Sibelius: Scenes Historiques I & II / King Christian Ii
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Composer: SibeliusConductor: Inkinen
Performer: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-01-29
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- All' Overtura: Grave - Allegro
- Scena: Tempo Di Menuetto
- Festivo: Tempo Di Bolero
- The Chase (OVerture): Andante - Allegro Con Brio
- Love Song: Largo
- At the Drawbridge: Allegro Moderato
- Nocturne: Molto Moderato
- Elegie: Andante Sostenuto
- Musette: Allegretto
- Serenade: Moderato Assai (Quasi Menuetto)
- Ballade: Allegro Molto
Free Music Notes for Sibelius: Scenes Historiques I & II / King Christian Ii
Free Music Review: One of Naxos's best Sibelius recordings
Hit: 5 Stars
Naxos has produced a fair share of Sibelius recordings over the years, some of them very good to excellent (Complete Piano Works, Lemminkainen Legends, Kullervo), some of them not so great. (I always thought that Naxos's Sibelius symphony cycle with Petri Sakari and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra was always a bit overrated.) This current release of some of Sibelius's lighter orchestral fare is, thankfully, worthy of being counted among the "excellent."
Sibelius's SCENES HISTORIQUES and KING CHRISTIAN II SUITE have been recoded many times over the years, but I believe this is the first time in a long time that these works have gotten a major new release.
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is one of Naxos's "house bands" and they play to invigorating effect under their new (Finnish) conductor, the young Pietari Inkinen. Inkinen coaxes his orchestra to perform these works exactly as they should be heard...with fresh energy and enthusiasm all the while keeping the inherent lightness of the scores intact.
Naxos's sonics are, as usual, stupendous. The New Zealand SO sounds natural and crystal-clear.
This has, no doubt, become my favorite recording of these pieces and I shall return to it often. No Sibelian should be without this exciting recording.
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