Special offer. Sibelius: Symphony Nos. 5, 6 & 7
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes
This third and final disc in Owain Arwel Hughes’s survey of all Sibelius’s numbered symphonies with the RPO opens with an impressive account of the Fifth – lacking only perhaps a little in visceral...
Special offer. Sibelius: Symphony Nos. 5, 6 & 7
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes
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This third and final disc in Owain Arwel Hughes’s survey of all Sibelius’s numbered symphonies with the RPO opens with an impressive account of the Fifth – lacking only perhaps a little in visceral...
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The final volume of the complete Sibelius Symphonies from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Owain Arwel Hughes contains the ever popular 5th coupled with the beautiful less well known 6th, and the ground breaking single movement 7th, the composer’s final word on the symphony. His 8th, apparently completed, was consigned to the fire by Sibelius.
The first volume in this cycle was made a Gramophone Editor’s Choice and was praised for the performances, interpretation and the recorded sound: “A performance [...] of grip, vitality and communicative power [...] Hughes’s account of the 3rd Symphony is equally compelling, clarity and expression once again hallmarks of the interpretation [...] altogether a terrific start to Rubicon’s new cycle.”
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November 2022
This third and final disc in Owain Arwel Hughes’s survey of all Sibelius’s numbered symphonies with the RPO opens with an impressive account of the Fifth – lacking only perhaps a little in visceral excitement.
November 2022
Throughout the cycle, Hughes’s interpretations have been notable for their clarity and authority, and these qualities are once again in evidence, combined with atmosphere and communicative power.
