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In Reply to: RE: Colin Davis' final Sibelius 2nd: blah posted by jdaniel@jps.net on November 07, 2016 at 14:32:18
As Sibelius is one of my favorite composers, I suppose I would enjoy any lengthy thread on him music. Sibelius is one of the 4 major symphonists where I can say I have heard all of their symphonies live, the others being Beethoven, Brahms, and Mahler. I learned the second symphony with HvK's Philharmonia recording, although I actually didn't like it then that much - it took a tape of the Szell/Concertgebouw to make me a true believer of the 2nd. I also heard Karajan's protégé Kamu conduct it live soon before he recorded it for the DG Sibelius cycle, and I have been fortunate enough to hear conductors like Maazel, Blomstedt, Vanksa, Gilbert, Boughton (a good 5th!), Susanna Malkki (an even better one), and MTT perform the symphonies live.
I have been slowly collecting more of HvK's Sibelius - his Phiharmonia recordings are really good (although I didn't like that 2nd, but that was a LONG time ago), although the sound is not as transparent as one would like. I like what I have heard of his DG set thus far - well just the 5th thus far. I have not heard anything of his later EMI set, and I was actually a little surprised by its existence, as I thought I had heard that he wasn't really a fan of 1-3, which is why Kamu recorded them for the DG set.
I have Colin Davis's BSO set, and a few of the LSO Live set - the Barbican is a truly nasty concert hall (I have been to a concert there), and the sound of most of the LSO Live recordings reflects that. I also have the Maazel VPO set, which is good, and a few Bernsteins (not a fan), and well, many others.
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Good post TGR. I really like Karajan's DG 5th, my favorite Sibelius symphony. And very much like Kamu's 3rd. Have you heard his (Kamu) 1st and 2nd for DG? I heard he's recording a cycle for BIS.
I have his second on DG, but haven't heard the first or 3rd. The second is good, although not as structurally taut as Szell. His Bis set is out - received what I would call mixed reviews. Haven't heard it myself.
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