Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7
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Composer: Jean SibeliusConductor: Osmo V?nsk?
Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-10-01
Music Label: Bis
Soundtracks:
- I. Allegro Molto Moderato
- II. Allegretto Moderato
- III. Poco Vivace
- IV. Allegro Molto
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Free Music Review: Ice Station Lahti
Hit: 4 Stars
The Sibelius Sixth Symphony is a personal favorite. Its ingratiating understated fleetness, especially in the poco vivace third movement with the winds skipping over a cushion of strings, just does something to enliven one's soul and outlook. As with the other recordings I've heard from V?nsk? and his native Finnish Lahti players, the Sixth receives a cool reading that never exceeds the dynamic and expressive bounds of the Sibelian idiom -- I like it here! Though the Lahti Symphony is a relatively small band, the recording is so clear and with such a wide dynamic range that one feels the musical equivalent of Finland's spring splendor. This might just be my new favorite recording of the Sixth.
The Seventh Symphony is a different animal entirely. It's a mostly austere work, blending elements of late Romanticism with the prevailing new twentieth century Modernism which Sibelius could never quite embrace. It's in a single movement, but with three distinguishing parts all ingeniously melded into a seamless whole. Many consider this to be as seminally defining to twentieth century music as the likes of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring or Debussy's La Mer -- I can see that -- but it's never become a staple of the concert hall. As another reviewer elsewhere quipped, it might be that the work is simply greater than it can be performed. Of the several recordings of it I have, no two sound quite alike.
The popular tone poem Tapiola receives the same cool approach that seemingly permeates V?nsk?/Lahti's recorded cycle. It's difficult to recommend this CD to a novice listener, especially with many fine and more reasonably priced options, but it's compellingly performed music nonetheless. What the smallish Lahti orchestra lacks in sheer lushness, such as heard in the contemporary recordings from Leif Segerstam and the Helsinki Philharmonic on the Ondine label, it certainly makes up for with committed playing.
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 Poster
If I were to go out on a limb, I would say that these are the finest performances of the Sixth and Seventh Symphonies currently available. In the earlier symphonies, Osmo Vanska seemed determined to make his personal mark on the music by choosing some very extreme tempos, both fast and slow. Here, he's content to present the music as effortlessly and organically as possible, and the result is exceptionally impressive. The Lahti Symphony is a smallish orchestra, but it's extremely polished in ensemble. The result is a near-perfect balance that allows the important woodwind parts to emerge clearly above a soft cushion of strings. It's an ideal sound for Sibelius, and the superb recording places the orchestra right in your listening room. --David HurwitzClassical Music CDs
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