Sibelius - Complete Symphonies Nos.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (ref.rec.: Paavo Berglund, Helsinki Ph. Orchestra)

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Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (1865-1957) - Complete Symphonies by Paavo Berglund.
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Symphony No.1 in E minor, Op.39
00:00 No.1 l. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico
10:57 No.1 ll. Andante - ma non troppo lento
19:59 No.1 Ill. Scherzo - Allegro
25:01 No.1 IV. Finale: Quasi una fantasia - Andante - Allegro molto
Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43
36:29 No.2 l. Allegretto
45:21 No.2 Il. Tempo andante, ma rubato
58:05 No.2 Ill. Vivacissimo
1:03:55 No.2 IV. Finale - Allegro moderato
Symphony No.3 in C, Op.52
1:16:20 No.3 l. Allegro moderato
1:26:37 No.3 Il. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto
1:36:25 No.3 Ill. Moderato - Allegro - ma non tanto
Symphony No.4 in A minor, Op.63
1:45:03 No.4 l. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
1:54:47 No.4 ll. Allegro molto vivace
1:59:32 No.4 Ill. Il tempo largo
2:09:31 No.4 IV. Allegro
Symphony No.5 in E flat, Op.82
2:19:32 No.5 I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato - Presto
2:33:13 No.5 Il. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
2:41:14 No.5 Ill. Allegro molto - Un pochettino largamente
Symphony No.6 in D minor, Op.104
2:50:02 No.6 l. Allegro molto moderato
2:58:17 No.6 Il. Allegretto moderato
3:03:48 No.6 III. Poco vivace
3:07:44 No.6 IV. Allegro molto
Symphony No. 7 in C, Op.105
3:19:08 No.7 I. Adagio
3:26:23 No.7 II. Un pochettino meno adagio - Vivacissimo - Adagio
3:29:24 No.7 III. Allegro molto moderato
3:36:13 No.7 IV. Vivace - Presto - Adagio
Sibelius by Paavo Berglund: Kullervo Symphony Op.7 (with Chorus): • Sibelius by Paavo Berg...
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducor: Paavo Berglund
Recorded in
Painting: Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) The Shepherd from Paanajärvi (1892).
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During a career spanning fifty years, Paavo Berglund (1929-2012), one of the very few left-handed conductors to have refused the diktat that all conductors must lead with the baton in their right hand, devoted himself tirelessly to popularising the greatest composer of his native land, Jean Sibelius. And although he excelled in many other repertoires, it was around the Finn that he ensured his posterity, with no less than three complete symphonies.
The second, which interests us today, is in a way the point of balance, the happy medium between the raspy energy of the early works and the late tendency towards abstraction. Above all, it marks a return to the roots with the most atavistic of Siberian phalanges, the Helsinki Philharmonic founded by Robert Kajanus, a close friend of the composer who recorded - albeit in England with two British orchestras - some of the first versions of some of his symphonies in the early 1930s.
Half a century later (1984-1987), Berglund approaches his middle section with a concern for authenticity aimed at purifying the sonorities, considerably thinning the strings, which never take precedence over the much less individualised solo woodwinds than in Bournemouth, and the brass, which is refined but has a constant discreet presence. No more mass effects, titanic crescendi and telluric climaxes, in favour of a fine and luminous Scandinavian line. His mineral sounds are the very essence of Sibelius.
Johan Sibelius PLAYLIST (reference recordings): • Sibelius - Symphonies ...

