Sibelius

Some impressive performances in very impressive transfers [RB]

A really impressive, beautifully balanced partnership resulting in a memorable account of Sibelius’ wonderful concerto paired with a superb Lemminkäinen Suite [RMo]

by Alan George

(Déjà Review) Superlative performance, interesting and inspired programming [DC]

A fascinating, marvellously presented anthology [JQ]

A treasure of the Sibelius discography which deserves wider exposure [PH]

A trio of early records by Alexander Gibson from the vaults [PH]

The greatest soprano of our age in recital from the stage of the Met [PH]

by Alan George

A successful launch for a new Sibelius cycle [JQ]

A 36-CD remastered box that restores (almost) all Boult’s mono legacy for the Warner umbrella of labels [JW]

A concerto quartet from Ida Haendel’s BBC broadcasts spanning nearly 25 years [JW]

The final release in this 24-volume series produces an unreleased Sibelius 6, Jensen the accompanist and a broad-ranging miscellany of Danish Works. [JW]

(Déjà Review) A wonderful testament to the talents of the Northern Sinfonia [CC]

Thoroughly enjoyable if not especially memorable [DJB]

(Déjà Review) This is a glorious disc that will delight lovers of Scandinavian song as well as Sibelians everywhere [RB]

An enjoyable, well performed disc with not much originality or interest [BSt]

Beecham’s stereo discography in a sturdy box albeit largely in pre-existing remasterings [JW]

A Beecham stereo treasury from the 1950s in wonderful sound [LM]

Clear, cool, lucid performances, short on passion but interpretatively consistent and coherent [RMo]

High quality performances of well-known and less familiar Sibelius. [DHa]

by Alan George

Works from three continents, inspired by folk music, played on a concert grand [EJW]

Capuçon is ponderous in Sibelius but well attuned to Barber [LW]