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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... —
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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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Rouvali’s pacing, for the most part, feels instinctively ‘right’…The recording in Gothenburg’s wood-lined Concert Hall offers sonorous, yet clear lower textures, and if the high strings and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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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... —
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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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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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Special offer. Sibelius: Complete Symphonies & Tone Poems
RecommendedLaurence Thorstenberg, Salvatore Accardo (violin)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Building a Library, September 2013, First Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Coming soon. Sibelius & Saraste: The 7 Symphonies
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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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)... —
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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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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
Monica Groop (mezzo), Peter Mattei (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Another instalment in Osmo Vänskä's next-generation Sibelius cycle, turning from the poetic Lahti orchestra to the full-blooded Minnesota sound. And full-blooded the First certainly is...Altogether,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 56th Awards (2013), Best Orchestral Performance
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