Sibelius (1865-1957, Finland)
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SCANDINAVIAN, FINNISH & BALTIC CONCERTOS From the 19th Century to the Present A Discography of CDs and LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Jean Sibelius (1865-1957, Finland) Born in Hämeenlinna, Häme Province. Slated for a career in law, he left the University of Helsingfors (now Helsinki) to study music at the Helsingfors Conservatory (now the Sibelius Academy). His teachers were Martin Wegelius for composition and Mitrofan Vasiliev and Hermann Csilag. Sibelius continued his education in Berlin studying counterpoint and fugue with Albert Becker and in Vienna for composition and orchestration with Robert Fuchs and Karl Goldmark. He initially aimed at being a violin virtuoso but composition soon displaced that earlier ambition and he went on to take his place as one of the world's greatest composer who not only had fame in his own time but whose music lives on without any abatement. He composed a vast amount of music in various genres from opera to keyboard pieces, but his orchestral music, especially his Symphonies, Violin Concerto, Tone Poems and Suites, have made his name synonymous with Finnish music. Much speculation and literature revolves around Sibelius so-called "Symphony No. 8." Whether he actually wrote it and destroyed it or never wrote it all seems less important than the fact that no such work now exists. Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (1903-4, rev. 1905) Salvatore Accardo (violin)/Sir Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Dvorák: Violin Concerto) PHILIPS ELOQUENCE 468144-2 (2000) Salvatore Accardo (violin)/Sir Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra ( + 2 Humoresques and 4 Humoresques) AUSTRALIAN ELOQUENCE ELQ4825097 (2016) (original LP release: PHILIPS 9500 675) (1979 Salvatore Accardo (violin)/Mario Rossi/Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Radiotelevisione Italiana (rec. 1962) I GRANDI CONCERTI GCL-44 (LP) (1970s) Karin Adam (violin)/Antoni Wit/Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Brahms: Violin Concerto) CAMERATA RECORDS CM 219 (1992) Pierre Amoyal (violin)/Charles Dutoit/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto) ERATO ECD 88109 (1986) (original LP release: ERATO STU 71324) (1981) Adele Anthony (violin)/Rico Saccani/Budapest Philharmonic ( + Symphony No. 2) BPO LIVE BPOL 1009 (2003) Adele Anthony (violin)/Arvo Volmer/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra ( + R. Edwards: Violin Concerto) CANARY CLASSICS 9 (2011) ( + Symphony No. 3) MusicWeb International Updated: August 2020 Sibelius Concertos ABC CLASSICS 476 3947 (2011) Michael Antonello (violin)/Philip Greenberg/Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra ( + Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 and Chausson: Poème) MJA PRODUCTIONS 40599 (2011) Galina Barinova (violin)/Alexander Orlov/Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec.1947) ( + Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasy) MULTISONIC 310238 (1994) (original LP release: MELODIYA M10 46539 006) (1985) Lisa Batiashvili (violin)/Daniel Barenboim./Deutsche GrammophonStaatskapelle Berlin ( + Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4796038 (2016) Lisa Batiashvili (violin)/Sakari Oramo/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + M. Lindberg: Violin Concerto) SONY CLASSICAL SK 712936-2 (2007) Boris Belkin (violin)/Vladimir Ashkenazy/Philharmonia Orchchestra ( + 2 Serenades, 2 Serious Melodies and Rakastava) DECCA ELOQUECE 466905-2 (2000) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6953/LONDON CS 7181) (1980) Boris Belkin (violin)/Jun-Ichi Hirokami/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1) DENON CO-78951 (1995) Joshua Bell (violin)/Esa-Pekka Salonen/Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Goldmark: Violin Concerto) SONY CLASSICAL SK 65949-2 (2000) Christophe Boulier (violin)/Varujan Kojian/Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3) REM 317087 (1990) Alan Brind (violin)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Chausson: Poème) CHANDOS CHAN 6514 (1990) Vadim Brodsky (violin)/Jerzy Salwarowski/Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra ( + Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto) RESONANCE 305623 (2003) (original LP release: ASV DCA 564/MUSIC MASTERS MMD 20084) (1984) Guila Bustabo (violin)/Fritz Kaun/Berlin State Orchestra (rec. 1940) (included in collection: "The Bustabo Legaacy") T.L. CLEAR TLC-2579 (2 LPs) (1973) ( + Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1) ROCOCO RR 2031 (LP) (1960s) Sarah Chang (violin)/Mariss Jansons/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra MusicWeb International p2 Sibelius Concertos ( + Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto) EMI CLASSICS 556418-2 (1998) Kyung-Wha Chung (violin)/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto) DECCA THE ORIGINALS 4757734 (2007) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6493/LONDON CS 6710) (1970) Ivan Czerkov (violin)/Leo Albert/South German Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, J. S.Bach: Violin