Sibelius - Symphonies No.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 + Presentation (Century's recording : Sir John Barbirolli)

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Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (1865-1957) - Complete Symphonies by Sir John Barbirolli.
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Symphony No.1 in E minor Op.39
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l. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico (00:00)
ll. Andante - ma non troppo lento (12:07)
Ill. Scherzo - Allegro (22:30)
IV. Finale: Quasi una fantasia - Andante - Allegro molto (28:09)
Symphony No.2 in D Op.43
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l. Allegretto (42:02)
Il. Tempo andante, ma rubato (52:37)
Ill. Vivacissimo (1:07:39)
IV. Finale - Allegro moderato (1:13:39)
Symphony No.3 in C Op.52
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l. Allegro moderato (1:28:09)
Il. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto (1:40:23)
Ill. Moderato - Allegro - ma non tanto (1:51:38)
Symphony No.4 in A minor Op.63
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l. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio (2:00:58)
ll. Allegro molto vivace (2:10:53)
Ill. Il tempo largo (2:15:40)
IV. Allegro (2:26:48)
Symphony No.5 in E flat Op.82
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I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato - Presto (2:37:15)
Il. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto (2:51:21)
Ill. Allegro molto - Un pochettino largamente (3:00:28)
Symphony No.6 in D minor Op.104
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l. Allegro molto moderato (3:10:41)
Il. Allegretto moderato (3:20:04)
III. Poco vivace (3:27:00)
IV. Allegro molto (3:30:44)
Symphony No. 7 in C Op.105
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I. Adagio (3:40:36)
II. Un pochettino meno adagio - Vivacissimo - Adagio (3:48:07)
III. Allegro molto moderato (3:52:49)
IV. Vivace - Presto - Adagio (3:57:18)
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli
Recorded in 1966,69-70, at London
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Dans la DEUXIÈME Symphonie (achevée en 1902), le conteur et le symphoniste « absolu » s'approchent davantage de l'équilibre. Le premier mouvement retient avant tout l'attention en raison de sa remarquable logique interne : presque tout y découle, d'une manière ou d'une autre, du motif ascendant de trois notes exposé par les cordes dans les toutes premières mesures véritable motif symphonique « en devenir » (même si l'exultante fanfare entendue au point culminant du mouvement nous replonge momentanément dans l'univers nordique des dieux et des héros). Une grande partie du deuxième mouvement, le mouvement lent, reprend un matériau provenant d'un poème symphonique évoquant l'ultime confrontation entre Don Juan et la Mort, avec un second thème aux cordes, consolateur, clairement intitulé « Christus » sur les esquisses. Il serait difficile de ne pas percevoir dans ce mouvement le déroulement d'une sorte de lutte spirituelle, la Mort semblant l'emporter, comme dans la légende de Don Juan. C'est au scherzo et au finale qu'il appartiendra de finalement réunir ces deux mondes. Le thème du finale émerge victorieusement de la texture agitée de la fin du scherzo (hommage manifeste au passage correspondant de la Cinquième Symphonie de Beethoven, bien que sonnant très différemment). Puis, à la fin de la symphonie, le motif ascendant de trois notes du premier mouvement donne naissance à un nouveau thème, s'élevant bientôt à la quarte puis à la quinte, brillamment exposé par les trompettes. En tant que symbole de l'espoir qui renaît, cette coda est encore plus subjugante que la triomphale conclusion du Retour de Lemminkainen..
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  • @classicalmusicreference
    @classicalmusicreference4 жыл бұрын

    Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (1865-1957) - Complete Symphonies by Sir John Barbirolli. 🎧 Find this recording in our Spotify playlist : spoti.fi/3sWQUWn Symphony No.1 in E minor Op.39 *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-01:10) l. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico (00:00) ll. Andante - ma non troppo lento (12:07) Ill. Scherzo - Allegro (22:30) IV. Finale: Quasi una fantasia - Andante - Allegro molto (28:09) Symphony No.2 in D Op.43 *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (42:02-43:25) l. Allegretto (42:02) Il. Tempo andante, ma rubato (52:37) Ill. Vivacissimo (1:07:39) IV. Finale - Allegro moderato (1:13:39) Symphony No.3 in C Op.52 *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (1:28:09-1:29:06) l. Allegro moderato (1:28:09) Il. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto (1:40:23) Ill. Moderato - Allegro - ma non tanto (1:51:38) Symphony No.4 in A minor Op.63 *lick to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (2:00:58-2:02:28) l. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio (2:00:58) ll. Allegro molto vivace (2:10:53) Ill. Il tempo largo (2:15:40) IV. Allegro (2:26:48) Symphony No.5 in E flat Op.82 *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (2:37:15-2:38:40) I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato - Presto (2:37:15) Il. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto (2:51:21) Ill. Allegro molto - Un pochettino largamente (3:00:28) Symphony No.6 in D minor Op.104 *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (3:10:41-3:11:49) l. Allegro molto moderato (3:10:41) Il. Allegretto moderato (3:20:04) III. Poco vivace (3:27:00) IV. Allegro molto (3:30:44) Symphony No. 7 in C Op.105 *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (3:40:36-3:42:05) I. Adagio (3:40:36) II. Un pochettino meno adagio - Vivacissimo - Adagio (3:48:07) III. Allegro molto moderato (3:52:49) IV. Vivace - Presto - Adagio (3:57:18) Hallé Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli Recorded in 1966,69-70, at London Find CMRR's recordings on *Spotify* : spoti.fi/3016eVr Le ton héroïque de nombreux éléments de la *PREMIÈRE* Symphonie (1898-1899) ne fait guère de doute - ainsi les fanfares de cuivres rauques qui couronnent le premier grand crescendo de l'œuvre, le thème d'amour, langoureux et évoquant Tchaïkovski qui ouvre le deuxième mouvement, et tout particulièrement le finale libre fantaisie puissamment rhétorique, s'achevant immanquablement sur la mort du héros et dans la tonalité du dénouement de Kullervo, mi mineur. Le point de départ de ce finale, un thème exposé aux cordes, ardent, riche de développement et éminemment tragique, sonne comme s'il s'agissait d'un thème neuf ; en réalité, il s'agit de la reprise plus ou moins littérale du thème envoûtant entendu à la clarinette en ouverture de la symphonie c'est l'un des premiers exemples de cette manière de métamorphose thématique qui allait devenir à la fois plus subtile et encore plus présente dans les symphonies suivantes. Dans la *DEUXIÈME* Symphonie (achevée en 1902), le conteur et le symphoniste « absolu » s'approchent davantage de l'équilibre. Le premier mouvement retient avant tout l'attention en raison de sa remarquable logique interne : presque tout y découle, d'une manière ou d'une autre, du motif ascendant de trois notes exposé par les cordes dans les toutes premières mesures véritable motif symphonique « en devenir » (même si l'exultante fanfare entendue au point culminant du mouvement nous replonge momentanément dans l'univers nordique des dieux et des héros). Une grande partie du deuxième mouvement, le mouvement lent, reprend un matériau provenant d'un poème symphonique évoquant l'ultime confrontation entre Don Juan et la Mort, avec un second thème aux cordes, consolateur, clairement intitulé « Christus » sur les esquisses. Il serait difficile de ne pas percevoir dans ce mouvement le déroulement d'une sorte de lutte spirituelle, la Mort semblant l'emporter, comme dans la légende de Don Juan. C'est au scherzo et au finale qu'il appartiendra de finalement réunir ces deux mondes. Le thème du finale émerge victorieusement de la texture agitée de la fin du scherzo (hommage manifeste au passage correspondant de la Cinquième Symphonie de Beethoven, bien que sonnant très différemment). Puis, à la fin de la symphonie, le motif ascendant de trois notes du premier mouvement donne naissance à un nouveau thème, s'élevant bientôt à la quarte puis à la quinte, brillamment exposé par les trompettes. En tant que symbole de l'espoir qui renaît, cette coda est encore plus subjugante que la triomphale conclusion du Retour de Lemminkainen. Voici maintenant la *TROISIÈME* Symphonie, « classique avec son orchestre réduit et ses dimensions resserrées. Le premier mouvement est l'une des démonstrations les plus lucides de la traditionnelle forme sonate jamais composées par Sibelius. Le deuxième est en forme de valse délicatement retenue bien que l'on puisse entendre dans son deuxÈ ème thème cantabile, exposé par les violoncelles divisés et les vents, quelques touches de mystère à la manière d'un nocturne. Le dernier mouvement pousse encore plus loin que ce n'était le cas dans la Deuxième Symphonie la fusion du scherzo et du finale à tel point que l'on ne sait plus si l'on doit paF Ier de deux mouvements séparés ou bien d'un seul et même mouvement qui tout simplement « devient » autre. Le développement est ponctué d'une nouvelle et triomphante coda, les cors retentissant sur la pulsation martelée des cordes. Jamais sans doute Sibelius n'approcha autant cet idéal du style symphonique « sévère » évoqué dans sa conversation avec Mahler. Ce fut autant La Fille de Pohjola que la Troisième Symphonie qui ouvrirent la voie à la *QUATRIÈME* Symphonie (1911). La magistrale concision et l'économie de moyens qui s'y trouvent déployées n'auraient été possibles sans l'expérience de la Troisième, mais peut-être l'aspect le plus saisissant de cette Quatrième Symphonie tient à la manière dont elle intensifie et restitue de manière encore plus originale le thème de l'échec tragique et de la dissolution exposé dans La Fille de Pohjola. Qu'il s'agisse ou non d'un reflet des propres sentiments de Sibelius, alors à mi-chemin entre la quarantaine et la cinquantaine - crise du milieu de la vie aggravée par la crainte d'être atteint d'un cancer incurable de la gorge on ne saurait dénier une portée toute personnelle à l'argument sous-tendant la Quatrième Symphonie, en particulier à travers la quête angoissée et en définitive infructueuse du mouvement lent et ce sentiment de catastrophe imminente accompagnant le point culminant du finale. Tout au long de l'œuvre, l'accord de tonique (la symphonie est en la mineur) est continuellement évité, comme s'il sous-entendait une intolérable et sombre vérité ; on ne l'entendra finalement que dans les toutes dernières mesures, aux cordes, dans un simple et prosaïque mezzo forte. Pour certains, cette conclusion demeure déconcertante ; pour d'autres, elle revêt une sorte de stoïque dignité - une fois la terrible vérité affrontée. S'il s'était agi de l'ultime confrontation de Sibelius avec la forme symphonique, cette conclusion se serait révélée pratiquement insoutenable, tel l'ultime embrasement en mi bémol mineur du dernier quatuor à cordes de Chostakovitch. Cependant comme pour Lemminkainen - le mode héroïque reparut, plus puissant que jamais. *(SUITE VOIR CI-DESSOUS)* Sibelius - Complete Orchestral Works / Finlandia.. + Presentation (Cent. rec. : Sir John Barbirolli) kzread.info/dash/bejne/dZNlmquEp5yxdsY.html Elgar - Enigma Variations, Nemrod / Pomp and Circumstance, March (Century's recording : Sir John Barbirolli) : kzread.info/dash/bejne/maiAq6R-iNuymZc.html Johan Sibelius PLAYLIST (reference recordings) : kzread.info/dash/bejne/naCEwauDgMqwfKg.html

