Sibelius - The Wood-Nymph (Skogsrået), Op. 15
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Sibelius: Symphony No. 4, The Wood Nymph & Valse Triste
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
It's a strong Fourth, worthy of comparison with the best, but the performance of The Wood Nymph is simply the best to appear so far. Symphonic drive and story-telling are balanced magnificently... — More…
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Special offer. Sibelius - The Wood-Nymph
Lasse Pöysti (narrator)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
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As ever with Vanska, the interpretation is full of incidental insights, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra's playing captured in excellent sound. — More…
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Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Anni Kuusimäki (harp)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
If there's a star on this disc it's Anni Kuusimäki, the harpist in the brief but weirdly touching tone-poem The Bard...Zimmermann is determined to peel off the mould of tradition and open up... — More…
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Summer with Sibelius
Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Olli Mustonen (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Jenny Carlstedt, Arttu Kataja, Ernst Kovacic, Juhani Lagerspetz, Soile Isokoski (soprano), Jaakko Kortekangas
Tapiola Sinfonietta, The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish...
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Camilla Tilling uses her light lyric soprano to trace the echoes and glints of folksong in the melodic shape and harmonic underpinning of many of these songs of the North. Minimal vibrato and... — More…
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Special offer. Anne Sofie von Otter sings Sibelius
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), with Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano)
The vast majority of Sibelius's songs are in Swedish, the language with which he grew up as a child, and here they're given by a distinguished native Swedish partnership. The Seven Songs, Op... — More…
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