Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
Hughes gives us a very direct performance of [No.1], free of any interpretative exaggeration. The playing of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is first class in all departments...Hughes’s account...
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
Hughes gives us a very direct performance of [No.1], free of any interpretative exaggeration. The playing of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is first class in all departments...Hughes’s account...
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The first in a cycle of all seven of Sibelius’s symphonies sees the first dating from 1899 coupled with the third from 1907.
No.1, although bound by classical conventions and the influence of Tchaikovsky, displays a remarkable and striking independence of thought.
No.3 shows the composer making the transition from the large-scale symphonic structures of the first two symphonies to the more compact, tightly argued symphonies to follow.
Like the 5th, the C major work is in three movements and the clean, highly individual instrumentation marks it as the first of the symphonies in his mature style.
The sunny brisk nature of the Third belies its importance among the seven symphonies.
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineNovember 2020Editor's Choice
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Gramophone MagazineCritics' Choice 2020
November 2020
Hughes gives us a very direct performance of [No.1], free of any interpretative exaggeration. The playing of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is first class in all departments...Hughes’s account of the Third Symphony is equally compelling, clarity and expression once again hallmarks of the interpretation...Altogether a terrific start to Rubicon’s new cycle of the Sibelius symphonies.
