SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos 4 & 7 – Karajan
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Composer or Director: Jean Sibelius
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Magazine Review Date: 5/1994
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 66
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: 439 527-2GGA
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Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Symphony No. 4 |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan, Conductor Jean Sibelius, Composer |
Symphony No. 7 |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan, Conductor Jean Sibelius, Composer |
Valse triste |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan, Conductor Jean Sibelius, Composer |
Author: Robert Layton
Karajan recorded the Fourth Symphony three times, once in the 1950s with the Philharmonia and twice with the Berlin Philharmonic. The work obviously meant a great deal to him. He insisted on its inclusion in his very first concert on his appointment at the Berlin Philharmonic in the early 1960s at a time when Sibelius's cause had few champions in Germany, so keen was he to stake its claim as one of the great symphonies of the day. Karajan's account has withstood the test of time as one of the most searching, profound and concentrated performances of this masterpiece, and its reappearance at mid price should earn it wider dissemination. The Seventh is finer than his earlier Philharmonia version but does not enjoy quite the same classic status. Karajan's Valse triste is wonderfully seductive. An indispensable issue.'
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