutionary intermingling of educational, community and professional music-making, and passionate support from Gateshead Council, The Sage Gateshead has quickly become the most exciting music venue in Britain — and Northern Sinfonia has raised its game to match its new home." The Times

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September 2009

His tempi… are unsensational and highly effective, and he inspires readings of great expressive intensity.

31st May 2009

With its rhythmic thrust and counterthrust, does the job well, especially given the conductor-come-soloist Thomas Zehetmair’s taut, precisely coloured and articulated reading and the extraordinarily alert response of the excellent Northern Sinfonia. Their wind and brass players, especially, rise to the occasion.

29th May 2009

Thomas Zehetmair directs the concerto from the violin; he brings the work alive marvellously, pirouetting his way through the central pair of arias like an operatic diva, and dispatching the outer movements with tremendous élan.

The Independent on Sunday 21st June 2009

This framing of the Russian gadfly's neoclassical Violin Concerto in D with the sorrowful Finn's resinous Third and watery Sixth Symphonies is remarkably persuasive.

Sibelius - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6

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