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The Legend of Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, etc / Vänskä

2 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-01-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Oceanides, Op. 73; Kuolema; Andante festivo for Strings and Timpani; En saga, Op. 9; Pohjola's daughte...
Performers: Kavakos, Leonidas; Laukka, Raimo
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"...These are fundamentally very good interpretations, fully in keeping with the high standards of the Lahti/Vanska series, and for the most part outstandingly well-recorded. So...continue...

Sibelius: Kullervo / Vänskä, Paasikivi, Laukka, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-03-22

Works: Jean Sibelius: Kullervo, Op. 7
Performers: Laukka, Raimo; Paasikivi, Lilli
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Helsinki University Chorus

"...Now comes this unerringly paced and superbly recorded account [of the Kullervo Symphony] with Osmo Vanska and the Lahti orchestra, together with two vocally (and...continue...

Sibelius: Karelia, Kuolema (Complete) / Vänskä, Lahti SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-11-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Kuolema
Performers: Hoffren, Taito; Kuusi, Pertti; Laitinen, Heikki; Laukka, Raimo; Tiihonen, Kirsi
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"Osmo Vansk and his fine Lahti Symphony are rapidly becoming the pre-eminent Sibelius interpreters of our day. The Karelia overture is given a splendid reading...Each...continue...