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    La *CINQUIÈME* Symphonie (1914-1919) est solidement ancrée dans la tonalité de mi bémol majeur : celle du triomphe de Lemminkainen et, ce qui est tout aussi significatif, de l'Eroica (Symphonie « Héroïque ») de Beethoven. C'est également l'une des manifestations les plus majestueuses de la penSée organique de Sibelius. Le motif exposé au cor au tout début est le germe dont jaillira la symphonie tout entière - l'écouter, c'est un peu comme regarder en accéléré le film d'une plante en train de grandir, ainsi et surtout dans le sommet d'intensité du premier mouvement, dominé par la trompette, lorsque le tempo, jusqu'alors Molto moderato, prend peu à peu de la vitesse à la manière d'un scherzo. Comme exemple d'un mouvement « se métamorphosant » en un autre mouvement, celui-ci dépasse de loin les transitions entre scherzo et finale des Symphonies n02 et 3, tant en subtilité qu'en véhémence accumulée. Le finale de la Cinquième présente un splendide motif ascendant puis descendant aux cors que le grand musicologue Donald Francis Tovey comparait à une image saisissante de Thor, le dieu scandinave, brandissant son marteau. Cependant le journal de Sibelius révèle qu'il en eut l'inspiration en observant une volée de cygnes tournoyant autour de la maison du compositeur avant de « disparaître en une brume solaire tel un éblouissant ruban argenté ». À la fin de la symphonie, c'est cet « hymne des cygnes » qui reparaît, transfiguré, aux trompettes. La *SIXIÈME* Symphonie (1923), demeurée pour beaucoup et pendant des années une énigme, rarement entendue en concert. En fait, cette Sixième ne peut qu'intriguer si l'on attend d'elle qu'elle se comporte à la manière des symphonies les plus ouvertement héroïques. Présentée comme étant en ré mineur, la symphonie est plus proche du vieux mode ecclésiastique hérité du « dorien », gamme n'utilisant, sur un clavier, que les touches blanches en commençant et en terminant sur un ré. Ce trait de caractère, associé à la polyphonie mobile des cordes dans les pages d'introduction, confère à l'oeuvre une sérénité que, normalement, on n'associe guère en musique classique ou romantique à une tonalité mineure on songe ici à Palestrina (que Sibelius révérait) et à ses contemporains de la Renaissance. Viennent ensuite quelques pages, sorte de représentation de la nature, parmi les plus expressives de Sibelius (murmures des cordes et appels d'oiseaux des vents dans le deuxième mouvement), suivies d'un finale tempétueux. Cependant la sérénité reparaît dans la coda chantante qui, plus que toute autre page Symphonique de Sibelius, fait le mieux revivre l'esprit des anciens bardes. Si la Sixième Symphonie s'articule en quatre mouvements clairement définis, la *SEPTIÈME* Symphonie se présente pour sa part tel le plus grand miracle de fusion et de transformation de Sibelius : un seul mouvement donnant le sentiment de deux mouvements rapides encadrant un grand Adagio. L'élément le plus remarquable en est un thème de trombone qui apparaît à trois reprises, pour l'essentiel inchangé bien que chaque fois sur un arrière-plan orchestral radicalement différent. La première fois, il marque le sommet d'un lent crescendo en forme d'hymne ; la deuxième fois, il retentit à travers des motifs sombres et tourbillonnants des cordes ; enfin il reparaît, lent et plus noble que jamais, dans l'ultime section d'un Presto vivifiant : comment ne pas songer à une montagne que l'on observerait dans des conditions météorologiques violemment contrastées. En même temps, la progression générale passant d'une vive luminosité à des régions ténébreuses pour finir sur une lumière redoublée - est aussi claire qu'elle l'était un quart de siècle plus tôt dans la Suite de Lemminkainen. Sibelius commença, et peut-être acheva une Huitième Symphonie , si ce fut le cas, il est presque certain qu'il la détruisit. Mais il est difficile d'imaginer qu'une autre oeuvre aurait pu mieux que la Septième Symphonie couronner en apothéose et de manière plus accomplie le parcours symphonique de Sibelius, peut-être parce qu'elle constitue l'exemple le plus remarquable jamais né de sa plume de cette « profonde logique » plusieurs fois évoquée de même que l'essence de sa conception héroïque de la symphonie : une conception venant du coeur, nullement plus abstraite que celle de Mahler. Car en dépit de leurs apparentes divergences, il est une grande vérité sur laquelle Sibelius et Mahler seraient certainement tombés d'accord : à savoir que la musique selon l'expression d'un autre grand symphoniste scandinave Carl Nielsen est « le son de la vie ». Johan Sibelius PLAYLIST (reference recordings) : kzread.info/dash/bejne/naCEwauDgMqwfKg.html

