Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 (The Karajan Collection)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-10-25
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- I. Allegretto
- II. Tempo Andante, Ma Rubato/Andante Sostenuto/Allegro/Andante Sostenuto
- III. Vivacissimo/Lento E Suave/Tempo Primo
- IV. Finale: Allegro Moderato
- I. Tempo Molto Moderato/Largamente/Allegro Moderato
- II. Andante Mosso, Quasi Allegretto
- III. Allegro Molto
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Free Music Review: Karajan's best Sibelius Second, and a commanding Fifth
Hit: 5 Stars
I wondered why EMI chose to include this 1960 recording of the Sibelius Second in their Karajan Collection rather htan his later rendition with the Berlin Phil. Now I know. This is a passionate, powerful reading without the grandiose touches of the remake. Karajan relinquished his relationship with the Philharmonia around this time, but by the end he had the orchestra sounding great--England perhaps has produced no finer since then. The engineering and remastering are exemplary; this oculd be contemporary sound.
As for the interpretation, it's uncanny how Karajan came within a second or two of his timings in both recordings (in fact, for the first movement, Jarajan, Okku Kamu, and Barbirolli are all within a second of 10 min.) The reading is literal, in the sense that Karajan doesn't use expressive rubato the way Barbirolli did. His view of Sibelius is monumental and muscular.
The same goes for the Fifth Sym., also from 1960--it's as passionate as the Second, but Karajan made two famous recordings with the Berlin Phil. of this work (on EMI and DG). All three sound essentially the same--Karajan tended to stay close to an interpretation once he'd fixed it. If you don't own either of the later ones from Berlin, this London recording is as good as it gets.
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