BaL 5.06.21 - Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D

[Barbirollians]

Delighted to hear that the studio EMI Haendel/Berglund won - but if I had to save one of her recordings from the waves it would be the live version with Rattle intermittently available in Testament from her penultimate Prom in 1993. Glad to hear the excellent Mutter version also high up in the rankings.

[visualnickmos]

Pekka Kuusisto, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam

For me, THIS was both the surprise and delight. Might well buy

...and if you get the box set, you get the complete symphonies, thrown in !

[Zucchini]

...and if you get the box set, you get the complete symphonies, thrown in !

Yuk ... do you get a discount for that?

[Alain Maréchal]

I was interested to read in a review on Amazon that apparently the Camilla Wicks /Ehrling recording of the Sibelius was the top choice in BBC Music Magazine’s version of BAL a few years ago . It does not seem to be available any more . I was lucky enough to find a cheap copy of an EMI Japanese import a few years back.

It is apparently available for free to stream on Amazon Prime music if you have that.

A CD version is available: https://forgottenrecords.com/fr/Wick...lius--492.html

[Barbirollians]

A CD version is available: https://forgottenrecords.com/fr/Wick...lius--492.html

Snap it up I say.

I was rather surprised that some other recordings did not make the cut especially the Oistrakh referred to above. The highly rated Batiashvili also did not get a mention as I recall.