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FINNISH AND BALTIC SYMPHONIES From The 19th Century To The Present

A Discography of CDs & LPs Prepared by Michael Herman

JEAN SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Finland

Born in Hämeenlinna. 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 Concertos, 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.

Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 (1899)

Maurice Abravanel/Utah Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) MUSICAL CONCEPTS MC 132 (3 CDs) (2012) (original release: VANGUARD SRV 381-4 {4 LPs}) (1978)

Nikolai Anosov/Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra MELODIYA D 02952-3 (LP) (1956) Vladimir Ashkenazy/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4, Finlandia and Karelia Suite) DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 455 402-2 (2 CDs) (1998) (original CD release: DECCA 414 534-2) (1986)

Vladimir Ashkenazy/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3 and Rakastava) EXTON OVCL-00279 (2008)

Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1957) ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 5 and 7 and The Swan of Tuonela) BARBIROLLI SOCIETY SJB105354 (2 CDs) (2011) (original LP release: PYE CCL 30113) (1958)

Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Pohjola's Daughter, Valse Triste, Lemminkäinen Suite: Swan of Tuonela and Lemminkäinen's Return, Scènes Historiques Nos. 1 and 2, Pelléas et Mélisande, Rakastava and Romance for Strings) EMI CLASSICS 567299-2 (5 CDs) (2000) (original LP release: HMV ASD 2366/ANGEL S-36489) (1968)

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Sir John Barbirolli/New York Philharmonic Orchestra (rec.1942) ( + Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnole and Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 - Theme and Variations) DUTTON LABORATORIES CDSJB 1025 (2004)

Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Scènes Historiques and Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia) SONY CLASSICAL SMK 87798 (2002) (original LP release: COLUMBIA 33CX 1085 /COLUMBIA ML-4653) (LP) (1953)

Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Tapiola, Karelia Suite, Finlandia, The Bard, Valse Triste, The Swan of Tuonela and King Kristian II: Suite) EMI CLASSICS 9736002 (4 CDs) (2013) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3216) (1976)

Paavo Berglund/Chamber Orchestra of Europe ( + Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3) FINLANDIA 3984-23388-2 (2 CDs) (1998)

Paavo Berglund/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 and 4) EMI CLASSICS GEMINI 476963-2 (2 CDs) (2005) (original CD release: EMI CLASSICS CDC 7 49052-2) (1987)

Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Luonnotar and Pohjola's Daughter) COLUMBIA LEGENDS SM4K 87329 (4 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: CBS S 72732 {1970}/ COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS M5S 784 { 5 LPs }) (1968)

Leonard Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 5 and 7, Elgar: Enigma Variations and Britten: Peter Grimes: 4 Sea Interludes) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 936-2 (3 CDs) (2004) (original CD release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 435 351-2) (1992)

Herbert Blomstedt/San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Tapiola and Valse Triste) DECCA 4757677-2 (4 CDs) (2006) (original CD release: DECCA/LONDON 444-541-2) (1996)

Anthony Collins/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Karelia Overture, Pohjola's Daughter, Nightride and Sunrise and Pelléas et Mélisande: Excerpts) BEULAH 14PD8 (4 CDs) (1999) (original LP release: DECCA LXT 2694/LONDON LL-574) (1953)

Sir Colin Davis/Boston Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 4 and 5) PHILIPS DUO 446157-2 (2 CDs) (1995) (original LP release: PHILIPS 9500 140) (1977)

Sir Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Kullervo, Lemminkainen Suite, Pohjola's Daughter, The Bard, Karelia Suite, The Oceanides, Finlandia, Valse Triste, Tapiola, Nightride and Sunrise and Rakastava)

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RCA VICTOR RED SEAL 8287655706-2 (7 CDs) (2004) (original CD release: RCA 09026 68183-2) (1996)

Sir Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) LSO LIVE LSO 0601 (2008)

Victor De Sabata/New York Philharmonic (rec. 1950) ( + Kodály : Dances of Galánta and Stravinsky: Chant du rossignol) URANIA URN 22 155 (2000) (original LP release: DISCOCORP IGI 297{3 LSs})

Sixten Ehrling/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1952) ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) FINLANDIA 3984-22713-2 (3 CDs) (1999) (original LP release: MERCURY MG 10129/METRONOME CLP 514) (1952) Sir Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3) HALLÉ CDHLL 7514 (2009) Justus Frantz/Montblanc Philharmonia of the Nations ( + Finlandia) PN-ORCHESTER JE 44 (2007) Carl von Garaguly/Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7) BERLIN CLASSICS 3033-2 (1994) (original LP release: PHILIPS FESTIVO SFM 23000/ETERNA 825860) (1970)

Valery Gergiev/Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (included in collection: "20 Years Gergiev Live") ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA RPHO 2008-1 (4 CDs) (2008) Sir Alexander Gibson/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Karelia Suite, Swan of Tuonela and Finlandia) ALTO ALC1089 (2010) (original CD release: COLLINS CLASSICS 1093-2) (1990)

Sir Alexander Gibson/Royal Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) CHANDOS COLLECT CHAN 6559 (3 CDs) (1992) (original LP release: CHANDOS ABRD 1086) (1983)

Sir Alexander Gibson/Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5, Violin Concerto, Karelia Suite and En Saga) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CDCFPSD 4763 (1985) (original CD release: CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CFP 40055) (1974)

Pietari Inkinen/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3) NAXOS 8.572305 (2010)

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Jussi Jalas/Berlin RIAS Orchestra (rec. 1954) ( + 5 Humoresques) VARESE SARABANDE (REMINGTON SERIES) VC81043 (LP) (1978)

Mariss Jansons/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Webern: Im Sommerwind) SONY/DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI SK 093538 (2005)

Mariss Jansons/Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 and 5, Finlandia, Valse Triste and Andante Festivo Oslo EMI GEMINI 697180-2 (2 CDs) (2009) (original CD release: EMI CLASSICS CDC-7-54273-2) (1991)

Mariss Jansons/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (included in collection: "Mariss Jansons Live - The Radio Recordings 1990-2014") RCO LIVE RCO15002 (12 CDs + DVD) (2015)

Neeme Järvi/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ( + Finlandia) BIS CD-221 (1984)

Neeme Järvi/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4775688-2 (4 CDs) (2005)

Robert Kajanus/(probably) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1930) ( + Pohjola's Daughter and Tapiola) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111393 (2012) (original LP release: WORLD RECORD CLUB SH191-2) (1974)

Okko Kamu/ Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON TRIO 474353-2 (3 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530 465) (1971)

Okko Kamu/Lahti Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) BIS BIS-2076 (3 CDs) (2015)

Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6) EMI CLASSICS ENCORE 72478-2 (2007) (original LP release: HMV ASD 4097/ANGEL DS-37811) (1981)

Herbert Kegel/Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) ETERNA 826 135 (LP) (1969)

Paul Kletzki/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3) TESTAMENT SBT 1049 (1994) (original LP release: COLUMBIA 33CX 1311/ANGEL 35313) (1956)

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Hannu Koivula/Bergslagens Symfoniorkester (1994) (+ Helge: Ovazione, Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music and Mahler: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen) SUPREME LW 9412 (CD) (1994)

Serge Koussevitzky/Boston Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1945) ( + The Swan of Tuonela) AS DISC 558 (c. 1990) (original LP release: ROCOCO 2103-3/4 {2 LPs}) (c. 1970)

Adrian Leaper/Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria ( + Symphony No. 6) ARTE NOVA 7432149705-2 (1996)

Adrian Leaper/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6) NAXOS 8.550197 (2001)

Yoel Levi/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) TELARC CD-80246 (1990)

Peeter Lilje/Estonian State Symphony Orchestra MELODIYA C10 24897 006 (LP) (1986)

Ramón Torre Lledó/Romanian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra? ELECTRECORD DG-ECE 3677 (LP) (1980's)

Lorin Maazel/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Violin Concerto, Serenades for Violin and Orchestra, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, Karelia Suite, Valse Triste and Finlandia) SONY CLASSICAL SB5K 87882 (5 CDs) (2002) (original CD release: SONY CLASSICAL SK 52566) (1993)

Lorin Maazel/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) DECCA 430778-2 (3 CDs) (1997) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6084/LONDON CS 6375) (1964)

Paul Mägi/Uppsala Chamber Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7) SWEDISH SOCIETY DISCOFIL SCD 1161 (2015)

Tor Mann/ Stockholm Radio Symphony Orchestra CAPITOL (TELEFUNKEN) P-8020 (LP) (c. 1949) Eugene Ormandy/Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1935) ( + Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht) DANTE LYS 057 (1996)

Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra (rec. 1941) ( + Symphony No. 4, Lemminkäinen's Return and Berceuse) BIDDULPH WHL 062 (1998)

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Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5 and Romance for Strings) SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SBK 63060 (1997) (original LP release: CBS BRG 72111/COLUMBIA MS-6395) (1962)

Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Karelia Overture and Suite) RCA VICTOR RED SEAL (Japan) 38122 (2004) (original LP release: RCA RED SEAL ARL1-4901) (1984)

Sakari Oramo/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3 and Finlandia) ERATO 092743500-2 (2002)

Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Violin Concerto, Night Ride and Sunrise, Kuolema: Scene with Cranes and The Oceanides) EMI CLASSICS 500753-2 (5 CDs) (2007) (original CD release: EMI CDM 7641192) (1985)

Sir Simon Rattle/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER- BPHR150071(4 CDs + 1 Blu-ray) (2015)

Gennady Rozhdestvensky/USSR Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01669 ( 3 CDs) (2010) (original LP release: MELODIYA S10-05637-8) (1975) ( also HMV/MELODIYA ASD 672 { + Rakastava})

Petri Sakari/Iceland Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3) NAXOS 8.554102 (1998)

Kurt Sanderling/Berlin Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Finlandia, Valse Triste, Night Ride and Sunrise, The Swan of Tuonela and En Saga) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 6899 (5 CDs) (2002) (original LP release: ETERNA 826767) (1977)

Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Karelia Overture and Suite and Finlandia) RCA RED SEAL 7765-2 (1988)

Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) WARNER APEX 256462203-2 (2005) (original release: FINLANDIA 4509-99963-2 {3 CDs}) (1995)

Sir Malcolm Sargent/BBC Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) EMI STUDIO CDM 763094-2 (1989) (original LP release: HMV ASD 260/CAPITOL G-7101) (1958)

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Leif Segerstam/Danish National Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, The Tempest: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 and In Memoriam) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 8867 (4 CDs) (2008)

Leif Segerstam/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7) ONDINE ODE 1007-2 (2002)

José Serebrier/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ( + Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet) ASV QUICKSILVA QS 6040 (1991) (original LP release: RCA (Australia) VRL1-0334) (1981)

Vassily Sinaisky/Latvian SSR State Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1982) ( + Ivanovs: Symphony No. 21, Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien and Valse-Scherzo) MELODIYA S10 25349 003- 51 008 (2 LPs) (1987)

Thomas Sondergard /BBC National Orchestra of Wales ( + Symphony No. 6) LINN CKD502 (2017) Horst Stein/NHK Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1990) ( + Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7 and The Swan of Tuonela) KING RECORDS KKC 2033-4 (2 CDs) (2013)

Leopold Stokowski/ Helsinki City Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1953) ( + Symphony No. 7, Finlandia and Pelléas et Mélisande) GUILD HISTORICAL GHCD 2341 (2008)

Leopold Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1950) ( + Symphony No. 2) CALA RECORDS CACD 0541 (2005) (original LP release: HMV ALP 1210/RCA LM 1125) (1955)

Leopold Stokowski/National Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2, Violin Concerto, The Swan of Tuonela, Finlandia, Karelia Suite and Valse Triste) SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SM2K 63260 (2 CDs) (1997) (original LP release: CBS 76666/COLUMBIA M 34548) (1977)

John Storgårds/BBC Philharmomic ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and Three Fragments) CHANDOS CHAN 108093 (3 CDs) (2014)

Joseph Swensen/BBC National Orchestra of Wales ( + Nielsen: Symphony No. 1) BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE MM 268 (2006)

Loris Tjeknavorian/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + The Swan of Tuonela) RCA RED SEAL RL 25316 (LP) (1980)

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Osmo Vänskä/Lahti Symphony Orchestra (1915 version) ( + Symphony No. 4) BIS CD-861 (1997)

Osmo Vänskä/Minnesota Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) BIS SACD-1996 (2013)

Arvo Volmer/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Violin Concerto, Finlandia and Valse Triste) ABC CLASSICS ABC 4763943 (4 CDs) (2010)

Akeo Watanabe/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1982) ( + Valse Triste) TDK CORE OC012 (2008)

Akeo Watanabe/Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) COLUMBIA X TOWER RECORDS TWCO-29 (4 CDs) (2012) (original release: EPIC BSC-157/COLUMBIA (Japan) OS-10002-6-JC {5 LPs}) (1966)

Akeo Watanabe/Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1981) ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, Karelia Suite, Valse Triste and Finlandia) DENON COCQ 84283-6 (4 CDs) (2007) (original release: DENON OF-7047-ND {5 LPs} (1983)

Akeo Watanabe/Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1972) ( + Symphony No. 2) TOKYO FM ARCHIVES TFMC 0010/0011 (2 CDs) Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 (1901-2)

Hermann Abendroth/Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1951) ( + Brahms: Symphony No. 3) ARLECCHINO CD ARL 108 (1995) (original LP release: URANIA C-7145) (1959)


Yuri Ahronovitch/Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra ( + Franck: Psyché) PROFIL PHO 8040 (2008)

Kazuyoshi Akiyama/Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra ( + Valse Triste) FONTEC FOCD6001 (2010)

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Karel Ancerl/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1962) (included in collection: "'Karel Ancerl: Live Recordings') TAHRA M7 917 (7 CDs) (2001)

Ernest Ansermet/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ( + Symphony No. 4. Tapiola and Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead) DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 0044-2 (2 CDs) (2008) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6100/LONDON CS 6391) (1964)

Takashi Asahina/Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1975) ( + Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 and Beethove: Ruins of Athens - Turkish March) GREEN DOOR MUSIC PUBLISHING GDOP-2010 (2005) (original LP release: VICTOR (Japan) SJX-9539) (1979)

Vladimir Ashkenazy/Boston Symphony Orchestra ( + Romance for Strings, Valse Triste and Finlandia) DECCA 436566-2 (1993)

Vladimir Ashkenazy/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4, Finlandia and Karelia Suite) DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 455402-2 (2 CDs) (1998) (original LP release: DECCA SXDL 7513/LONDONN LDR 10014) (1980)

Vladimir Ashkenazy/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7, Tapiola and The Swan of Tuonela) EXTON OVCL-00282 (2008)

Moshe Atzmon/Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra DENON OX 7190 (LP) Sir John Barbirolli/Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1969) ( + Schubert: Symphony No. 4 and Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings) ICA CLASSICS ICAC5096 (2 CDs) (2013)

Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1949) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 5 and 7 and The Swan of Tuonela) BARBIROLLI SOCIETY SJB105354 (2 CDs) (2011) (original LP release: HMV ALP 1122/RCA BLUEBIRD LBC-1084) (1954)

Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Pohjola's Daughter, Valse Triste, Lemminkäinen Suite: Swan of Tuonela and Lemminkäinens Return, Scènes Historiques Nos. 1 and 2, Pelléas et Mélisande, Rakastava and Romance for Strings) EMI CLASSICS 567299-2 (5 CDs) (2000) (original LP release: HMV ASD 2308/ANGEL S-36425) (1967)

Sir John Barbirolli/New York Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1940) ( + Violin Concerto) DUTTON LABORATORIES CDEA 5016 (1998) (original LP release: COLUMBIA ENTRÉ RL-3045) (1953)

Sir John Barbirolli/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1962) ( + Symphony No. 5)

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TESTAMENT SBT 1418 (2008) (originally released in collection: "Treasury of Great Music") READER'S DIGEST RD15-1-12 {12 LPs}) (1964) (original general LP release: RCA GOLD SEAL GL 25011/QUINTESSENCE PMC 7008) (1976)

Sir Thomas Beecham/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1954) ( + Dvorák: Symphony No. 8) BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4154-2 (2004) (original LP release: HMV ALP 1947/ARABESQUE 8023) (1962)

Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1946) ( + Symphony No. 6) DUTTON LABORATORIES CDLX 7033 (1999)




Paavo Berglund/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No, 7) LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LPO 0005 (2005)

Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Luonnotar and Pohjola's Daughter) COLUMBIA LEGENDS SM4K 87329 (4 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: CBS S 72733 {1969}/ COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS M5S 784 { 5 LPs }) (1968)


Herbert Blomstedt/San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Tapiola and Valse Triste) DECCA 4757677-2 (4 CDs) (2006) (original CD release: LONDON/DECCA 433 810-2) (1992)

William Boughton/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Finlandia, En Saga, Pelléas et Mélisande, Romance for Strings, Andante Festivo, Valse Triste, Suite Champêtre, Rakastava and. Suite Mignonne) NIMBUS NI77167 (2 CDs) (2000)