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📱Join us on our WhatsApps page (our preview releases): www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va8GWC7ICVfrh2QjcM3y Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (1865-1957) - Complete Symphonies by Paavo Berglund. 🎧 Find this recording in our Spotify playlist : spoti.fi/3wkLLdi Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation (00:00-05:00) Symphony No.1 in E minor, Op.39 00:00 No.1 l. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico 10:57 No.1 ll. Andante - ma non troppo lento 19:59 No.1 Ill. Scherzo - Allegro 25:01 No.1 IV. Finale: Quasi una fantasia - Andante - Allegro molto Symphony No.2 in D, Op.43 36:29 No.2 l. Allegretto 45:21 No.2 Il. Tempo andante, ma rubato 58:05 No.2 Ill. Vivacissimo 1:03:55 No.2 IV. Finale - Allegro moderato Symphony No.3 in C, Op.52 1:16:20 No.3 l. Allegro moderato 1:26:37 No.3 Il. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto 1:36:25 No.3 Ill. Moderato - Allegro - ma non tanto Symphony No.4 in A minor, Op.63 1:45:03 No.4 l. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio 1:54:47 No.4 ll. Allegro molto vivace 1:59:32 No.4 Ill. Il tempo largo 2:09:31 No.4 IV. Allegro Symphony No.5 in E flat, Op.82 2:19:32 No.5 I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato - Presto 2:33:13 No.5 Il. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto 2:41:14 No.5 Ill. Allegro molto - Un pochettino largamente Symphony No.6 in D minor, Op.104 2:50:02 No.6 l. Allegro molto moderato 2:58:17 No.6 Il. Allegretto moderato 3:03:48 No.6 III. Poco vivace 3:07:44 No.6 IV. Allegro molto Symphony No. 7 in C, Op.105 3:19:08 No.7 I. Adagio 3:26:23 No.7 II. Un pochettino meno adagio - Vivacissimo - Adagio 3:29:24 No.7 III. Allegro molto moderato 3:36:13 No.7 IV. Vivace - Presto - Adagio Sibelius by Paavo Berglund: Kullervo Symphony Op.7 (with Chorus): kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIuWp4GoaaqmmbM Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Conducor: Paavo Berglund Recorded in Painting: Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) The Shepherd from Paanajärvi (1892). 🔊Find CMRR's recordings on Spotify : spoti.fi/3016eVr 🔊Download CMRR's recordings in High fidelity audio : bit.ly/2M1Eop2 During a career spanning fifty years, Paavo Berglund (1929-2012), one of the very few left-handed conductors to have refused the diktat that all conductors must lead with the baton in their right hand, devoted himself tirelessly to popularising the greatest composer of his native land, Jean Sibelius. And although he excelled in many other repertoires, it was around the Finn that he ensured his posterity, with no less than three complete symphonies. The second, which interests us today, is in a way the point of balance, the happy medium between the raspy energy of the early works and the late tendency towards abstraction. Above all, it marks a return to the roots with the most atavistic of Siberian phalanges, the Helsinki Philharmonic founded by Robert Kajanus, a close friend of the composer who recorded - albeit in England with two British orchestras - some of the first versions of some of his symphonies in the early 1930s. Half a century later (1984-1987), Berglund approaches his middle section with a concern for authenticity aimed at purifying the sonorities, considerably thinning the strings, which never take precedence over the much less individualised solo woodwinds than in Bournemouth, and the brass, which is refined but has a constant discreet presence. No more mass effects, titanic crescendi and telluric climaxes, in favour of a fine and luminous Scandinavian line. His mineral sounds are the very essence of Sibelius. Johan Sibelius PLAYLIST (reference recordings): kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZCUaXyBrJ5-fMU

[@cilabanfi3335]

Angyal küldte

[@cilabanfi3335]

Ez most a 2.szimfónia? Egyiket sem ismerem😭

[@julialannes4530]

Gratidão. Parabéns. Sibelius é ótimo 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@avidovlieberman9314]

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[@n0denz]

The first time I heard the 5th symphony, I was driving, and I had half a mind to pull into a parking lot just to make sure I listened to it and didn't let its name slip by me.

[@classicalmusicreference]

During a career spanning fifty years, Paavo Berglund (1929-2012), one of the very few left-handed conductors to have refused the diktat that all conductors must lead with the baton in their right hand, devoted himself tirelessly to popularising the greatest composer of his native land, Jean Sibelius. And although he excelled in many other repertoires, it was around the Finn that he ensured his posterity, with no less than three complete symphonies. The second, which interests us today, is in a way the point of balance, the happy medium between the raspy energy of the early works and the late tendency towards abstraction. Above all, it marks a return to the roots with the most atavistic of Siberian phalanges, the Helsinki Philharmonic founded by Robert Kajanus, a close friend of the composer who recorded - albeit in England with two British orchestras - some of the first versions of some of his symphonies in the early 1930s. Half a century later (1984-1987), Berglund approaches his middle section with a concern for authenticity aimed at purifying the sonorities, considerably thinning the strings, which never take precedence over the much less individualised solo woodwinds than in Bournemouth, and the brass, which is refined but has a constant discreet presence. No more mass effects, titanic crescendi and telluric climaxes, in favour of a fine and luminous Scandinavian line. His mineral sounds are the very essence of Sibelius.

