Symphonies 1-7 / Night Ride and Sunrise / Scene with Cranes / The Oceanides

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Symphonies 1-7 / Night Ride and Sunrise / Scene with Cranes / The Oceanides
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle

[ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Saturday 10 January 2015

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The legendary partnership of Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra bears fruit in this definitive collection of the complete symphonies of Jean Sibelius. Rattle's powerful interpretations of these seminal works - the core of Sibelius's oeuvre - led him to be described by Gramophone as 'a Sibelius conductor of the first order'. Every detail is conveyed, every nuance observed in these rapturous renditions of music in which Rattle is wholeheartedly at home.

"Everything about it feels right: the control; of pace and texture and the balance of energy and response. The development of the first movement has a compelling sense of mystery and the transition to the Scherzo section is beautifully judged. The Philharmonia Orchestra play spendidly and the EMI recording is very good indeed."
(3 Stars Penguin Stereo Guide Symphony No 5)

Tracks:

Symphonies Nos. 1-7 (complete)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55
Philharmonia Orchestra

Kuoleme: Scene with cranes
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

The Oceanides, Op. 73
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra