Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
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LPO–0065
© 2012 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
℗ 2012 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on 31 May 2003
(Symphony No. 5), 6 December 2003 (Symphony No. 6), and at Southbank
Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 22 September 2006 (track 8)
Total playing time: 70.36
DDD Stereo
Released September 2012
CD: Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Sibelius conducted by Berglund
Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82
Sibelius Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104
Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela
Paavo Berglund conductor
Pieter Schoeman / Boris Garlitsky leaders
Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund (1929–2012) was one of the last conductors with a direct personal connection to Sibelius, and the composer encouraged Berglund early in his conducting career. Berglund’s Sibelius performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra had a special quality, shown in the Second and Seventh Symphonies previously released on the LPO label (LPO-0005), and these live concert recordings allow the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies to take flight.
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