  • @user-ju4gd3gv4y
    @user-ju4gd3gv4y4 ай бұрын

    Listened to the 4th.I had that in my soul.Sibelius gave it a voice.

  • @DressedForDrowning

    @DressedForDrowning

    3 ай бұрын

    I love his music as well. Sadly he didn't compose one single note for the last 30 years of his life.

  • @barney6888
    @barney68884 жыл бұрын

    I have loved this set since my teens where I would go to the Toronto Library and listen to it over headphones. Broad tempi, warmth and power. A true collector's item. Oh for a Tapiola from Sir John

  • @johnvaughan7096

    @johnvaughan7096

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love to the truckers!!!

  • @daiduongdaviddinh140
    @daiduongdaviddinh1404 жыл бұрын

    There are times I just want to look obliviously to the empty space while listening to Sibelius. The melodies like a stream river that I want to submerge myself forever into...

  • @noriemeha
    @noriemeha3 жыл бұрын

    A lot to be said for this set. My first classical LP in 68 was Sir J's Sib 2nd with the Halle. Changed my life. Gave me a purpose... to listen to everything by this composer. Important when you're a teenager.

  • @vartannazarian2437

    @vartannazarian2437

    9 ай бұрын

    I had a similar awakening. I had been exposed to classical music since birth but it was after hearing the 3rd and 4th movements of the 2nd symphony by Sibelius while it was snowing outside at age 14 that made me fall truly in love with classical music. All thanks to my wonderful dad.

  • @lukasmotycka5217
    @lukasmotycka52172 жыл бұрын

    its such a blessing, thank you so so much, best regards from czech republic

  • @jimcrawford5039
    @jimcrawford50394 жыл бұрын

    The great Barbirolli and the Halle.. and Sibelius! Marvellous! Australia.

  • @notaire2
    @notaire24 жыл бұрын

    Wunderschöne und spannende Interpretation dieser sieben nordischen Sinfonien mit seidigen Tönen aller Streichinstrumente, milden Tönen aller Holzblasinstrumente und, vor allem, brillanten Tönen aller Blechblasinstrumente. Der unvergleichliche Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im gut phrasierten Tempo und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Alles ist wunderbar und durchaus atemberaubend!

  • @WhenAManCries
    @WhenAManCries4 жыл бұрын

    to whom that reading this comment now, you sir have a great taste in music, god bless you. and stay at home and wash your hands :)

  • @johannesberger37

    @johannesberger37

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir. The same can be said to you. I washed my hands and enjoy the calm and peaceful midnight hour with wonderful music and a nice whisky just to find out that dawn and thus work is coming too fast. :-D Have a nice evening.

  • @shawndworkin

    @shawndworkin

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wipe my own ass!

  • @autodidact2499

    @autodidact2499

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I'm washing your god shit off them.

  • @henryimmler8329

    @henryimmler8329

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you my music loving friend, and the same to you! I have been enjoying the Sibelius symphony cycles for years. His music evokes images of deer or moose hunting in the wooded mountain sides and valleys of Finland. Sometimes a flock of grouse flies up and ducks land on the hundreds of lakes around the land. Sometimes the light is dim as the hunters ride through the dense forrests. Sometimes they must take shelter from a passing storm. Always there is a chill which passes through the air. But then it's time to soad up the pack horses, saddle up the riding horses and ans head home with the food from the hunt. I find great joy in these works and others as well. "The Swan of Tounela" being one of my all-time favorites!

