Make it the sole aim and the tension between surface gesture and deep structure is lost, and with it the essence of the Sibelius idiom. This point already impinges in the middle of the first movement ...

Vladimir Ashkenazy’s Sibelius symphony cycle with the Philharmonia would win every prize going. Only the spectacularly natural results obtained by the BIS technicians for Osmo Vänskä and the Lahti SO ...

This is the second video release with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Principal conductor JukkaPekka Saraste conducts Norways national Orchestra in Jean Sibelius first symphony The DVD and BLURAY ...