BaL 12.12.15 - Sibelius: Symphony no. 1 in E minor

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

no translation, but here is the picture.
http://www.discogs.com/sibelius-bost...elease/4464758

snap!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

"Two Half Figures (ie, not "full-length") on the Shore/by the Beach"

[pastoralguy]

As to the National Philharmonic, another Cala CD on which they play music from "The Sleeping Beauty" mentions some of the first violinists sitting in the rank and file just behind Sydney Sax; namely Hugh Bean, John Georgiadis, Desmond Bradley, Bela Dekaney and Kenneth Sillito. ]

Now THAT is a first violin section...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Worryingly, the week's email from CD Review says that next week's BAL is on Nielsen 6.

After (the rather interminable) BaL this week, AMcG did confirm that the next one was to be Sib. 1.

[akiralx]

There also seems to be a live 1953 Stokowski Sibelius 1 on Guild, from Helsinki.

[BBMmk2]

Looking forward to this BaL! I wonder how Ashkenazy will fair?

[visualnickmos]

Looking forward to this BaL! I wonder how Ashkenazy will fair?

So am I. Ashkenazy should (if there is any justice in this world) fair very well. There are many ways of speaking Sibelius's 'language' - it's perhaps a question of whose 'accent' one prefers......

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ah - but which version by Ashkenazy? (Any opinions on the more recent recording?)

[visualnickmos]

Ah - but which version by Ashkenazy? (Any opinions on the more recent recording?)

He recorded it again? I have his Decca 1984 with the Philharmonia...... I find this a most rewarding set - not just the 1st symphony.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

He recorded it again?

Yup - third on Alpie's list:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000P0IB1U

... somewhat pricey! (The boxed set of the earlier complete Symphonies costs less than this one CD!)

[Barbirollians]

I got to know the Sibelius symphonies from 3-7 through the Ashkenazy recordings but did not have his First - that was Barbirolli on an EMI Eminence reissue or his Second which I first owned with the BSO/Davis recording . I have enjoyed making their acquaintance in the recently issued box . The standout recording for me of the Ashkenazy set was the coupling of the Seventh and Tapiola .

[richardfinegold]

I got to know the Sibelius symphonies from 3-7 through the Ashkenazy recordings but did not have his First - that was Barbirolli on an EMI Eminence reissue or his Second which I first owned with the BSO/Davis recording . I have enjoyed making their acquaintance in the recently issued box . The standout recording for me of the Ashkenazy set was the coupling of the Seventh and Tapiola .

Interesting. My first cycle was Davis/Boston. VA was my first cycle on CD and the best recordings in the lot were the First and the coupling of 7 and Tapiola. My next digital cycle was Vanska/Lahti and for years that ruled the roost on my shelves, until I bought the Barbirolli Halle cycle at a second hand shop

[Barbirollians]

Loved the Bernstein extract she just dissed .

[pastoralguy]

Great to hear such enthusiasm for the SNO under Gibson!

[Alison]

Loved the Bernstein extract she just dissed .

riveting