  • @colinglass1342
    @colinglass13423 жыл бұрын

    My first adventure into the classical wilderness Absolutely top hat recording This version in the hands of the master composer Sir John Barbirolli conducting Sibelios symphony no 2 Exquisite masterful could be the best rendition of sibelios symphonic work. Heard this on cassette tape form. Heard all sibelios symphonies. Sibelios can certainly paint a landscape of magical places of mountaintains and kingdoms just use you're imagination

  • @henryimmler8329

    @henryimmler8329

    Жыл бұрын

    I am glad to see we share similar images in Sibelius' music! Majestic mountains, dense forrests, marshes and lakes: this was certainly a magical place for Maestro Sibelius!

  • @hoalexander4024
    @hoalexander40244 жыл бұрын

    First time I listen to this symphony orchestra and know this conductor. To my memory, this orchestra never come to Hong Kong for performance. I wish one day they will perform the whole symphonies of Jean Sibelius for the peoples of Hong Kong. Let's us explore more about Finland fine music and appreciate the Scandinavian musicians. Thanks for your uploading this album.

  • @kitchingcheung3917

    @kitchingcheung3917

    4 жыл бұрын

    Halle Orc. had performed in HK Art Festival in ninety seventies, of course not with John Barbirolli.

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Alexander for your comment, you have been following us for a long time and we thank you :)

  • @gradusadparnassumfr
    @gradusadparnassumfr4 жыл бұрын

    Merci pour ce formidable travail! Une merveille ces innombrables mises en ligne de tant d'enregistrements légendaires, à présent si facilement accessibles. Quel chance nous avons! Encore un grand merci!

  • @SN-OZONEFRIMG2-2PVM-9C95-

    @SN-OZONEFRIMG2-2PVM-9C95-

    2 жыл бұрын

    MONSIEUR SIbelius

  • @barney6888
    @barney68884 жыл бұрын

    This is THE must have set for Sibelius. Nobody touches what Sir John does with the 3rd symphony. Rich, broad tempos, just like Sibelius did with his own recording of Andante Festivo. Trombone player in the Halle buries it. I have the EMI German pressing lp of this set... and no record player!! plus Sir John wears a great hat on the cover!!!

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your feedback, Barney.

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    @clark cimmerian euhh : NO and yet we also appreciate them. It's a pleasure to read you again, it's been a long time, I hope you're doing well :-)

  • @davidfloren5339

    @davidfloren5339

    3 жыл бұрын

    @clark cimmerian the "um" disqualifies you for commenting on the subject of superiority. Just kidding. However, the "um" is a classic tell that reveals more of the spirit of unbridled ignorance that despises human beings than that of the reasoned argument school that at least gives us a chance to be persuaded and convinced. The "um" school prefers to enshrine personal caprice as diamond truth, and reject and destroy all outside attempts to suggest wider truths.

  • @davidfloren5339

    @davidfloren5339

    3 жыл бұрын

    @clark cimmerian The opposite of idle chatter or prattle. The very antithesis of prating endlessly on about nothing. A brilliantly reasoned and presented argument against the use of "um" in an argument. However, as I clearly and unambiguously stated in my initial response, I was "just kidding" about your personal opinions, which you get to keep, undefiled by anyone's critique. Rest assured that you may continue to feel that your own subjective aesthetic judgments are indisputably superior in every possible way (even ways you haven't even considered yet), regardless of any possible argument in any universe that could be leveled against them. I certainly haven't done so in this forum, and my solemn oath is that I never will. In fact I will ardently agree with you about the Barbirolli 2d w/ the RPO. I will vociferously and furiously defend you on that one, for what it's worth.

  • @CulturedThugPoster

    @CulturedThugPoster

    Жыл бұрын

    I have an opinion and nothing to base it on ..

  • @aagnescat
    @aagnescat2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. I have wonderful memories of going to concerts by the Halle and the Superb Sir John.

  • @classicalmusicreference
    @classicalmusicreference4 жыл бұрын

    We hope that you will enjoy the fascinating world of Sibelius as much as we do. Enjoy :-) Sibelius - Complete Orchestral Works / Finlandia.. + Presentation (Cent. rec. : Sir John Barbirolli) : kzread.info/dash/bejne/dZNlmquEp5yxdsY.html Elgar - Enigma Variations, Nemrod / Pomp and Circumstance, March (Century's recording : Sir John Barbirolli) : kzread.info/dash/bejne/maiAq6R-iNuymZc.html

  • @trantiencaophong

    @trantiencaophong

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for this sharing! I like it very much.

