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I like my Sibelius very Nordic.... No bombast please....

It's hard for me to imagine Karajan being replaced in the 5th, or Barbirolli/Maazel/Szell for the 2nd, (though Szell just misses the transcendence of the final pages, as is his wont). >>>

Not on my agenda - Maazel, Barbirolli, Bernstein, Karajan.... Szell's always a maybe.

On my agenda - most of the Baltic and Scandinavian conductors, except Berglund who I've never liked much.

I lived in Norway for 6 years. I spoke the language and was very interested in the culture - I gigged all over Norway and did a lot of school tours as well. I need my Sibelius to feel "Nordic" with all that brings to the table. Just like I like my Falla to be played by Spaniards. It's in the blood, and it isn't your typical European symphonic tradition either.

I haven't heard the latest Vanska, but I like what he's done so far. Together with Segerstam, Kajanus, Jarvi, Saraste and some of the others, plus a few Russians and some conductors who sympathise with the music.

But as with Mahler, I don't like a lot of rhetoric or "added passion". I want to just hear the music. So for Mahler it's Boulez, Gielen, Rosbaud, Maderna. I don't think they recorded much Sibelius between them, though..... Don't know why Boulez wasn't big on SIbelius - no doubt he said something about it to somebody.

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