Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - Jean Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3, Orchestral Suite "Rakastava" (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 246 Mb | Total time: 59:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Exton| # OVCL-00279 | Recorded: 2007
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 246 Mb | Total time: 59:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Exton| # OVCL-00279 | Recorded: 2007
Vladimir Ashkenazy's style of conducting, not dissimilar to his keyboard style, is unmatched in the development of long climaxes, exploding in the end with a surge of precise power. Sibelius is one of the composers most suited to his style, and you can confidently pick from among his recordings of the Finnish master. His reading here of the Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39, the most purely Tchaikovskian work among Sibelius' seven symphonies, is among the very best available, with awe-inspiring control in the development of the first-movement material and the emergence of a superbly responsive instrument in the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, whose recordings of large-orchestra music in recent years have been second to none.