Since you are interested in Symphony no. 3 in D major 'Polish' Op. 29 / Dances from the operas, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 in C minor, op. 17 'Little Russian' / Overture in F major / The Storm / etc Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] "Topped off by in-depth liner notes, everything is executed at the highest level." (MusicWeb August 2006) |
WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat Minor / Sentimental Romances / Florez and Blanzeflor Peter Mattei (baritone) Ulf Wallin (violin) Love Derwinger (piano) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/1992 ] The pianist, conductor, and composer Wilhelm Stenhammar ranks among the most important Scandinavian musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century. He achieved wide recognition as pianist and conductor, and lasting fame as a composer, creating... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5 / Capriccio Italien / The Voyevoda Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] On the third volume of the Neeme Järvi / Gothenburg SO cycle of Tchaikovsky's symphonies, the turn has come to Symphony No. 5 - one of the composer's 'fate symphonies'. The work, which begins in deathly sadness but ends in a jubilant mood, was first... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4 / Serenade for Strings in C major Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2008 ] "Neeme Järvi and the Gothenburgers hit their stride and turn in a generally excellent Fifth Symphony. The first-movement exposition takes a few minutes to settle down, largely due to Järvi's somewhat casual approach to rhythm, but once the music gets... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.6 'Pathatique' / Francesca da Rimini Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 22/Jul/2006 ] "The sound is very impressive indeed. As usual with BIS the music is presented in very natural sound but even by their high standards this recording is extremely clear and detailed and has a very wide dynamic range." (MusicWeb July 2004) |
EDUARD TUBIN
Tubin: Symphony No.4 and No.9 / Toccata Gateborgs Symfoniker / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ BIS / CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
SIBELIUS
Orchestral Music for the Theatre (complete) [incls 'Pellaas and Malisande Suite', 'Scaramouche' & 'The Tempest'] Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ BIS Complete Sibelius Edition / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2008 ] Incidental music for the theatre is a genre in which Sibelius's outstanding abilities as a composer of large canvases for orchestra were combined with his equally well-honed talent for writing concise, sharply characterized portraits of characters or... |
PROKOFIEV
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 / Suite from Cinderella, Op. 87 / Two Pushkin Waltzes, Op. 120 / etc Lina Prokofiev (narrator) / Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] No Prokofiev recorded anthology would be complete without a performance of Peter and the Wolf, and here the narrator comes in the person of Lina Prokofiev, the composer's widow. Recorded for Chandos when she was nearly ninety, Music magazine deemed... |
GRUBER
Zeitstimmung / Rough Music / etc Martin Grubinger (percussion) HK Gruber / chansonnier / Tonkanstler Orchestra / Kristjan Jarvi [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] It has been said about HK Gruber (b. 1943) that he 'throws off labels as fast as pundits can affix them. Neo-romantic, neo-tonal, neo-expressionistic, neo-Viennese: he isn’t any of these things, so much as a sentient composer who keeps responding to... |
HUGO ALFVEN
The Swedish Rhapsodies (Nos 1 - 3) / Suite from Bergakungen Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/1995 ] "Jarvi draws playing of total distinction from the Stockholm orchestra" (BBC Music) |