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Basil Cameron/London Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1947) ( + Symphony No.5 and Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia) DUTTON LABORATORIES CDBP 9788 (2008) (original LP release: VOX STPL-513210) (c. 1960)

Sergiu Celibidache/Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1965) ( + Symphony No. 5) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 469 072-2 (2000)

Sergiu Celibidache/Swiss Festival Orchestra (rec. 1974) ROCOCO 2131 (LP) (1970's)

Anthony Collins/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1947) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Karelia Overture, Pohjola's Daughter, Nightride and Sunrise and Pelléas et Mélisande: Excerpts) BEULAH 14PD8 (4 CDs) (1999) (original LP release: DECCA LXT 2815/LONDON LL-822) (1953)

Paul Daniel/Orchestre National de Bordeaux ( + Lemminkäinen's Return) ACTES SUD ASM25 (2015)

Sir Andrew Davis/Toronto Symphony Orchestra CBS MASTERWORKS IM-37801 (LP) (1983)


Sir Colin Davis/Dresden Staatskapelle ( + En Saga and Luonnotar) PROFIL PH05049 (2006)

Sir Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Kullervo, Lemminkainen Suite, Pohjola's Daughter, The Bard, Karelia Suite, The Oceanides, Finlandia, Valse Triste, Tapiola, Nightride and Sunrise and Rakastava) RCA VICTOR RED SEAL 8287655706-2 (7 CDs) (2004) (original CD release: RCA 09026 68218-2) (1995)

Sir Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Pohjola's Daughter) LSO LIVE LSO 00105 (2007)

James DePreist/Oregon Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7) DELOS DE 3334 (2004)

Antal Dorati/Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Berwald: Symphony No. 2) SWEDISH SOCIETY DISCOFIL SCD 1046 (1987) (original LP release: RCA VICTROLA VICS 1318) (1968)

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Gustavo Dudamel/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ( + Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 and Bruckner: Symphony No. 9) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4779449 (3 CDs) (2011)

Sixten Ehrling/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1952) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) FINLANDIA 3984-22713-2 (3 CDs) (1999) (original LP release: MERCURY MG 10141/METRONOME CLP 515) (1952) Sir Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra ( + Pohjola`s Daughter and The Oceanides) HALLÉ CDHLL7516 (2013)

JoAnn Faletta/Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Gould: Burchfield Gallery) BPO/BEAU FLEUVE RECORDS 92863-07142 (2004)

Vladimir Fedoseyev/Tchaikovsky Grand Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1982) ( + Violin Concerto and Valse Triste) VISTA VERA VVCD-00065 (2004)

Justus Frantz/Montblanc Philharmonia of the Nations ( + Valse Triste) PN-ORCHESTER (2005)

Carl von Garaguly/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ( + Tapiola) BERLIN CLASSICS ETERNA 00 3096-2 (1995) (original LP release: ETERNA 825515) (1964)

Sir Alexander Gibson/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Karelia Suite) RETROSPECTIVE REVIVAL RETR 0003 (2011) (original CD release: COLLINS CLASSICS 91105-71) (1991)


Sir Alexander Gibson/Scottish National Orchestra CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CFP 40047 (LP) (1973)

Tauno Hannikainen/Sinfonia of London ( + Symphony No. 2, Pohjola's Daughter, Karelia Suite, Finlandia, Valse Triste, The Swan of Tuonela and Nightride and En Saga) SERAPHIM 7243 5 69134-2-4 (2 CDs) (1996) (original LP release: WORLD RECORD CLUB ST 33) (1961).

Jascha Horenstein/ORTF National Orchestra (rec. 1956) (included in collection: "Jascha Horenstein - Broadcast Performances From Paris") MUSIC AND ARTS PROGRAMS OF AMERICA MACD 1146 (9 CDs) (2004)

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Pietari Inkinen/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ( + Karelia Suite) NAXOS 8.572704 (2011)


Mariss Jansons/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (rec. 2001) (included in collection: "The Jansons Years") PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY CURTAIN CALL (3 CDs) (2004) Mariss Jansons/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra RCO LIVE RCO 005 (2006)

Neeme Järvi/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ( + Romance for Strings) BIS CD-252 (1984)


Paavo Järvi/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ( + Tubin: Symphony No. 5) TELARC CD-80585 (2002)

Robert Kajanus/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1930) ( + Belshazzar's Feast and Karelia Suite) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111394 (2012) (original LP release: WORLD RECORD CLUB SH191-2) (1974)

Okko Kamu/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON TRIO 474353-2 (3 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530 021) (1970)

Okko Kamu/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1982) ( + Finlandia) TDK CORE OC016 (2008)


Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + En Saga) EMI CLASSICS ENCORE 414412-2 (2002) (original LP release: HMV ASD 4060/ANGEL DS-37816) (1981)

Herbert von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5)

Sibelius Symphonies


EMI CLASSICS 5 66599-2 (1998) (original LP release: COLUMBIA SAX 2379/ANGEL S-35891) (1961)

Paul Kletzki/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Mahler: Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 5 - Adagietto, Glinka: Jota Aragonesa', Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar Saltan Suite, Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile' and Schubert: Rosamunde Overture) EMI LASER CZS 767726-2 (1993) (original LP release: COLUMBIA SAX 2280/ANGEL S-35314) (1959)

Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + The Swan of Tuonela ansd Finlandia) EXTON OVCL-00273 (2007)

Serge Koussevitzky/Boston Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1935) ( + Symphony No. 5) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110170 (2001) (original LP release: RCA CAMDEN CAL 108) (under the pseudonym "Centennial Symphony Orchestra") (1954)

Serge Koussevitzky/Boston Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1950) ( + Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111290 (2008) (original LP release: RCA RED SEAL LM-1172) (1955)



Yoel Levi/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ( + Finlandia) TELARC CD-80095 (1990)

James Levine/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Finlandia and Valse Triste) UNIVERSAL 00017370-2 (2004) (original CD release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437828-2) (1993)

Peeter Lilje/Estonian State Symphony Orchestra ( + Tamberg: Symphony No. 1 and Mozart: Credo Mass) MELODIYA ?10-16623-6 (2 LPs) (1982)

Fernando Lozano/Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Valse Triste and Finlandia) FORLANE FRL 26 (1996) (original LP release: FORLANE UM 3561) (1981)

Sibelius Symphonies




Sir Charles Mackerras/London Symphony Orchestra ( + The Swan of Tuonela and Karelia Suite) REGIS RRC 1220 (2006) (original CD release: IMP CLASSICS IMP PCD 927) (1989)

Sir Charles Mackerras/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) ALTO ALC 1189 (2012) (original CD release: TRING INTERNATIONAL DRP 013) (1994)

Jerzy Maksymiuk/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1993) ( + Walton: Symphony No. 2) BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BBCMM 139 (1999)

Tor Mann/Stockholm Concert Society Orchestra (rec. 1942) CAPITOL P-8107/TELEFUNKEN LSK 7007 (LP) (c. 1950)

Eduardo Mata/Dallas Symphony Orchestra PRO ARTE CDD 320 (1987)

Zubin Mehta/New York Philharmonic ( + Finlandia) TELDEC 2292-46317-2 (1990)

Pierre Monteux/London Symphony Orchestra (included in collection: "Original Masters - Pierre Monteux: Decca And Philips Recordings 1956-1964") DECCA 4757798-2 (7 CDs) (2007) ( + Karelia Suite) DECCA ELOQUENCE 4806568 (2012) (original LP release: RCA RED SEAL RB 16186/RCA VICTOR LSC-2342) (1959)

Anton Nanut/Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra ( + Finlandia) STRADIVARI CLASSICS 6041 (1991)

Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra ( + Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture) BSO CLASSICS BSO1401 (2015)

Sibelius Symphonies


Eugene Ormandy/Philharmonia Orchestra (rec. 1963) ( + Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 and Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5) TESTAMENT SBT 21503 (2 CDs) (2015)

Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra (rec. 1947) COLUMBIA ML-4131 (LP) (c. 1950)

Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7) SONY CLASSICAL SBK 53509 (1994) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MS-6024) (1960)

Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Pohjola's Daughter, Valse Triste and The Swan of Tuonela) RCA VICTOR GOLD SEAL GD 86528 (1987) (original LP release: RCA GOLD SEAL GL 42868/RCA RED SEAL ARD1-0018) (1973)

Sakari Oramo/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) ERATO 857385776-2 (2001)

Sakari Oramo /Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra EXTON OVCL-00270 (2007)