[@user-im7ws3tp8d]

シベリウスの交響曲は、どれも違った個性があり本当に素晴らしい。 特に崇高な７番、そして美しすぎて儚すぎる６番は、我が人生の至宝です。 両曲とも、涙なしにはとても聴けない…。

[@wodantheviking]

I have a fond memory of Paavo Berglund conducting a performance of a Sibelius symphony, in Bristol, UK, in my youth. I think it was the 5th. One does not forget such an occasion.

[@reginaltedbrown]

I can not listen to #2 without breaking down and crying,even at the age of 81.

[@snorgviggle5852]

That's okay and merely means that you are a mature individual with fully developed emotions. Which is, I must add, a very good thing.

[@88tongued]

Just happened to me on the finale. This period of music (Mahler, Wagner, Sibelius) gives me existential feelings. Stepping beyond my life and seeing it. Also Sibelius makes me think of nature

[@waterkingdavid]

@@88tongued Ditto. Makes me seriously consider whether certain periods have a certain existential flavour to them. Listening to a Beethoven string quartet was struck by it's similar feel to Shubert's string quintet from 1828. Turns out Beethovens was 1827. Plus minus a few years. But regarding Sibelius and nature I believe he adored wandering alone in nature and was deeply inspired thereby.

[@horationelson57]

I am pleased that you do, and I look forward to doing likewise, when I get there also. Cheers!

[@eepstein8001]

What a lovely thread. Nice to know there are nice, supportive comments on the internet. I agree with everything that's been said. I'll have to listen more to the 2nd. It certainly is a lovely piece with a lingering melody. So far, it's the 5th that gets me emotional.

[@waelahmad7478]

The fifth symphony will live and stay young and beautiful forever and ever.

[@Nicholas_Buck]

That fourth symphony is so dark yet so intriguing. I am no expert on music theory but it never seems to resolve itself. It must be one of the most original of all symphonies, as is the seventh.

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne Interpretation dieser sieben nordischen und fein oder perfekt komponierten Sinfonien mit brillanten Tönen aller Blechbläser, milden Tönen aller Holzbläser und seidigen Tönen aller Streicher. Der unvergleichliche Dirigent leitet das perfkekt trainierte Orchester in verschiedenen Tempi und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Alles ist wundervoll!

[@curtisgrindahl446]

The last few months I've been immersed in Sibelius symphonies. I am mesmerized. There are many fine videos with excellent orchestras and conductors. I've also watched videos about Sibelius with conductors sharing their experience coming to the music and then finding access. Simon Rattle refers to Paavo Berglund as the person who showed him the way. I decided to go to the source and listen to this complete collection, one of three cycles that Berglund led. Who better to listen to than the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra? Thank you so much for sharing such high quality files.... 1080 p. These are brilliant... a perfect backdrop to a day.

[@evarolbiecka2895]

Beautifull Music. Im like Sibelius Finlandia. His Music is very Magic.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Sibelius‘s works are full of love for magnificent Finland. In these symphonies, all is far superior splendor

[@jonathanclemens4660]

What a great composer!

[@DressedForDrowning]

Imagine that he didn't compose one single not in the last 30 years of his life...

[@nathanosgood4959]

Listening on a Madrid morning, wonderful.

[@osovagabundo1]

This is my introducton to classical in my early teen yearsit will always hod a special place

[@user-ux9jy6ow7w]

Очень люблю музыку Сибелиуса за ее положительную эмоциональность.

[@jeanbousquetos8262]

Mes symphonistes préférés , Bruckner et Sibelius. Leurs symphonies patrimoine de l'humanité.

[@canman5060]

I bought the CD set for this recording in Helsinki Finland.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Sibelius is a musical Alchemist who helped shape Finland‘s national consciousness.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

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[@user-im1mt3pi8b]

Благодарю за прекрасные произведения ! Музыка Сибелиуса наполняет сердце любовью ко всему Творению !!!

