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Great news! Arkivmusic.com has gotten its “on demand” hands on the Japanese RCA Ormandy Edition, making these recordings available in North America at far saner
Come on. Be honest. How often do you listen to a recording that occasionally makes you smile and has the overall effect of making you
This beautifully produced, very well recorded collection makes the perfect introduction to Sibelius’ non-symphonic orchestral works and tone poems. All of the performances are wonderful.
It’s hard to believe that, Tapiola and Valse Triste aside, none of this material has appeared on CD before. The original LP appeared a few
Vladimir Ashkenazy certainly knows his Sibelius, and delivers elegant, idiomatic performances. The Fourth Symphony comes off particularly well, aided by playing of great sensitivity from
The playing is very good, tempos are sensible, and the sonics are outstanding in all formats (5-channel surround at a maximum). So what’s the problem?
No complaints here. Pietari Inkinen paces the always problematic Night Ride perfectly, stressing the music’s subtly changing tone colors and never permitting the rhythms to
If Colin Davis had had the self-discipline to quit while he was ahead, with this Sibelius cycle, I have no doubt he would have been
This coupling is unusual, to say the least. Schoenberg’s 12-tone music has the undeserved reputation of being unusually difficult, at least to the extent that
Vladimir Ashkenazy’s Decca recording of the First Symphony is one of the best available, and this one shares that earlier version’s exciting climaxes at generally