Gerard Oskamp/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders ( + Pelléas et Mélisande) VERDI AU-32155 (1994)

Naoto Otomo/Tokyo Symphony Orchestra EXTON OVCL-00307 (2007)

Paul Paray/Detroit Symphony Orchestra ( + Dvorák: Symphony No.9) MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434317-2 (1992) (original LP release: MERCURY MMA 11109/MERCURY 90204) (1960)

Georges Prêtre/New Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) RCA PRECIOUS EDITION (Japan) TWCL-2009 (2006) (original LP release: RCA VICTOR LSC-3063) (1969)

André Previn/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra HMV ASD 3414/ANGEL S-37444 (LP) (1977)

Sir John Pritchard/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Berlioz: Les Troyens - Royal Hunt and Storm, Debussy: Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune and Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite) PYE VIRTUOSO TPLS 13032-3 (2 LPs) (1970)

Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Violin Concerto, Night Ride and Sunrise, Kuolema: Scene with Cranes and The Oceanides)

Sibelius Symphonies


EMI CLASSICS 500753-2 (5 CDs) (2007) (original CD release: EMI CDM 764120-2) (1984)

Sir Simon Rattle/Philharmonia Orchestra (rec. 1958) ( + Scene with Cranes and Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra) LUCKY BALL CD LB 51


Bystrik Rezucha/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Valse Triste and Finlandia) POINT CLASSICS 267219-2 (1996)

Gennady Rozhdestvensky/USSR Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)) MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01669 ( 3 CDs) (2010) (original LP release: CHANT DU MONDE LDX78014/MELODIYA S10-05639-40) (1975)

Rico Saccani/Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Violin Concerto) BPO BPOL 1009 (2003)

Petri Sakari/Iceland Symphony Orchestra ( + The Tempest: Suite No. 1) NAXOS 8.554266 (1999)


Kurt Sanderling/Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra MELODIYA ND 03180-1 (LP) (1957)

Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Night Ride and Sunrise and Kuolema: Valse Triste and Scene with Cranes) RCA RED SEAL 7919-2 (1989)


Sir Malcolm Sargent/BBC Symphony Orchestra HMV ALP 1639/CAPITOL G 7124 (LP) (1958)

Thomas Schippers/New York Philharmonic (rec. 1963) ( + Symphony No. 1, Violin Concerto, The Swan of Tuonela, Finlandia, Karelia Suite and Valse Triste) SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SM2K 63260 (2 CDs) (1997) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MS-6535) (1964)

Sibelius Symphonies


Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt/NWDR Symphony Orchestra PRISTINE AUDIO XR PASC 186 (2010) (original LP release: PARLOPHONE PMC 1054/CAPITOL P-18009) (1956)



Thomas Søndergård/BBC National Orchestra of Wales ( + Symphony No. 7) LINN RECORDS CKD 462 (2015)

Horst Stein/NHK Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1975) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 7 and The Swan of Tuonela) KING RECORDS KKC 2033-4 (2 CDs) (2013)

Horst Stein/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ( + Night Ride and Sunrise, Finlandia, Lemminkäinen Suite, En Saga, Pohjola's Daughter, Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, The Tempest: Overture and Suite No. 1, AUSTRALIAN ELOQUENCE ELQ4823922 (3 CDs) (2015) (original LP release: DECCA SXDL 7565//LONDON JUBILEE 41175-1) (1081)

Leopold Stokowski/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1964) ( + Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite and Beethoven: Egmont Overture) BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4115-2 (2003)

Leopold Stokowski/NBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1954) ( + Symphony No. 1) CALA RECORDS CACD 0541 (2005) (original LP release: HMV ALP 1440/RCA VICTOR LM-1854) (1955)

Leopold Stokowski/Philadelphia Orchestra (rec. 1964) (included in collection: "The Philadelphia Orchestra: The Centennial Collection. Volume 1") PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION POA100-1 (3 CDs) (1999)


George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra (rec. 1970) (included in collection: "The Cleveland Orchestra Seventy-Fifth Anniversary, 1918-1993") MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION TCO93-75 (10 CDs) (1993)

George Szell/New York Philharmonic (rec. 1957) (included in collection: "The Art of George Szell : Volume 2") WEST HILL RADIO ARCHIVES WHRA 6019 (4 CDs) (2008)

Sibelius Symphonies


George Szell/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ( + Beethoven: Symphony No. 5) PHILIPS 464 682 -2 (2001) (original LP release: PHILIPS 6580 051/PHILIPS PHS 900092) (1966)

Yuri Temirkanov/St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Violin Concerto) RCA RED SEAL 09026 61701-2 (1996)

Yuri Temirkanov/USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1975) (included in collection: "Yuri Temirkanov - Historical Russian Archives") BRILLIANT CLASSICS CD 8818 (10 CDs) (2008)

Loris Tjeknavorian/London Symphony Orchestra RCA RED SEAL RL 25417 (LP) (1982)

Arturo Toscanini/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1938) EMI GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY CDH 763307-2 (1990)

Arturo Toscanini/NBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1939) ( + Atterberg: Symphony No. 6) DELL'ARTE DELL CDDA 9019 (1989)

Arturo Toscanini/NBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1940) ( + Pohjola's Daughter, The Swan of Tuonela and Lemminkäinens Return) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110810 (2000) ( + Pohjola's Daughter, The Swan of Tuonela and Finlandia) PRISTINE AUDIO PASC 364 (2012)

Vladimir Válek/Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Karelia Suite) SUPRAPHON 111266 (LP) (1970's)

Osmo Vänskä/Lahti Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3) BIS CD-862 (1997)


Christian Voechting/Vienna Festival Orchestra MUSICAL MASTERPIECE SOCIETY M 2281 (LP) (1950's)

Arvo Volmer/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Violin Concerto, Finlandia and Valse Triste) ABC CLASSICS ABC 4763943 (4 CDs) (2010) (original CD release: ABC CLASSICS ABC 476 6167) (2008)


Sibelius Symphonies



Akeo Watanabe/Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1973) ( + Symphony No. 1) TOKYO FM ARCHIVES TFMC 0010/0011 (2 CDs)

Huzioka Yukio/Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Elgar: Chanson de Nuit) KOJIMA RECORDS ALCD-8027 (2006)

Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52 (1907)


Vladimir Ashkenazy/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 and 7, En Saga and Tapiola) DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 455405-2 (2 CDs) (1998) (original CD release: 414 267-2DH) (1985)

Vladimir Ashkenazy/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1 and Rakastava) EXTON OVCL-00279 (2008)

Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1969) ( + Nielsen: Symphony No. 4) BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4223-2 (2007)

Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Pohjola's Daughter, Valse Triste, Lemminkäinen Suite: Swan of Tuonela and Lemminkäinens Return, Scènes Historiques Nos. 1 and 2, Pelléas et Mélisande, Rakastava and Romance for Strings) EMI CLASSICS 567299-2 (5 CDs) (2000) (original LP release: HMV ASD 2648) (1970)



Paavo Berglund/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 4)

Sibelius Symphonies


EMI CLASSICS GEMINI 476963-2 (2 CDs) (2005) (original CD release: EMI CLASSICS CDC 7 49175-2) (1988)

Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Luonnotar and Pohjola's Daughter) COLUMBIA LEGENDS SM4K 87329 (4 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: CBS S 72686 {1969}/COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS M5S 784 { 5 LPs }) (1968)

Herbert Blomstedt/San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Tapiola and Valse Triste) DECCA 4757677-2 (4 CDs) (200) (original CD release: DECCA/LONDON 448-817-2.) (1996)


Sir Colin Davis/Boston Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7, Violin Concerto, Finlandia, Tapiola and The Swan of Tuonela) PHILIPS DUO 446160-2 (2 CDs) (1996) (original LP release: PHILIPS 9500 142) (1977)



Alexander Dmitriev/St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra.(rec. 1995) ( + Violin Concerto) MANCHESTER FILES CDMAN 131 (2001)

Sixten Ehrling/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1952) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7) FINLANDIA 3984-22713-2 (3 CDs) (1999) (original LP release: MERCURY MG 10125/METRNOME CLP 516) (1952) Sir Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1) HALLÉ CDHLL 7514 (2009) Sir Alexander Gibson/Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7) ALPHA PHA 3011 (LP) (1966)

Sir Alexander Gibson/Royal Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7)

Sibelius Symphonies


CHANDOS COLLECT CHAN 6559 (3 CDs) (1992) (original LP release: CHANDOS ABRD 1097) (1983)

Pietari Inkinen/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No.1) NAXOS 8.572305 (2010)


