Composer: Jean Sibelius
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: LSO
Release: 2007
Size: 1.05 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Pohjola’s Daughter (Pohjolan tytär), symphonic fantasy for orchestra, Op. 49
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
02. I. Allegretto
03. II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
04. III. Vivacissimo
05. IV. Finale – Allegro moderato
“Thirty years after his Boston Symphony Orchestra recording of the Second Symphony – long regarded as a benchmark in this work – his enquiring mind is still finding subtly new ways of guiding listeners through the composer’s musical logic. Here there was a real feeling of progression from the fragmentary motifs of the opening movement to the climatic ‘big tune’ of the finale”