[@iainmcintyre6758]

Berglund's interpretation here is first class. Thanks

[@edgarfelipemurieltobon5966]

Cuando iba a los conciertos de La Orquesta Sinfónica de Colombia, en el teatro Colón de Bogotá notaba la ausencia en las presentaciones de los viernes de las sinfonías de J Sibelius. . Gracias a KZbin por ofrecernos la oportunidad de escuchar el ciclo sinfónico de el gran Sibelius por una brillante Orquesta.

[@mariestein4026]

This is great, thank you so much! Greetings from 🇫🇮

[@cosmicdrifter287]

Wonderful Sibelius!

[@MontyVierra]

Marvelous to bring all these together. Thank you.

[@barney6888]

I call this the "Urtext Edition" of Sibelius. Exact. I never appreciated the chattering dialogue between the woodwinds at the end of the 2nd mvmt of the 6th until I heard this. Another must have set for Sibelius.

[@BalbirSingh-gr2qk]

Evergreen symphonies.

[@60bui]

Thank You, it's a very important cycle for me and my job 👍👍👍🎵🎹🎼🎶

[@rolandonavarro3170]

Extraordinaire 👏

[@edithaorellana4723]

Excelente selección de música!!! Se agradece mucho.

[@dawutz3953]

BRAVO!

[@hertzair1186]

If you like Sibelius, check out his Nordic brother, Danish composer Carl Nielsen….his symphonies are here on KZbin as well. Great turn of the century music!

[@JeanClaudeWelche]

Superbes symphonies ! Trop peu jouées en concerts...

[@danielschaeffer1294]

A number of posters have pointed out Sibelius’s influence on film score music, but he shows up in the pop world too. Listen to the famous “wild swans theme” in the horns in 5/3. Now track down the Kate Bush classic, “Up That Hill,” which has recently been rediscovered, as has Bush herself. Same theme, and it’s even in the same key. You’ll also find that theme in “As I Lay Me Down” by Sophie B. Hawkins, and “Sunny Came Home” by Shawn Colvin. All these tunes are on KZbin, so you can find them easily, and have a ball doing it. I’ll bet anything the latter two ladies nabbed that theme from Kate Bush.

[@jefft9729]

Also”Since Yesterday “ by Strawberry Switchblade. 80’s pop group.

[@Rwsegee]

I wish I were able to give a thumbs up to each one of them.

[@jasg7550]

De todas maneras esta es la mejor versión . ¡¡¡¡¡¡Gracias por subirla ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@steveegallo3384]

@jasg7550 - De acuerdisimo......BRAVO desde Acapulco!

[@allegretto2651]

Большое спасибо!!! Прекрасный сборник!☺🌿

[@robertlieberman550]

8 out

[@juanadrianarquinegogomez3610]

2:40:40 this melody is so beautiful

[@MicheleKaiser-io2dx]

Thanks for time stamp.

[@samitobribiesca6320]

SANS PAROLES, MAGESTUSE ,PAROLES BERLIN SUPERBE, HELSINKI ORCHESTRA MAGNIFIQUE , SIBELIUS PRODIGIEUX , MERCI !

[@brian5154]

The greatest............

[@declamatory]

The Second is my favorite!

[@chromeify1722]

Nice !

[@jeff_n1535]

Sibelius's works are NEVER "un-Finnished"..

[@jeff_n1535]

@@gforce1754 😆

[@theodentherenewed4785]

The symphony no. 2 is my favourite one from the Sibelius' works. No. 2 is still in the style of late romanticism unlike the later symphonies by Sibelius. I think of Rachmaninoff symphony no. 2, it was written even a few years later than Sibelius' 2nd and it's still a romantic work. These are one of the last achievements in this old style. Later in the set, Sibelius ventures into modernism, the pieces are interesting, especially no. 7 and then 5, but it's not as charming and pleasant on the ear as it once was.

[@caseypride]

I love all seven of the symphonies (even the 4th!) but as a whole the 5th is my favorite. I love the 3rd, too, and its second movement, taken slowly enough, is my favorite music in all of Sibelius. He's my second favorite composer, but I like or love almost all classical music.

[@dashunin]

Maybe I'm a morose person 😄. My favorite of the Sibelius symphonies is the Fourth. The darkest, the most mysterious, the most "introverted". Cold and beautiful in its impregnability, like an icy mountain peak.

[@rickdarby3420]

@@dashunin Nicely put.

