Composer: Jean Sibelius
Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hallé
Release: 2013
Size: 607 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49
02. The Oceanides, Op. 73
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
03. I. Allegretto
04. II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
05. III. Vivacissimo
06.IV. Finale: Allegro moderato
Following their recording of Symphonies No 1 and 3, this release marks the second disc of Sibelius works from the award-winning Hallé under Sir Mark Elder.
The disc includes the long awaited recording of Elder’s interpretation of the ever-popular Symphony No. 2, a work closely associated with the Hallé who gave the British premiere in 1905.
It is coupled with the dramatic Pohjola’s Daughter, an orchestral show-piece with the Hallé here at the height of its powers, and the less well known and deeply evocative musical portrait of the sea, The Oceanides.
Together, the performances of these works perfectly illustrate the renaissance that has been achieved at the Hallé under Sir Mark Elder.
The 2nd Symphony was recorded live from sell out concerts in the Bridgewater Hall, of which critics said:
“The Sibelius reading was more arresting still… The whole elaborate, superbly integrated argument never lost focus for a moment.” Sunday Times