SIBELIUS Lemminkäinen Legends. Pohjola’s Daughter
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Composer or Director: Jean Sibelius
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Ondine
Magazine Review Date: 07/2015
Media Format: Super Audio CD
Media Runtime: 61
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: ODE1262-5
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Legends, 'Lemminkäinen Suite' |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Hannu Lintu, Conductor Jean Sibelius, Composer |
Pohjola's Daughter |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Hannu Lintu, Conductor Jean Sibelius, Composer |
Author: Andrew Achenbach
Ultimately, for all its sterling qualities, there’s no getting away from an ever-so-slight element of reserve about Lintu’s intelligent conception that will not be to all tastes; the outstandingly perceptive Segerstam, certainly, brings rather greater heart, story-telling flair and sheer temperament to bear, while Franck’s recreative spark, youthful zeal and audacious sense of adventure never fail to activate the goosebumps. It would also be remiss of me not to mention the enduring claims of Ormandy on Warner Classics (those intoxicatingly sensuous Philadelphia strings in the glorious opening tableau especially remain unsurpassed), Jensen (Australian Eloquence), Kamu (DG), Sakari (Naxos) and Vänskä’s recent outing with the Lahti SO on BIS (consistently involving, sparky and grippingly dark-hued).
As a coupling Lintu gives us Pohjola’s Daughter. Again, the performance is a meticulously prepared, trim and keenly observant one, without quite etching itself into the memory as indelibly as do those distinguished predecessors under, say, Koussevitzky, Toscanini, Boult, Barbirolli, Bernstein and Davis (in Boston). The Ondine engineers provide satisfyingly ample, commendably lifelike sound. Is it all enough, I wonder?
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