Special offer. Horst Stein - The Sibelius Recordings
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Horst Stein
well-wrought performances […] the finest thing on this disc is to my mind Pohjola’s Daughter of which Mr. Stein gives a powerful and compelling account, and whose atmosphere and detail is excellently...
Special offer. Horst Stein - The Sibelius Recordings
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Horst Stein
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well-wrought performances […] the finest thing on this disc is to my mind Pohjola’s Daughter of which Mr. Stein gives a powerful and compelling account, and whose atmosphere and detail is excellently...
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To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sibelius, Decca Eloquence collects together the four LPs of the composer’s music that Stein recorded for Decca between 1971 and 1981. They include all the important tone poems, the Second Symphony (receiving its first international release on CD) and music for the theatre. All were critically acclaimed in their time. Known in particular for his work in Bayreuth – he conducted 76 performances there between 1969 and 1986, Stein held principal positions with the Bamberg, Basel, NHK (Japan) and Suisse Romande Orchestras, and all his Sibelius recordings were made with this Swiss orchestra.
Contents and tracklist
Work length43:19
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1981-10
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
I. Allegretto
Track length10:03
II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
Track length13:53
III. Vivacissimo
Track length6:12
IV. Finale. Allegro moderato
Track length13:11
Work length14:31
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1971-06
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
Work length8:14
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1971-06
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
Sibelius:
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: I. Lemminkäinen and the Island Maidens
Work length15:42
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1980-01
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
Work length7:23
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1980-01
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
Sibelius:
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: III. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela
Work length13:51
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1980-01
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
Sibelius:
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: IV. Lemminkäinen's Return
Work length6:08
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1980-01
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
Work length16:21
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1971-06-14
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
Work length13:10
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1971-06-14
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
Sibelius:
Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite, Op. 46
Work length27:36
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1978-07-02
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
I. At the Castle Gate
Track length2:57
II. Mélisande
Track length4:07
III. At the Seashore
Track length2:01
IV. A Spring in the Park
Track length2:02
V. The Three Blind Sisters
Track length2:36
VI. Pastorale
Track length2:08
VII. Mélisande at the Spinning Wheel
Track length2:07
VIII. Entracte
Track length2:38
IX. The Death of Mélisande
Track length7:00
Sibelius:
The Tempest, Op 109 No. 1: Overture
Work length5:07
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1978-07-02
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
Sibelius:
The Tempest Suite No. 1, Op. 109 No. 2
Work length20:01
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Horst Stein
- Recorded: 1978-07-02
- Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva
I. The Oak Tree
Track length2:51
II. Humoreske
Track length1:02
III. Caliban's Song
Track length1:18
IV. The Harvesters
Track length2:13
V. Canon
Track length1:27
VI. Scene
Track length1:38
VII. Intrada – Berceuse
Track length2:19
VIII. Interlude – Ariel's Song
Track length3:51
IX. The Storm (Overture)
Track length3:22
Awards and reviews
August 1972
well-wrought performances […] the finest thing on this disc is to my mind Pohjola’s Daughter of which Mr. Stein gives a powerful and compelling account, and whose atmosphere and detail is excellently captured by the Decca engineers. […] Stein has a genuine feeling for Sibelius
August 1979
most vividly recorded […] Stein obviously has a genuine feeling for this music [Pelléas et Mélisande] […] [The Tempest] is most impressively played and recorded’ […] The recording is superb in both definition and range.
January 1981
the recording has thrilling presence and clarity […] ‘Leminkäinen’s Return’ is given an exciting hell-for-leather performance that holds the listener in its sheer gusto and intensity.
July 1972
the playing in that warhorse Finlandia is enormously alert
