Sibelius - Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82
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Orchestral » Symphonies
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Special offer. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5; Two Serenades; Two Serious Melodies; Swanwhite
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
The level of music-making presented here tells its own story. This is a Sibelius recording that’s up there with the finest of any era...And in the two groups of violin-and-orchestra pieces –... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Saraste does not need to play to the gallery; Sibelius does that more than adequately...I will be returning to this set often, and I encourage all to do so, too. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2026, Editor's Choice
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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... —
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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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Special offer. Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
RecommendedRecorded 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... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Symphonic Music
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Building A Library, February 2026, Top Choice (Symphony No. 5)
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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,... —
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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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[the Minnesota's] sound is huge and polished with rich strings, flaring brass and mellow winds, clearly recorded in first-rate SACD surround sound...[the Fifth] is fairly speedy, but well-paced... —
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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... —
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Building a Library, December 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Orchestral
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Building A Library, August 2025, Recommended Recording - Symphony No. 1
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Predictably, Yannick Nézet-Séguin gets the pacing and the frissons absolutely right in Sibelius’s two biggest and best-known symphonic adventures...If not the most startling of recent interpretations,... —
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Mature wisdom and beautiful playing from the LSO —
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Building a Library, June 2012, First Choice
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