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Special offer. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5; Two Serenades; Two Serious Melodies; Swanwhite
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
The level of music-making presented here tells its own story. This is a Sibelius recording that’s up there with the finest of any era...And in the two groups of violin-and-orchestra pieces –... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Saraste does not need to play to the gallery; Sibelius does that more than adequately...I will be returning to this set often, and I encourage all to do so, too. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Beethoven & Sibelius: Violin Concertos
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati
Such glorious playing cannot be recommended too strongly, but for me the Beethoven performance makes a greater contribution to the work’s discography. I won’t soon forget how deeply Tetzlaff... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 21st September 2019, Disc of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Special offer. Sibelius: Tapiola, En Saga & 8 Songs
RecommendedAnne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Lintu has added nothing to the familiar score [Tapiola] – just heard things it seems others haven’t heard before. Best of all is the way he draws out singing lines almost throughout the piece…I’m... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Record Review, 16th December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Vocal/Choral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Assorted Program
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Special offer. Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends & Tapiola
RecommendedHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
The four Legends first began to surface in Sibelius's mind in 1893, at the same time as he was working on his Kalevala opera, The Building ofthe Boat, the prelude to which became The swanof... —
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Building a Library, January 2017, First Choice
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Building a Library, May 2019, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Sibelius - Orchestral Songs
RecommendedSoile Isokoski (soprano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Soile Isokoski's voice has matured into a powerful instrument without losing its distinctively plangent expressiveness and intense way with words… Segerstam… provides spacious yet vividly dramatic... —
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Disc of the Year & Vocal Award Winner
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Special offer. Sibelius: Complete Symphonies
Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
The Polytech Male Choir & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Provocative, big-hearted and occasionally just plain bonkers, Segerstam is at his flexible best in Nos 1 and 7, where raw emotion, recreative spark and edge-of-seat drama combine to often revelatory... —
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Special offer. Sibelius: Kullervo
Johanna Rusanen, Ville Rusanen
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Estonian National Male Choir, The Polytech Choir, Hannu Lintu
Lintu energizes the work whenever he can, and the excellent recorded sound makes the performance more vivid. The two vocal soloists are first-rate. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Special offer. Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7; Pelléas Et Mélisande; King Christian Ii
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
His approach to the archlike span of the Seventh Symphony may seem at first a little smooth and understated, as if to avoid any hint of portentous rhetoric, yet it soon evolves into a widely-ranging... —
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Special offer. Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Legends & Pohjola’s Daughter
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Textures are sifted with skill, chosen tempi are unfailingly judicious and Lintu shows a canny awareness of the bigger scheme...Ultimately, for all its sterling qualities, there's no getting... —
