Sibelius - Symphonies Nos. 1-7
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Orchestral » Symphonies
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Most Finnish greats have recorded cycles of Sibelius symphonies at least once...Who’d have predicted that this latest, from Klaus Mäkelä at the helm of the Oslo Philharmonic would be the most... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Orchestral
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Kamu offers an [easy] sense of movement… intense quiet dynamics and clarity in perfect equilibrium with atmosphere. There's plenty of excitement too: the scherzo of the Second is truly vivacissimo…Three,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th November 2015
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Special offer. Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
Recorded from December 2014 to February 2015 at the Philharmonie Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
Rattle has undoubtedly prepared his Berlin Philharmonic to the highest level for this Sibelius project, and the results are rarely less than impressive…Rattle is at his best in the grandeurs... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Symphonic Music
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They are big-boned, muscular accounts, magnificently played in all departments...the brooding Fourth best suits the Berliners’ dark sound; and the Third is surprisingly lithe and sprightly. — More…
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
Monica Groop (mezzo), Peter Mattei (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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From the clarinet solo that opens No 1 to the unforgettable C major scale launching No 7, intensity and idiomatic intelligence abound. No 7 is magnificent, and aptly follows No 6 (they’re related)... — More…
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Conductor of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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It may sound like faint praise to describe these as 'well-managed' performances, but to shape and steer all Seven Symphonies convincingly is no mean feat. When it comes to overview and attention... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Orchestral
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Special offer. Sibelius: Complete Symphonies
Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
The Polytech Male Choir & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Provocative, big-hearted and occasionally just plain bonkers, Segerstam is at his flexible best in Nos 1 and 7, where raw emotion, recreative spark and edge-of-seat drama combine to often revelatory... — More…
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Special offer. Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki University Male Choir, State Academic Male Choir of the Estonian S.S.R., Paavo Berglund
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