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

[visualnickmos]

.....Lenny sounded marvellous

It is - as are all his Sibelius VPO recordings, of which he didn't quite make it to a complete set.
The reviewer, I think, wrote off Bernstein as being 'too heavy' for her taste. For 'too heavy' I read 'full of passion' and 'heartfelt'.... (and fabulously recorded sound)

but for some reason the Karajan has totally capture my imagination and I'll be spinning it as soon as this programme finishes!

Yes - another one that stands out - there is something rather addictive in hearing Karajan 'doing' Sibelius - whereas Bernstein is full of passion, HvK is full of a certain sense of mystery - almost other-worldly fantasy...... I love 'em both

[Beef Oven!]

It is - as are all his Sibelius VPO recordings, of which he didn't quite make it to a complete set.
The reviewer, I think, wrote off Bernstein as being 'too heavy' for her taste. For 'too heavy' I read 'full of passion' and 'heartfelt'.... (and fabulously recorded sound)




Yes - another one that stands out - there is something rather addictive in hearing Karajan 'doing' Sibelius - whereas Bernstein is full of passion, HvK is full of a certain sense of mystery - almost other-worldly fantasy...... I love 'em both

[Nick Armstrong]

Belatedly caught up with this BAL... and this thread. Good review, I thought. Strange that despite having lived with the Vanska/Lahti set since not long after it came out, and having a number of other versions, I'd never really taken on board that the Vanska approach is so much quicker and punchier than the norm.

I've had the Storgards set since it was issued, too, and agree about its excellence.

The reading that I don't know which really caught my ears was the Jansons/Oslo performance, sounded magical. That's the one I might add to the collection....

[DublinJimbo]

The reading that I don't know which really caught my ears was the Jansons/Oslo performance, sounded magical. That's the one I might add to the collection....

That was my reaction too. I sourced a reasonably priced download on Qobuz of a twofer with symphonies 1, 2, 3 and 5, and look forward to listening to it.

[Beef Oven!]

Belatedly caught up with this BAL... and this thread. Good review, I thought. Strange that despite having lived with the Vanska/Lahti set since not long after it came out, and having a number of other versions, I'd never really taken on board that the Vanska approach is so much quicker and punchier than the norm.

Same here.

I've had the Storgards set since it was issued, too, and agree about its excellence.

Not been swayed by what I've heard so far. I was thinking there might be some hyping going on, but a few forumites have given the thumbs up so perhaps it's my ears.

The reading that I don't know which really caught my ears was the Jansons/Oslo performance, sounded magical. That's the one I might add to the collection....

Surprisingly it was the HvK that caught my ears.

[ahinton]

Not having heard the programme I cannot comment on it, but although I have invariably found that a pretty much ideal interpreter of any Sibelius orchestral music is a conductor mentioned in the OP list and whose forename rhymes with the affected mispronunciation of that of one of the composer's younger contemporaries, no one appears to have mentioned his recording; what did the presenter have to say about it?

A stunning Tapiola from him was broadcast on CoTW the other day...

[HighlandDougie]

Harder than that damned quiz which appears every year in the Grauniad (or at least it used to) but, yes, the Man-Mountain (aka Leif Segerstam) mentioned favourably (rightly so, IMV) and illustrated, too.

[Nick Armstrong]

Not having heard the programme I cannot comment on it, but although I have invariably found that a pretty much ideal interpreter of any Sibelius orchestral music is a conductor mentioned in the OP list and whose forename rhymes with the affected mispronunciation of that of one of the composer's younger contemporaries, no one appears to have mentioned his recording; what did the presenter have to say about it?

I hope we can expect this to feature as a practical example in Chapter 1 of "Hinton's Straight-Talking For Beginners", ah? (I assume such a volume must be imminent).

[verismissimo]

I hope we can expect this to feature as a practical example in Chapter 1 of "Hinton's Straight-Talking For Beginners", ah? (I assume such a volume must be imminent).

Try as I might, just can't get anything to rhyme with Malcolm, Cali.

[MickyD]

How about Talcum? (as in powder)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

How about Talcum? (as in powder)

Bought from a shop in Salcombe?

[cincinnatus]

How about Talcum? (as in powder)

'A bit of talcum is always walcum.' Ogden Nash

[Nick Armstrong]

'A bit of talcum is always walcum.' Ogden Nash

An explanation of veris's reference to Malcolm, would also be walcum...

[Barbirollians]

Indeed , there was no mention of Sir Malcolm's version so highly rated by HS .

[Nick Armstrong]

Sir Malcolm

Ah!