In Reply to: Spent the day listening to Tatrai Quartet's posted by Jay Buridan on December 3, 2006 at 17:20:09:
1 - Stokowski (Columbia, only on LP), Gibson/SNO (Chandos)
2 - Kamu/BPO (DG), Szell/Cleveland (Sony), Karajan/BPO (EMI), Barbirolli/RPO (Chesky)
3 - Blomsted/SFSO (Decca), Vanska/Lahti (Bis), Davis/Boston (Philips)
4 - Maazel/VPO (Decca), Segerstam/Helsinki (Ondine)
5 - Berglung/Bournemouth (EMI)
6 - Leaper/Slovak SO (Naxos), Sanderling/Berlin PO (Berlin Classics)
7 - Leaper/Slovak SO (Naxos), Koussevitsky/BBC (several)There are many other good ones, but it would taker a lot of space to list.
Critics often call "definitive" those performances that received some nod from Sibelius himself. It is hard to agree. IMO, music of Sibelius was not properly performed during his lifetime.
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Follow Ups
- My favorite Sibelius symphonies - sser2 18:51:36 12/03/06 (1)
- Sibelius during his life - TGR 19:43:43 12/03/06 (0)