Sibelius: The Symphonies / Blomstedt
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Box set, Collector's Edition
CD Release Date: 2006-07-04
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- I. Andante ma non troppo - Allegro energico
- II. Andante (ma non troppo lento)
- III. Scherzo: Allegro
- IV. Finale (quasi una fantasia)
- I. Allegretto - Poco allegro - Tranquillo, ma poco a poco ravvivando il tempo al allegro
- II. Tempo andante, ma rubato - Andante sostenuto
- III. Vivacissimo - Lento e suave - Largamente
- IV. Finale: Allegro moderato
- I. Allegro moderato
- II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto
- III. Moderato - Allegro (ma non tanto)
- I. Allegro molto moderato
- II. Allegretto moderato
- III. Poco vivace
- IV. Allegro molto
- I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
- II. Allegro molto vivace
- III. Il tempo largo
- IV. Allegro
- I. Tempo molto moderato - Largamente - Allegro moderato
- II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
- III. Allegro molto
Free Music Notes for Sibelius: The Symphonies / Blomstedt
Free Music Review: Testimony: A recording for the ages
Hit: 5 Stars
While Herbert Blomstedt was conductor of the San Francisco Symphony in the 1990s (after Ozawa and before Tilson Thomas) he led the orchestra to a substantial catalogue of recordings. Not least among these was the unequaled Nielsen symphony cycle and this complete set of the Sibelius symphonies.
This boxed set is highly recommended. Although it is the result of many different recording sessions, there is a consistency of interpretation which is much to be recommended. The SFS has both sweet singing strings and a grand brass chorus sufficient to do justice to these symphonies.
Although this is a bit of a simplification, one could say that Sibelius turned music on its head: The classical style of Hadyn and Mozart was to declare a couple of themes and then modify and elaborate them. Sibelius tends to start with a fragment (most famously, a single repeated note on the oboe in No. 2), then develop it to a grand statement of the theme at the end of the movement. This is his genius. The music transcends earthly existence and certainly belies the notoriously gloomy disposition of its composer.
The "fillers" on this set are Valse Triste (an early work) and Tapiola, Sibelius's last published work. The one deficiency is that the liner notes in the accompanying booklet are brief indeed.
Overall this is a monumental musical collaboration, an achievement of sensitivity and integrity that is a happy testament to Blomstedt's decade with the SFS.
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