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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
If anyone mentioned Barbirolli's performance with the RPO, I missed it. I find that curious.
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I no longer have the Barbirolli set (except for the Readers Digest Second with the RPO on Chesky - but that was a one-off recording), but I remember it as being much to my liking in its tempos and general approach. I love the intense string playing in this set!
Another set that hasn't been mentioned is the Kurt Sanderling / Berlin Symphony album - not to mention the various Paavo Berglund sets. (Berglund made three complete cycles and recorded a couple of individual symphonies beyond that!)
Frankly, I find all of these - Barbirolli, Berglund (in at least two of his three sets), and Sanderling - every bit as compelling as anything I've heard from Davis (all three sets), Ashkenazy and Maazel, if not more so (although I think I do need to re-acquaint myself with the Maazel performances again). Strangely enough, these latter three conductors IMHO seem to be better in the first couple of symphonies than in the great and profound later works as a general rule.
Chris, the Sibelius 4th in the Maazel/Vienna set is just terrific. I think he gets the gray, threatening aesthetic of the first movement just right.
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