Neeme Järvi/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ( + King Christian II: Suite) BIS CD-228 (1984)


Robert Kajanus/(probably) London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1932) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 5, Belshazzar's Feast: Suite, Pohjola's Daughter, Tapiola and Karelia Suite) FINLANDIA 4509 95882-2 (3 CDs) (1991) ( + Symphony No. 5 and Finnish Jager March) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111395 (2013) (original LP release: SCANIA SLP 568/WORLD RECORD CLUB SH173-4) (1973)

Okko Kamu/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON TRIO 474353-2 (3 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2720 067) (1973)

Okko Kamu//Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1982) ( + Symphony No. 6) TDK CORE OC014 (2008)


Paul Kletzki/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1) TESTAMENT SBT 1049 (1994) (original LP release: ANGEL 35315) (1956)

Kiril Kondrashin/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1973) ( + Symphony No. 5) GLOBE GLO 6011 (1992)


Sibelius Symphonies




Paul Mägi/Uppsala Kammarorkester ( + Symphony No. 4) SWEDISH SOCIETY SCD 1147 (2010)

Yevgeny Mravinsky/Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (2 performances) (rec. 1963) ALTUS ALT 083 (2006)

Olli Mustonen/Helsinki Festival Orchestra ( + Hindemith: The Four Temperaments) ONDINE ODE 1022 (2003)

Sakari Oramo/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1 and Finlandia) ERATO 092743500-2 (2002) Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Violin Concerto, Night Ride and Sunrise, Kuolema: Scene with Cranes and The Oceanides) EMI CLASSICS 500753-2 (5 CDs) (2007) (original CD release: EMI CLASSICS CDC 7 47620-2) (1987)


Gennady Rozhdestvensky/USSR Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (+ Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7)) MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01669 ( 3 CDs) (2010) (original LP release:MELODIYA SM 01821-2)/HMV/MELODIYA ASD 3671) (1975)

Petri Sakari/Iceland Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1) NAXOS 8.554102 (1998) Kurt Sanderling/Berlin Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Finlandia, Valse Triste, Night Ride and Sunrise, The Swan of Tuonela and En Saga) BRILLIANT CLASSICS 6899 (5 CDs) (2002) (original LP release: ETERNA 826185) (1974)

Sibelius Symphonies


Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Belshazzar's Feast and King Christian II Suite) RCA RED SEAL 09026-60434-2 (1992)

Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7) FINLANDIA 4509-99963-2 (3 CDs) (1995)




George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra (rec. 1947) (included in collection: "The Cleveland Orchestra Seventy-Fifth Anniversary, 1918-1993") MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION TCO93-75 (10 CDs) (1993)





Thomas Zehetmair/Northern Sinfonia ( + Symphony No. 6 and Stravinsky: Violin Concerto) AVIE AV2150 (2009)

Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63 (1911)

Maurice Abravanel/Utah Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7)

Sibelius Symphonies


MUSICAL CONCEPTS MC 132 (3 CDs) (2012) (original release: VANGUARD SRV 381-4 {4 LPs}) (1978)

Ernest Ansermet/Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ( + Symphony No. 4. Tapiola and Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead) DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 0044-2 (2 CDs) (2008) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6095 / LONDON CS 6387) (1964)

Vladimir Ashkenazy/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Finlandia and Karelia Suite) DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 455402-2 (2 CDs) (1998) (original LP release: DECCA SXDL 7517/LONDON LDR 71019) (1981)

Vladimir Ashkenazy/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5 and Finlandia) EXTON OVCL-00279 (2008)

Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Pohjola's Daughter, Valse Triste, Lemminkäinen Suite: Swan of Tuonela and Lemminkäinen's Return, Scènes Historiques Nos. 1 and 2, Pelléas et Mélisande, Rakastava and Romance for Strings) EMI CLASSICS 567299-2 (5 CDs) (2000) (original LP release: HMV ASD 2494) (1970)

Sir Thomas Beecham/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1951) ( + Symphony No. 6) SOMM SOMMBEECHAM 18 (2005)

Sir Thomas Beecham/London Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1937) ( + Symphony No. 6, The Tempest: Prelude, The Bard and Lemminkäinens Return) EMI CLASSICS THE BEECHAM EDITION 64027-2 (1992)

Sir Thomas Beecham/RoyalPhilharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1955) ( + Symphony No. 7, Pelléas et Mélisande, Swanwhite, Tapiola, The Tempest: Dance of the Nymphs, Pacius: Maame and anon.:God Save the Queen) BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4041-2 (2 CDs) (2000)

Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos.1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, Tapiola, Karelia Suite, Finlandia, The Bard, Valse Triste, The Swan of Tuonela and King Kristian II: Suite) EMI CLASSICS 9736002 (4 CDs) (2013) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3340) (1977)

Paavo Berglund/Chamber Orchestra of Europe ( + Symphony No. 6) FINLANDIA 0630-14951-2 (1996)

Paavo Berglund/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) FINLANDIA 4509-95842-2 (1995) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6431) (1970)

Sibelius Symphonies



Paavo Berglund/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (included in collection: "Anthology Of The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra-The Radio Recordings - Volume VI 1990-2000") RCO LIVE RCO11004 (14 CDs) (2011)

Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, Luonnotar and Pohjola's Daughter) COLUMBIA LEGENDS SM4K 87329 (4 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: CBS S 73086 {1973}/COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS M5S 784 { 5 LPs }) (1968)


Rüdiger Bohn/Sinfonietta Tübingen ( + Schumann: Symphony No. 1) ARS FCD 368 339 (2008)





Sixten Ehrling/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1953) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7) FINLANDIA 3984-22713-2 (3 CDs) (1999) (original LP release: MERCURY MG 10143/METRONOME CLP 517) (1953)


Sibelius Symphonies



Tauno Hannikainen/USSR State Symphony Orchestra MELODIYA D 04794-5 (LP) (1958)


Neeme Järvi/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ( + The Oceanides and Canzonetta) BIS CD-263 (1985)



Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON TRIO 474353-2 (3 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 138974) (1965)

Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) EMI CLASSICS ENCORE 509027-2 (2008) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3485/ANGEL SQ-37462) (1976)

Herbert von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7 and Finlandia) EMI CLASSICS 476883-2 (2005) (original LP release: COLUMBIA 33CX 1125/ANGEL 35082) (1953)

Herbert Kegel/Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6 and The Swan of Tuonela)) BERLIN CLASSICS ETERNA 0032552BC (2005) (original LP release: ETERNA 826 135) (1969) Adrian Leaper/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3) NAXOS 8.550199 (2001)

James Levine/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 445865-2 (1996)

Lorin Maazel/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, Violin Concerto, Serenades for Violin and Orchestra, En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, Karelia Suite, Valse Triste and Finlandia)

Sibelius Symphonies


SONY CLASSICAL SB5K 87882 (5 CDs) (2002) (original CD release: SONY CLASSICAL SK 46499) (1991)


Paul Mägi/Uppsala Kammarorkester ( + Symphony No.3) SWEDISH SOCIETY SCD 1147 (2010)

Andrew Manze/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ( + Finlandia, The Swan of Tuonela and Grieg: Peer Gynt - In the Hall of the Mountain King) BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BBCMM379 (2015)

Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) COLUMBIA ML-5045 (LP) (1955)

Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7, Pohjola's Daughter and The Oceanides) RCA VICTOR RED SEAL (Japan) 38124 (2004) (original LP release: RCA RED SEAL ARL1-3978) (1982)


Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7, Violin Concerto, Night Ride and Sunrise, Kuolema: Scene with Cranes and The Oceanides) EMI CLASSICS 500753-2 (5 CDs) (2007) (original CD release: EMI CLASSICS CDC 7 47711-2) (1988)


Gennady Rozhdestvensky/USSR Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (+ Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7)) MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01669 ( 3 CDs) (2010) (original LP release: MELODIYA CM 03189-90 ) (1972)



Sibelius Symphonies


Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Pohjola's Daughter, The Bard and The Oceanides) RCA RED SEAL 60401-2 (1990)


Sir Malcolm Sargent/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1965) ( + Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4) BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4237-2 (2008)

Georg Schneevoigt/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1934) ( + The Oceanides and Luonnotar) WORLD RECORD CLUB SH 237 (LP) (1976)


Leif Segerstam/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Pohjola's Daughter and Finlandia) ONDINE ODE 1040-2 (2005)


Leopold Stokowski/Philadelphia Orchestra (rec. 1932) ( + Valse Triste, Berceuse and Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6) DELL'ARTE CDDA 9023 (1992) ( + Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111399 (2013)

