Sibelius Symphonies

Please provide any suggested recording(s) of Sibelius Symphonies, especially No. 2, 5 and 7.

Thanks and Happy Listening.

Otto

yu1137504-29-2002 7:54pm

rushton Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,445 posts 04-29-2002 at 10:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sym 2 -- Barbirolli/RPO or Monteux/LonSO Sym 5 -- Gibson/LonSO Sym 7 -- Maazel/VPO
rushton Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,445 posts 08-12-2005 at 12:44pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Ditto Texasdave's recommendation of the Sibelius Violin Concerto by Heifetz/Hendl/Chicago SO. It is superb. For vinyl fanciers, the Classic Records LP reissue is very good. Dave, it sounds like you may have found something to like in Tony Faulker's engineering work on the Colin Davis series. Is that so? .
rushton Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,445 posts 08-11-2005 at 10:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Since this thread has been revived, I'll add one more performance I've been enjoying very much recently: not one of his symphonies, but Finlandia as performed by Mackerras and the London Proms Orchestra on RCA LSC 2336 (the Classic Records 45 r.p.m. reissue is very good, the engineering by Kenneth Wilkinson is superb). .