Concerto in E and Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1) TELDEC 2447662 XC (4 CDs) (1989) Jan Damen (violin)/Eduard Van Beinum/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Lemminkäinen Suite, En Saga, Finlandia, Valse Triste and Tapiola) DECCA ELOQUECE 4429487 (2007) (original LP release: DECCA LXT 2813/LONDON LL 777) (1953) Jan Damen (violin)/Pierre Monteux/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 1950) (included in collection: "Pierre Monteux and the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam") TAHRA TAH 175-178 (4 CDs) (2001) ( + Brahms: Violin Concerto, R. Stauss: Ein Heldenleben and Chausson: Symphony in B flat) ARIOSO 9 (2 CDs) (2003) ( + Elgar: Enigma Variations and Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra) AUDIOPHILE CLASSICS 560 (2002) Angèle Dubeau (violin)/Ivan Marinov/Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Glazunov: Violin Concerto) ANALEKTA AN 23045 (1995) Arnold Eidus (violin)/Frederick Hummel/Vienna Orchestral Society (rec. c. 1952) ( + Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2, Wieniawski: Polonaises Brillantes Nos. 1 and 2, Scherzo-Tarantelle, Etudes-Caprices Op. 18 No. 4 and Op. 10 No. 5 and Souvenir de Moscou) FORGOTTEN RECORDS FR1121 (2016) (original LP release: STRADIVARI STR-611 (LP) (1952) Sigrun Eðvaldsdottir (violin)/Bernhardur Wilkinson/Iceland Symphony Orchestra ( + Dvořák: Violin Concerto, A. Berg: Violin Concerto and Brahms: Violin Concerto) SMEKKLEYSA ISO3 (2017) Pavel Eret (violin)Leoš Svarovsky/Brno Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Janda: Cornucopia and Third Confession) ARCO DIVA UP 0047 2031 (2001) Tobias Feldmann (violin)/Jean-Jacques Kantorow/Orchestre Phiharmonique Royale de Liège ( + Rautawaara: Violin Concerto) ALPHA ALPHA357 (2018) Christian Ferras (violin)/Christian Ferras (violin)/Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Tapiola and Finlandia) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON GALLERIA 419871-2 (1988) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 139861) (1965) MusicWeb International p3 Sibelius Concertos Patrice Fontanarosa (violin)/Yoav Talmi/Orchestre National de France (included in collection: "Patrice Fontanarosa - Portrait") DECCA 4811196 (12 CDs) (2014) (REC. 1992) (original LP release: DECCA (France) 7434/PETERS INTERNATIOAL PLE-074) (1976) Zino Francescatti (violin)/Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Karelia Suite, Finlandia, Valse Triste and The Swan of Tuonela) SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS 63260 (2 CDs) (1997) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS MS-6731/CBS SBRG 72351) (1965) Vilde Frang (violin)/Thomas Sondergård/West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne ( + 2 Humoresques and Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1) EMI CLASSICS 684413-2 (2010) Miriam Fried (violin)/René Defossez/Grand Orchestre Symphonique de la R.T.B.-B.R.T. ( + Chausson: Poème) HELIODOR 2548 264 (1971) Miriam Fried (violin)/Okko Kamu/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Humoresques, Op. 87 and 89, 2 Serenades and Suite for Violin and Strings) APEX 740606-2 (2001) (original CD release: FINLANDIA 0630-12999-2) (1996) Bronislaw Gimpel (violin)/Hokan von Eichwald/Stuttgart Pro Musica Orchestra ( + Glazunov: Violin Concerto) OPERA PANTHEON 1046 (LP) (1958) Bronislaw Gimpel (violin)/Eugen Jochum/Berlin Philharmonic (rec.1956) ( + Brahms: Violin Concerto) TAHRA 692 (2010) Bronislaw Gimpel (violin)/Fritz Lehmann/Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra (rec. c. 1955) (included in collection: "Bronislaw Gimpel - Violin Concertos and Sonatas") AUDITE AUDITE21418 (3 CDs) (2012) Ivry Gitlis (violin)/Antonio de Almeida/Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra (rec. 1978) ( + Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto) DORON MUSIC 4013 (2012) Ivry Gitlis (violin)/Jascha Horenstein/Vienna Symphony Orchestra ( + Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Mendelsssohn: Violin Concerto, Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 and Sonata for Violin Solo) VOX BOX LEGENDS CDX2 5505 (2 CDs) (1992) (original LP release: VOX PL-9660) (1955) Stephanie Gonley (violin)/Adrian Leaper/Grand Canary Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) ARTE NOVA 516290henryk Ilya Gringolts (violin)/Neeme Järvi/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ( + Humoresques, Op. 89 and Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474814 (2004) MusicWeb International p4 Sibelius Concertos Ilya Grubert (violin)/ Igor Golovschin/USSR State Symphony Orchestra (included in collection: "Violin Concertos") BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94096 (10 CDs) (2010) (original CD release: RUSSIAN DISC RDCD 10012) (1995) Augustin Hadelich (violin)/Hannu Lintu/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ( + 3 Humoresques and Adès: Violin Concerto) AVIE AV 2276 (2014) Ida Haendel (violin)/Karel Ančerl/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1957) ( + Beethoven: Violin Concerto) SUPRAPHON SU 4024-2 (2010) Ida Haendel (violin)/Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony