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In Reply to: RE: Who does the best Sibelius? posted by Jack D II on January 12, 2015 at 02:38:25
I obsess over the 4th and 5th, never heard better than Karajan's mid-'60s, even having listened to some of the alternates kindly offered in here and at vinyl asylum.
4th: the tone painting--the 'coloring' of the string sound--in the 1st and 3rd mov'ts are unmatched, IMHO. Incredibly bleak.
5th: Perfect balance between clarity and weightiness gives Sibelius' fleeting but poignant chord suspensions their due. Too much weight, you get mush; too much clarity, you get a chamber symphony. Very hard to keep the "line" going in the finale but K manages to keep the intensity up 'till the very end.
PS, I'm one of the millions that like Barbirolli's 2nd on Chesky, and thankful K Wilkinson was around to record it.
Haven't found a 7th to match the spiritual grandeur of Colin Davis' LSO on RCA, I believe from the '90s.
Dorati's collection of tone poems on EMI: Luonnotar, Oceanides, Nightride, etc. Is a favorite. Was disappointed by Berglunds 5 disc set--too light-weight and variable recording quality. Many feel the Beecham's early Sibelius incidental music is the most vivid of all.
Berglund's first Kullervo is a stunner and delights the audiophile crowd as well.
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