"It is light to the extreme, not weighty enough somehow, feels rushed." Sample No.6 Ashkenazy/Stockholm SO/Exton (2007) 20:32 Three more Finns, an American and a Russian. This next group returned sort-of average scores, they are, in rising order:Īshkenazy/Stockholm SO/Exton, Vanska/Lahti SO/BIS, Bernstein/Vienna PO/DG, Segerstam/Danish RSO/Chandos,Īnd heading this group, Oramo/CBSO/Erato. If I had picked a different version to represent Berglund, it would have been the interesting Chamber Orchestra of Europe one. What could possibly go wrong? But the string sound on this older BIS recording is decidedly odd - mastered for vinyl maybe? Jarvi is also one of the quickest in this comparison, but it kinda works, for me. "this makes a lot of very specific musical statements that are quite interesting."Īn Estonion conducting a Swedish orchestra - so not Finnish, technically not Scandinavian, technically not Baltic - ah, Nordic, that's the word I'm looking for, it's a Nordic combination. Like all the recordings except nos.2 and 8 this one is part of a complete symphony cycle. The pacing here is right in the zone and I'm rather surprised this recording didn't do better. Kamu's Sibelian pedigree is good, as a much younger man he recorded Symphony 2 with the Berlin PO on the DG label. The modern BIS recording has great transparency and even in the busiest passages every detail can be picked out. This is I think the most recently-recorded version here. "Build up isn't really allowed to bloom at the top - not like #2. "A bit more muted than either of the previous." You would expect an all-Finnish combination of conductor and orchestra to do well. Sibelius is sometimes categorised as a nationalist composer, or at least nationalist elements are found in his music, which is why I'm pointing up the Finnish or at least Scandinavian connections where they occur. LPO Live (2003) 22:41 So the version used here is the most recent and also by some margin his slowest. Perhaps I should have used this version - but it looks rather quick. Helsinki PO (1984) (EMI) 21:19 So an all-Finnish combination. "playing is not always totally together, textures are a bit muddy."īerglund recorded the entire cycle four times (at least) at intervals of approximately a decade. Unloved are 1 3 and 5, that is, Paavo Berglund, Okko Kamu and Neeme Jarvi. Although there is some scope for internal variations of course, broadly speaking the pacing of the samples does reflect the overall timings. Over 23 minutes is unusual and so is under 21 minutes, but there are two of each represented in these ten recordings. An 'average' timing for this symphony appears to be about 22 minutes or a few seconds over. I'll be mentioning overall timings throughout this reveal. I've taken down the links but anyone wanting to refer back will find them still in Karl's quoted reply #17 upthread - they'll stay until I get round to actually deleting the files in a few days' time Shame - but never mind, there will always be another mini-blind.
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