[@elamigoreptiliano3316]

chévere!

[@brynjarhoff-lr6hw]

Sibelius is the Scandinavian King Composer,for me symf.nr.1 and 2. Brynjar Hoff

[@jarniwoop]

I loves me some Sibelius.

[@davipereira3539]

Peace and love in the world✌

[@user-vx9bv9es3x]

Life!!!

[@sunuraxiichnusa2756]

Was a lot ahead of his time

[@CradleOfClochu]

The Terminator theme is hidden inside the Symphony 1, 1st movement... Classic music is the inspiration for all filmmusic

[@danielschaeffer1294]

Sibelius’ll be back.

[@pauldockree9915]

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Come to think of it. That is funny. On the same plane of existence I mean - one time. I realiseI am treading water waiting for a new Justice to be confirmed. Hopefully. RIP Paavo Berglund. Paavo Allan Engelbert Berglund OBE (14 April 1929 - 25 January 2012)

[@justin10292000]

1:10:00 !!! The opening up of the glorious Gates of Heaven :)

[@aaronstambler7535]

I'm gonna disagree. I think it is here 1:14:28. Makes me cry like a baby every time. Though I cry more listening to performances using tempi not quite this fast, milking the d minor transition to D Major for all its worth. The gates of heaven also open at the E Major explosion at the end of the third movement of Mahler 4. :-)

[@cathalb2007]

9 views after 9 seconds of being uploaded? Edit: And this channel's comments here from 7 hours ago?

[@notaire2]

Please specify the time and place of these recordings!

[@mikeos1]

what is the bit rate of these recordings?

[@normanmeharry58]

Not "complete" in the sense of series. And Kullervo is a complete symphony. Sibelius included his 4 legends as a complete(unnumbered) symphony, and many fans and some critics, agree.

[@justo9946]

Agree with the poster that is of the opinion that Bournemouth cycle is even better than this Helsinki, fine as this one is. As for the 2nd Symphony (two posters choose it as their favourite) DO LISTEN to Barbirollís recording With the Royal Philharmonic. Such agreat performance !. Thanks.

[@michaelowens5394]

I wish someone could put into words what is meant by "a better performance". I like them all for similar reasons.

[@caseypride]

I'm with you about the Bournemouth cycle; especially because of the tempo of the 2nd movement of the 3rd symphony, which is my favorite utterance in all of Sibelius. In the Bournemouth recordings it's taken more slowly and given time to really breathe. Most conductors take this movement at waltz tempo, which just doesn't work. For me it's like the slow relief of the first nice day after a terrible winter. (We're in Minnesota.)

[@michaelowens5394]

@@caseypride Took the words out of my mouth. That movement held my imagination decades before I enjoyed any of this other works. I actually hired a poet to put words to that tune so I could sing it.

[@caseypride]

@@michaelowens5394 I had just gotten to know it and my fiancee (now my wife of 33 years) and I were lying on our backs in the Washington DC Arboretum holding hands and watching the clouds. That movement was in my head, over and over, all day. A great memory, of many.

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[@stddisclaimer8020]

Resolved: Berglund's Bournemouth Sibelius symphony cycle is better than this Helsinki one. Discuss please...

[@stddisclaimer8020]

@dontzenyourselfout I said DISCUSS, not sling epithets, you un-musical twat-twiddler you.

[@MOGGS1942]

@dontzenyourselfout And you are a moron.

[@caseypride]

I do like the tempi better in the Bournemouth set. Sibelius should never be rushed. Our conductor here, Osmo Vanska, rushes everything; we often wonder if he's late for his bus.

[@stddisclaimer8020]

@@caseypride Between the 1970's Bournemouth set and the 1980's Helsinki one, Berglund speeded some passages up. Speeding up as one grows older? Hmm...

[@caseypride]

@@stddisclaimer8020 Unfortunately fast tempi are fashionable lately. That's fine for a scherzo, but music must be given space to breathe.

[@jenniferbui1010]

police nationale, qu'est-ce qu'elle a à me regarder, marie lernould ?

[@carlositurra4315]

Pésimo capítulo, lleno de propaganda progre y del más necio buenismo.

[@randerrobep2488]

increiblemente grandioso, la tierra habla en cada nota

[@themistiss]

Excelente selección de música!!! Se agradece mucho.