George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra (rec. 1965) (included in collection: "The Cleveland Orchestra Szell Centennial Compact Disc Edition") THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA TCO-GS97 (7 CDs) (1997)

Loris Tjeknavorian/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5) RCA RED SEAL LRL 15134 (LP) (1976)

Arturo Toscanini/NBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1940) ( + Lemminkäinen's Return and En Saga) MUSIC AND ARTS PROGRAMS OF AMERICA CD-4755 (1993) (original LP release: THE ARTURO TOSCANINI SOCIETY ATS 1009) (c. 1970)


Sibelius Symphonies




Akeo Watanabe/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1982) ( + Symphony No. 7) TDK CORE OC013 (2008)



Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 (1915, rev. 1916 and 1919)


Vladimir Ashkenazy/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 3, 6 and 7, En Saga and Tapiola) DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 455405-2 (2 CDs) (1998) (original LP release: DECCA SXDL 7541/LONDON LDR 71041) (1981)

Vladimir Ashkenazy/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4 and Finlandia) EXTON OVCL-00279 (2008)

Matthias Bamert/BBC Symphony Orchestra ( + Nielsen: Symphony No. 2) BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE MM 103 (1992)

Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1957) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 7 and The Swan of Tuonela) BARBIROLLI SOCIETY SJB105354 (2 CDs) (2011) (original LP release: PYE CCL30144) (1959)

Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1968) ( + Symphony No. 2) TESTAMENT SBT 1418 (2008)

Sibelius Symphonies



Enrique Batiz/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Valse Triste, Tapiola and Finlandia) IMP CLASSICS IMP PCD 1114 (1994)



Paavo Berglund/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) FINLANDIA FACD 004 (1987)

Paavo Berglund/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 6 and 7, Tapiola, The Oceanides and Finlandia) EMI CLASSICS GEMINI 476951-2 (2 CDs) (2005) (original CD release: EMI CLASSICS CDC 7 49052-2) (1987)

Paavo Berglund/London Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 2003) ( + Symphony No. 6 and The Swean of Tuonela) LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LPO 0065 (2012)

Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7, Luonnotar and Pohjola's Daughter) COLUMBIA LEGENDS SM4K 87329 (4 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: CBS 72356 {1966}/COLUMBIA MS-6749) (1965)



Theodore Bloomfield/Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra EVEREST SDBR 3068 (LP) (1960)

Sibelius Symphonies


Sergiu Celibidache/Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1971) ( + Schumann: Manfred Overture and Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1) ORIGINALS ORI 863 (c, 1995)

Sergiu Celibidache/Turin RAI Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1970) ( + En Saga and Valse Triste) ARKADIA 616 (1995)

Sergiu Celibidache/Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1971) ( + Symphony No. 2) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 469 072-2 (2000)





Gaetano Delogu/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( + The Swan of Tuonela and The Tempest: Overture) SUPRAPHON 11 0655-2 011 (1991) (original CD release: SUPRAPHON 2 SUP 0019) (1984)

Sixten Ehrling/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1953) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) FINLANDIA 3984-22713-2 (3 CDs) (1999) (original LP release: MERCURY MG 10129/METRONOME CLP 518) (1953)

Sir Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7 and En Saga) HALLÉ CDHLL7543 (2016)

Sir Alexander Gibson/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Karelia Suite) RCA RED SEAL SB 2068/RCA VICTOR LSC 2405 (LP) (1960)


Sibelius Symphonies



Sir Alexander Gibson/Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1, Violin Concerto, Karelia Suite and En Saga) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CDCFPSD 4763 (1985) (original CD release: CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CFP 40218) (1974)

Tauno Hannikainen/Sinfonia of London ( + Symphony No. 2, Pohjola's Daughter, Karelia Suite, Finlandia, Valse Triste, The Swan of Tuonela and Nightride and En Saga) SERAPHIM 7243 5 69134-2-4 (2 CDs) (1996)

Jascha Horenstein/BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1970) ( + Nielsen: Symphony No. 3) BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4249-2 (2009)


Hiroyuki Iwaki/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra ( + Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole and Rossini: Semiramide Overture) ABC RECORDS L 38636 (LP) (1986)

Jussi Jalas/RIAS Symphony Orchestra REMINGTON 201 (LP) (1954)


Neeme Järvi/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ( + Andante Festivo and Karelia Overture) BIS CD-222 (1984)


Robert Kajanus/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1932) ( + Symphony No. 6 and Tapiola) DIVINE ART HISTORIC 27801 (2005) ( + Symphony No. 3 and Finnish Jager March) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111395 (2013) (original LP release: WORLD RECORD CLUB SH173-4) (1973)

Okko Kamu/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Valse Triste) TDK CORE CORE OC15 (2008)

Sibelius Symphonies



Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1957) ( + Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3) SONY CLASSICAL (Germany) 88697 28782-2 (2008)

Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) EMI CLASSICS ENCORE 509027-2 (2008) (original LP release: HMV ASD 3409/ANGEL SQ-37490) (1976)


Herbert von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5 and Finlandia) EMI CLASSICS 5 66600-2 (1998) (original LP release: COLUMBIA 33CX 1125/ANGEL 35082) (1953)

Herbert von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2) EMI CLASSICS 5 66599-2 (1998) (original LP release: COLUMBIA 33CX1750/ANGEL S-35922) (1960)

Paul van Kempen/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 1943) ( + Schubert: Symphony No. 9 and Haydn: Symphony No. 104) TAHRA TAH 514-5 (2 CDs) (2003)

Kiril Kondrashin/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1977) ( + Symphony No. 3) GLOBE GLO 6011 (1992)

Kiril Kondrashin/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ( + Brahms: Symphony No. 2) PHILIPS 438279-2 (1993) (original LP release: PHILIPS 412 069-1) (1976)

Serge Koussevitzky/Boston Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1936) ( + Symphony No. 2) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110170 (2001) (original LP release: RCA VICTOR LCT-151) (1954)

Serge Koussevitzky/Boston Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1943) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 and 7 and The Swan of Tuonela) ROCOCO 2103-3/4 (2 LPs) (c. 1970)

Adrian Leaper/Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria ( + Violin Concerto) ARTE NOVA 7432151629-2 (1996)

Sibelius Symphonies


Adrian Leaper/Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra ( + En Saga and Belshazzar's Feast) NAXOS 8.550200 (1994)

Erich Leinsdorf/London Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1946) ( + Symphony No.2 and Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia) DUTTON LABORATORIES CDBP 9788 (2008) Yoel Levi/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1) TELARC CD-80246 (1990)

James Levine/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 445865-2 (1996)



Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1 and Romance for Strings) SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SBK 63060 (1997) (original LP release: COLUMBIA ML-5045) (1955)

Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Tapiola and En Saga) RCA (Japan) BVCC-38123 (74321-85201-2) (2006) (original LP release: RCA RED SEAL RL 12908/RCA RED SEAL ARL1-2906) (1978)

Sakari Oramo/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Karelia Suite, Pohjola's Daughter and The Band) ERATO 857385822-2 (2001)

Ootomo Naoto/Tokyo Symphony Orchestra EXTON OVCL-00307 (2007)

Jorma Panula/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) FINLANDIA 4509-95842-2 (1995) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6433) (1969)

Georges Prêtre/New Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2) RCA PRECIOUS EDITION (Japan) TWCL-2009 (2006) (original LP release: RCA RED SEAL SB 6775/RCA VICTOR LSC-2996) (1968)

Sibelius Symphonies



Sir Simon Rattle/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 and Pan and Syrinx) EMI RECOMMENDS 503428-2 (2007) (original LP release: HMV ASD 4168/ANGEL DS-37883) (1982)


Artur Rodzinski/Cleveland Orchestra (rec. 1946) ( + Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 COLUMBIA ML-4881 (LP) (1954)

Gennady Rozhdestvensky/Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1, Alfvén: Mountain King -- Shepherdess' Dance and Shostakovich: The Bolt - Suite) MELODIYA S10 13297-300 (2 LPs) (1981)

Gennady Rozhdestvensky/USSR Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (+ Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7)) MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01669 ( 3 CDs) (2010) (original LP release: CHANT DU MONDE LDX78015/MELODIYA 33SM 01821-2/HMV/MELODIYA ASD 3780) (1969)


Esa-Pekka Salonen/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Pohjola's Daughter) SONY 66234 (1999) (original CD release: CBS MASTERWORKS MK 42366) (1987)


Kurt Sanderling/Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra MELODIYA D 03182-3 (LP) (1957)

Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6 and Tapiola) RCA RED SEAL 8869771521-2 (2013) (original CD release: RCA RED SEAL 7822-2) (1988)

Sibelius Symphonies



Jukka-Pekka Saraste/London Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 2008) ( + Pohjola`s Daughter and Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra) LONDON PHILHARMPNIC ORCHESTRA LPO0057.(2011)

Sir Malcolm Sargent/BBC Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1) EMI STUDIO CDM 763094-2 (1989) (original LP release: HMV HMV ASD 303) (1960)

Andrew Schenk/Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra ( + Valse Triste and Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2) STRADIVARI CLASSICS SCD 6085

Ole Schmidt/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + En Saga, Valse Triste, Finlandia and The Swan of Tuonela) REGIS RRC 1216 (2005) ( + Symphony No. 2) ALTO ALC 1189 (2012) (original CD release: TRING INTERNATIONAL TRP 103) (2000)



Thomas Søndergård/BBC National Orchestra Of Wales ( + Nielsen: Symphony No. 5) BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BBCMM 360 (2013)


Loris Tjeknavorian/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) RCA RED SEAL LRL 15134 (LP) (1976)

Erik Tuxen/Danish State Radio Orchestra ( + String Quartet in D minor) DUTTON LABORITORIES CDBP 9801 (2010) (original LP release: DECCA LXT 2744/LONDON LL-634) (1952)

Sibelius Symphonies


Osmo Vänskä/Lahti Symphony Orchestra (1915 and 1919 versions) BIS CD-862 (1997) (original CD release of 1915 version: BIS CD-800) (1996)





Akeo Watanabe/Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1974) ( + The Swan of Tuonela and Bruch: Violin Concrto No. 1) TOKYO FM ARCHIVES TFMC 0012

Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104 (1923)


Vladimir Ashkenazy/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 and 7, En Saga and Tapiola) DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 455405-2 (2 CDs) (1998) (original CD release: 414 267-2) (1985)

Vladimir Ashkenazy/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7, Karelia Suite and Valse Triste) EXTON OVCL-00293 (2008)


Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1947) ( + Symphony No. 6)

Sibelius Symphonies


DUTTON LABORATORIES CDLX 7033 (1999) (original LP release: DISCOCORP WHS 106)

Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1954) ( + Symphony No. 4) SOMM SOMMBEECHAM 18 (2005)

Paavo Berglund/Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4 and The Swan of Tuonela)) BERLIN CLASSICS 0032552BC (2005) (original LP release: ETERNA 825776) (1970)




Paavo Berglund/London Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 2003) ( + Symphony No. 5 and The Swean of Tuonela) LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LPO 0065 (2012)

Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7, Luonnotar and Pohjola's Daughter) COLUMBIA LEGENDS SM4K 87329 (4 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: CBS 73162 {1973}/COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS M5S 784 { 5 LPs }) (1968)

Herbert Blomstedt/San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7, Tapiola and Valse Triste) DECCA 4757677-2 (4 CDs) (2006) (original CD release: DECCA/LONDON 448-817-2.) (1996)



Sibelius Symphonies






Pietari Inkinen/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7 and Finlandia) NAXOS 8.572705 (2011)

Neeme Järvi/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ( + Pelléas et Mélisande,) BIS CD-237 (1984)

Neeme Järvi/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON TRIO 4775688-2 (4 CDs) (2005) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 139032) (1967)

Okko Kamu//Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1982) ( + Symphony No. 3) TDK CORE OC014 (2008)


Herbert von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra (included in collection: "Karajan Edition - Philharmonia Orchestra" EMI CLASSICS CMS7 63464-2 (4 CDs) (1990) (original LP release: COLUMBIA 33CX 1341/ANGEL 35316) (1955)

Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1) EMI CLASSICS ENCORE 72478-2 (2007) (original LP release: EMI EL 270407-1/ANGEL DS-37821) (1986)

Sibelius Symphonies


Serge Koussevitzky/Boston Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1946) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 5 and 7 and The Swan of Tuonela) ROCOCO 2103-3/4 (2 LPs) (c. 1970)








Hans Rosbaud/Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1952) ( + Debussy: Nocturnes and Jeux) ICA CLASSICS ICAC 5109 (2013)

Gennady Rozhdestvensky/USSR Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (+ Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)) MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01669 ( 3 CDs) (2010) (original LP release: MELODIYA S10-05643-4/HMV MELODIYA ASD 3780) (1975)


Kurt Sanderling/Berlin Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7, Finlandia, Valse Triste, Night Ride and Sunrise, The Swan of Tuonela and En Saga)

Sibelius Symphonies


BRILLIANT CLASSICS 6899 (5 CDs) (2002) (original LP release: ETERNA 826768) (1975)

Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5 and Tapiola) RCA RED SEAL 8869771521-2 (2013) (original CD release: RCA RED SEAL 60157-2 (1990)


Georg Schnéevoigt/ Finnish National Radio Orchestra (rec. 1934) ( + Symphony No. 6 and Tapiola) DIVINE ART HISTORIC 27801 (2005) ( + Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8111399 (2013) (original LP release: SCANDIA 569) (1972)

Leif Segerstam/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 7 and En Saga) BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE MM 283 (2007)


Leif Segerstam/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2) ONDINE ODE 1026-2 (2003) Thomas Sondergard /BBC National Orchestra of Wales ( + Symphony No. 1) LINN CKD502 (2017) John Storgårds/BBC Philharmomic ( + Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and Three Fragments) CHANDOS CHAN 108093 (3 CDs) (2014)

Osmo Vänskä/Lahti Symphony Orchestra (1915 version) ( + Symphony No. 7)) BIS CD-864 (1998)



Sibelius Symphonies



Thomas Zehetmair/Northern Sinfonia ( + Symphony No. 3 and Stravinsky: Violin Concerto) AVIE AV2150 (2009)

Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 (1924)


Vladimir Ashkenazy/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 3, 5, and 6, En Saga and Tapiola) DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 455405-2 (2 CDs) (1998) (original LP relrease: DECCA SXDL 7580/LONDON LDR 71080) (1983)

Vladimir Ashkenazy/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6, Karelia Suite and Valse Triste) EXTON OVCL-00293 (2008)

Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1949) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 5 and The Swan of Tuonela) BARBIROLLI SOCIETY SJB105354 (2 CDs) (2011) (original LP release: RCA LHMV-1011) (c. 1952 ) (from HMV 78s)


Sir John Barbirolli/Helsinki Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1968) ( + Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande) INTAGLIO INCD 7171 (1992)

Sir Thomas Beecham/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1954) ( + Violin Concerto and Tapiola) ONDINE ODE 809-2 (1993)

Sir Thomas Beecham/New York Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1955) ( + Pelléas et Mélisande - Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or Suite, Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours, Rossini: Semiramide Overture, Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture and Bizet: Carmen Suites - Selections) SONY MH2K 63366 (2 CDs) (2003)

Sibelius Symphonies


Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1955) ( + Pelléas et Mélisande, The Oceanides and Tapiola) EMI GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY 509692-2 (2008) (original LP release: HMV ASD 468/ANGEL S-35458) (1957)

Sir Thomas Beecham/RoyalPhilharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1954) ( + Symphony No. 4, Pelléas et Mélisande, Swanwhite, Tapiola, The Tempest: Dance of the Nymphs, Pacius: Maame and anon.:God Save the Queen) BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4041-2 (2 CDs) (2000)




Paavo Berglund/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No, 2) LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LPO 0005 (2005)

Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Luonnotar and Pohjola's Daughter) COLUMBIA LEGENDS SM4K 87329 (4 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: CBS 72686 {1969}/COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS M5S 784 { 5 LPs }) (1968)


Herbert Blomstedt/San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Tapiola and Valse Triste) DECCA 4757677-2 (4 CDs) (2006) (original CD release: DECCA/LONDON 444-541-2) (1996)

Sir Adrian Boult/RoyalPhilharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1963) ( + Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2 and Bizet: Jeux d'Enfants) BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4039-2 (2000)


Sibelius Symphonies



Sir Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Kullervo, Lemminkainen Suite, Pohjola's Daughter, The Bard, Karelia Suite, The Oceanides, Finlandia, Valse Triste, Tapiola, Nightride and Sunrise and Rakastava) RCA VICTOR RED SEAL 8287655706-2 (7 CDs) (2004) (original release: RCA 09026 68312-2 {2 CDs}) (1997)


James DePreist/Oregon Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2) DELOS DE 3334 (2004)


Sir Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5 and En Saga) HALLÉ CDHLL7543 (2016)

