Composer: Jean Sibelius
Performer: Kim Borg
Orchestra: Sudwestfunk Orchester Baden-Baden
Conductor: Hans Rosbaud
Number of DIscs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: SWR Music
Catalogue: SWR19105CD
Release: 2021
Size: 1.12 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Come Away, Death!, Op. 60 No. 1 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra)
02. The Diamond on the March Snow, Op. 36 No. 6 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra)
03. To the Evening, Op. 17 No. 6 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
04. I. Allegretto
05. II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
06. III. Vivacissimo
07. IV. Finale. Allegro moderato
CD 02
Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63
01. I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
02. II. Allegro molto vivace
03. III. Il tempo largo
04. IV. Allegro
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82
05. I. Tempo molto moderato – Allegro moderato
06. II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
07. III. Allegro molto
Rosbaud is not generally recognised as a conductor of Sibelius’ works to the extent that he is as an interpreter of the music of Mozart, Mahler, Strauss or the radical modern music of the 1950s. Music enthusiasts with high expectations, however, got to know him as a result of the well-received 1954 recording he made for Deutsche Grammophon of some of the Finnish composer’s shorter orchestral works. Rosbaud combined a meticulous approach, unmistakable intuition, extensive experience with complex genres and extraordinary liveliness. His studio recordings from 1955 and 1961 of three Sibelius symphonies and three songs for voice and orchestra clearly demonstrate his optimum artistic approach to the music of the great Finnish master.