Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 1,2,5 &7

Bernstein was planning to conduct all of the Sibelius symphonies with the Vienna Philharmonic in his last years, but never completed the project. Judging by the four he did record – lush, over-emphatic, wayward in tempos – we haven’t missed out. Michael Tanner


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Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:32 pm

COMPOSERS: Sibelius
LABELS: C Major
WORKS: Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 5 & 7
PERFORMER: Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein
CATALOGUE NO: 702208

Bernstein was planning to conduct all of the Sibelius symphonies with the Vienna Philharmonic in his last years, but never completed the project. Judging by the four he did record – lush, over-emphatic, wayward in tempos – we haven’t missed out. Michael Tanner

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