Sakari Oramo

東京フィルハーモニ交響樂団

Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus & Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

Grieg: Peer Gynt

Marcus Farnsworth

Huw Watkins

BBC Symphony Orchestra

La terra impareggiabile

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Davis

Maurice Ravel

Kenneth Hesketh

Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works

Rudolf Barshai

Jouni Kaipainen

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

Russian Masquerade

Kirill Gerstein

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Busoni: Piano Concerto (Live)

維也納愛樂樂團

Anu Komsi

Langgaard: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 - Gade: Tango jalousie

J. Gade: Tango jalousie

Britten

愛德華 埃爾加

Gerald Finzi

Frank Bridge

Favourite English Strings

Renee Fleming

Renée Fleming: Distant Light

Khatchaturian: Cello Concerto in E Minor & Violin Concerto in D Minor

Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6

C.P.E. Bach: Hamburger Sinfonien, Wq 182

Nørgård: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Juha Kangas

Pohjola: Symphonies 1 & 2

Juha Kangas

Being Beauteous

Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Jean Sibelius

Symphonies Nos 1 - 7 & Orchestral Works

Daniel Hope

The Romantic Violinist - A Celebration of Joseph Joachim

Respighi: Concerto in modo misolidio - Fontane di Roma

Fagerlund: Dobeln

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

Magnus Lindberg: Graffiti - Seht die Sonne

Royal Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Akiko Suwanai

Sibelius & Walton Violin Concertos

Kokkonen, J.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Opus Sonorum

Lindberg, M.: Sculpture / Campana in Aria / Concerto for Orchestra

Lisa Batiashvili

Finish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Sibelius & Lindberg: Violin Concertos

Bartók : Concerto for Orchestra, Romanian Dances & Concerto for 2 Pianos and Percussion

Sibelius : Symphonies 6, 7 & Tapiola

Mahler : Symphony No.5

Sibelius : Symphonies Nos 2 & 4

Launis, A.: Aslak Hetta [Opera]

Karita Mattila

Grieg & Sibelius : Orchestral Songs

Sibelius : Symphonies Nos 1, 3 & Finlandia

Stephen Hough

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 27)

Grieg : Peer Gynt Suites 1, 2 & Symphonic Dances

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Timo Korhonen

Villa-Lobos, H.: Introduction To Choros / Guitar Concerto / 12 Etudes

Petri Sakari and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra combine forces here for an inspiring performance of two of Sibelius' more upbeat symphonies, the First and the Third. The seldom-played First Symphony, in E minor, written in 1898, is kind of a loner among Sibelius' longer orchestral works. Unabashedly romantic, it shows virtually none of the almost minimalist feel of the composer's "maturer" symphonies. Here he combines earthy Finnish landscape-tones (symbolized by the lingering solo clarinet at the beginning) with wonderful evocations of the distant Nordic sunlight, all mixed together with fate-charged allusions to fin-de-siecle Vienna and Paris. The Third Symphony, written in the uncharacteristically cheerful key of C major, is an equally interesting work, unique for Sibelius' use of old chorale themes at the center of each movement. The chorales give this music a lovely Renaissance feel at times. The melancholy chorale in the Andantino 2nd movement also evokes some of Tchaikovsky's tenderer, more snow-bedecked, marvelously Mother Russia moments, and Sibelius uses the brass in inspiring fashion throughout this impressive and only occasionally long-winded symphony.
Sakari and the Icelanders pull off a great performance in spite of a couple of minor flaws. The conductor highlights the harp and the timpani in the First Symphony, giving this recording a more sparkling and "crackling" feel than some of the better-known ones, but he needs to cut down the tempo and increase the volume in some of the spots where the brass dominates, like Karajan in his acoustically marred recording for EMI.



這張專輯為樂迷呈現了格里格 (Grieg) 卓越的管絃樂作品，超越了其廣為人知的鋼琴協奏曲 (Piano Concerto) 和培爾·金特組曲 (Peer Gynt Suites)。它深入展現了格里格精妙的管絃樂編配能力。專輯亮點包括第一張碟中的管絃樂版抒情組曲 (Lyric Suites)、交響舞曲 (Symphonic Dances) 的最後一首，以及兩首悲歌 (Two Elegies)。格里格對絃樂器的運用精妙絕倫，充分發揮了它們的多樣表現力。他的旋律令人難忘，極富感染力，能喚起各種情緒，並久久縈繞心頭。通過這張專輯，您可以更全面地領略格里格的管絃樂藝術魅力。

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