Carl von Garaguly/Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1) BERLIN CLASSICS 3033-2 (1994) (original LP release: PHILIPS FESTIVO SFM 23000/ETERNA 825860) (1970)

Sir Alexander Gibson/Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 3) ALPHA PHA 3011 (LP) (1966)


Vladimir Golschmann/St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1942) ( + Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht and Tansman: Triptyque) DANTE LYS 305 (1998) (original LP release: RCA BLUEBIRD LBC-1067) (c. 1954)

Pietari Inkinen/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 6 and Finlandia) NAXOS 8.572705 (2011)

Sibelius Symphonies


Marek Janowski/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (rec. 1990) (included in collection: "Marek Janowski - En concert 1990-1999") CHANT DU MONDE CMX 378071.84 (4 CDs) (1999)

Neeme Järvi/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra ( + Kuolema: Incidental Music and Night Ride and Sunrise) BIS CD-311 (1986)


Eugen Jochum/Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1944) ( + Brahms: Symphony No. 3 and Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture DANTE LYS 192 (1998) (original LP release: MELODIYA M10 46747) (1985)

Okko Kamu/Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Nielsen: Symphony No. 1) CLASSICO CLASSCD 115 (1996)


Herbert von Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4 and Finlandia) EMI CLASSICS 476883-2 (2005) (original LP release: COLUMBIA 33CX 1341/ANGEL 35316) (1955)


Paul van Kempen/NetherlandsRadio Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Bruckner: Symphony No. 4) TELEFUNKEN 66026-7 (2 LPs)

Serge Koussevitzky/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1933) ( + Tapiola, Pohjola's Daughter,The Maidens with the Roses and Grieg: The Last Spring) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110168 (2004) ( + Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111399 (2013) (original LP release: RCA VICTOR LCT-151) (1954)



Sibelius Symphonies




Paul Mägi/Uppsala Chamber Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 1) SWEDISH SOCIETY DISCOFIL SCD 1161 (2015)

Yevgeny Mravinsky/Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1965) (included in collection: "Yevgeny Mravinsky - 100th Anniversary Edition") MELODIYA CD 10 00755-60 (5 CDS) (2008) (original LP release: HMV/MELODIYA ASD 2805/MELODIYA SM 02859-60) (1971)

Yevgeny Mravinsky/Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1977) ( + Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite) ALTUS ALT 054

Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2) SONY CLASSICAL SBK 53509 (1994) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MS-6275) (1961)

Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4, Pohjola's Daughter and The Oceanides) RCA VICTOR RED SEAL (Japan) 38124 (2004) (original LP release: RCA RED SEAL ARL1-4566) (1983)

Eugene Ormandy/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 1969) ( + Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4) RCO LIVE RCO 06004 (2007)




Sibelius Symphonies


Gennady Rozhdestvensky/Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Glazunov: Scenes de Ballet and Prokofiev: Andante for Strings) RUSSIAN REVELATION RV 10006 (1996) (original LP release: MELODIYA D 11339-40) (1963)

Gennady Rozhdestvensky/USSR Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (+ Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)) MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01669 ( 3 CDs) (2010) (original LP release:CHANT DU MONDE LDX78017/MELODIYA S10-05643-4/HMV/MELODIYA ASD 3671) (1975)

Antero Saike/The Symphony Orchestra of Olympia (pseudonyms for Nils-Eric Fougstedt/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra) ( + Pelléas et Mélisande {Karelia Suite incorrectly listed}) ALLEGRO/ELITE 3103 (LP) (1953)


Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Lemminkäinen Suite) RCA RED SEAL 09026-60575-2 (1992)



Leif Segerstam/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No.6 and En Saga) BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE MM 283 (2007)



Thomas Søndergård/BBC National Orchestra of Wales ( + Symphony No. 2) LINN RECORDS CKD 462 (2015)

Sibelius Symphonies


Horst Stein/NHK Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1987) ( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 and The Swan of Tuonela) KING RECORDS KKC 2033-4 (2 CDs) (2013)

Leopold Stokowski/All American Youth Orchestra (rec. 1940) ( + Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 and Ravel: Boléro) MUSIC AND ARTS CD 841 (1995)

Leopold Stokowski/ Helsinki City Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1953) ( + Symphony No. 1, Finlandia and Pelléas et Mélisande) GUILD HISTORICAL GHCD 2341 (2008)


George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra (1965) (included in collection: "George Szell Centennial") THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA TCO-GS97 (10 CDs) (1997)

Georg Tintner/Symphony Nova Scotia (rec. 1999) ( + Beethoven: Symphony No. 3) NAXOS 8.557238 (2003)


Arvo Volmer/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, Violin Concerto, Finlandia and Valse Triste) ABC CLASSICS ABC 4763943 (4 CDs) (2010) (original CD release: ABC CLASSICS ABC 476 6167) (2008)

Akeo Watanabe/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1982) ( + Symphony No. 4) TDK CORE OC013 (2008)



Akeo Watanabe/Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra ( + Nielsen: Symphony No.4 and Mozart: Divertimento, K.136) FONTEC FOCD 9242 (2005)

Sibelius Symphonies


Kullervo, Symphony for Soprano, Baritone, Male Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 7 (1892)

Paavo Berglund/Raili Kostia (soprano)/Usko Viitanen (baritone)/Helsinki University Chorus/ Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ( + Tapiola. The Oceanides, Karelia Suite and Finlandia) EMI CLASSICS GEMINI 217674-2 (2 CDs) (2008) (original release: HMV SLS 807/ANGEL S-3778 {2 LPs}) (1971) Paavo Berglund/Eeva-Liisa Saarinen (mezzo)/Jorma Hynninen (baritone)/Estonian State Academic Male Chorus/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra EMI CLASSICS MATRIX 65080-2 (1994) (original CD release: EMI CDS 7474968-2) (1985)

Sir Colin Davis/Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano)/ Karl Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)/London Symphony Chorus/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Lemminkainen Suite, Pohjola's Daughter, The Bard, Karelia Suite, The Oceanides, Finlandia, Valse Triste op.44/1. Tapiola, Nightride and Sunrise and Rakastava) RCA VICTOR RED SEAL 8287655706-2 (7 CDs) (2004) (original release: RCA 09026 68312-2 {2 CDs}) (1997)

Sir Colin Davis/Monica Groop (mezzo)/Peter Mattei (baritone)/London Symphony Chorus/ London Symphony Orchestra LSO LIVE LSO 0074 (2006)

Jussi Jalas/Liisa Linko (soprano)/Martti Lehtinen (baritone)/Helsinki City Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (rec. 1958) SATURNIAN SJ 101 (2 LPs) (c. 1970)

Neeme Järvi/Karita Mattila (soprano)/Jorma Hynninen (baritone)/Laulun Ystävät Male Choir/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra BIS CD-313 (1986)

Paavo Järvi/ Randi Stene (mezzo)/Peter Mattei (baritone)/ Estonian National Male Choir/ Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra EMI CLASSICS 628652-2 (2010) (original CD release: VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 545292-2 (2002)

Jorma Panula/Johanna Rusanen (soprano)/Esa Ruuttunen (baritone)/ Laulun Ystävät Male Choir/Turku Philharmonic Orchestra NAXOS 8.553756 (1997)

Ari Rasilainen/ Satu Vihavainen (mezzo)/Juha Uusitalo (baritone)/KYL Male Chorus/Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra CPO 777196-2 (2006)

Esa-Pekka Salonen/Marianne Rørholm (soprano)/Jorma Hynninen (baritone)/Helsinki University Chorus/Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra SONY SK 52563 (1993)

Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Monica Groop (mezzo)/Jorma Hynninen (baritone/ The Polytech Choir/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra FINLANDIA 0630-14906-2 (1996)

Sibelius Symphonies


Leif Segerstam/Soile Isokoski (soprano)/Raimo Laukka (baritone)/Danish National Radio Chorus/ Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra CHANDOS CHAN 9393 (1995) Leif Segerstam/Soile Isokoski (soprano)/Tommi Hakala/YL Male Voice Choir/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra ONDINE ODE 1122-5 (2008)

Robert Spano/ Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo)/Nathan Gunn (baritone)/Atlanta Symphony Men's Chorus/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra TELARC CD-80665 (2006)

Osmo Vänskä/Lilli Paasikivi (soprano)/ Raimo Laukka (baritone)/Helsinki University Chorus/Lahti Symphony Orchestra (1915 version) ( + Symphony No. 7) BIS CD-1215 (2001) Osmo Vänskä/Lilli Paasikivi (soprano)/Tommi Hakala (baritone)/YL Male Voice Choir/ Minnesota Orchestra BIS SACD-9048 (2017)

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