  • @fransmeersman2334

    @fransmeersman2334

    4 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy believe me, your last uploads this week are phenomenal, thank you very much.

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@trantiencaophong You're welcome :-)

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@fransmeersman2334 haha excellent, thanks Frans :-)

  • @mrfake675

    @mrfake675

    4 жыл бұрын

    sure do

  • @theodentherenewed4785
    @theodentherenewed47853 жыл бұрын

    With this video, I just listened to another great set on this channel, after Bruckner symphonies conducted by Jochum, Schumann and Mendelssohn collections with Sawallisch. I highly appreciate those videos with all symphonies in them. The symphony no. 2 is the best, final movement is the most memorable among Sibelius' numbered symphonies. Symphony no. 7 is amazing as well, symphony no. 5 is in this famous key E-flat major, which sounds particularly cheerful, shared with Beethoven's Heroic symphony no. 3, his Emperor concerto no. 5, Schumann Rhenish symphony no. 3, Bruckner Romantic symphony no. 4 or Mahler Symphony of a Thousand no. 8. It's a good company to be in.

  • @fulviopolce9785
    @fulviopolce97854 ай бұрын

    Semplicemente eccezionale.Favolosa la registrazione , così come l'esecuzione e direzione dell'orchestra.Un Barbirolli al top . Una su tutte la prima sinfonia con il tema lento del clarinetto finalmente udibile come in nessun 'altra esecuzione... Grazie per questo sublime inserimento.

  • @kennethduckworth8100
    @kennethduckworth81003 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting this set. It's good that Barbirolli had a chance to record the complete Sibelius symphonies before he died. The sound here is better than any I have heard on the LP or CD versions of these recordings. Perhaps that stems from your using vastly superior equipment. Anyway, the music comes alive in a way that it hadn't for me before. For those who love these recordings, I would encourage you to look also for used LP copies of Barbirolli's earlier recordings of the 1st, 2nd, and 5th. The 1st and 5th (with an excellent Pohjola's Daughter), also with the Hallé Orchestra, were available in the U.S. on the Vanguard label in the early 1960s. The 2nd, with the Royal Philharmonic, was available on the Chesky label (and is on KZread). Although the current set was recorded later and has better sound, the earlier performances had quicker tempi and were tauter and more propulsive. I discovered Sibelius on those records, and my love for his music has never wavered.

  • @andreguilles4919
    @andreguilles49192 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing! Great genius! You can see all of Finland's nature and human passions. What a composer!

  • @gloriastiehl2905
    @gloriastiehl29052 жыл бұрын

    I listened to the whole4 hour music. It was magnificent! Thanks for sharing this!!🥰🥰🧡🧡😍😍❣️❣️

  • @strangersname

    @strangersname

    2 жыл бұрын

    What did you derive from it Gloria? What kind of thoughts and feelings?

  • @gloriastiehl2905

    @gloriastiehl2905

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@strangersname I felt relaxed and peaceful listening to this classical music. I love this music.🧡🧡🎶🎶🎼🎼🎵🎵🥰🥰

  • @strangersname

    @strangersname

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gloriastiehl2905 Thank you, Gloria. Enjoy the music!!

  • @marazulization
    @marazulization4 жыл бұрын

    What a treasure ! Thank you so much! I’ve been in love with Sibelius this is just timing! Listening right at this moment ! Thanks again !

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome Elide :-)

  • @erlandschneck-holze4476
    @erlandschneck-holze44764 жыл бұрын

    ... the best Sibelius You can ever hear - the interpretations of Sir John Barbirolli conducting his beloved Halle Orchestra Manchester - full of empathy and "manly" power and tragidy ...

  • @michaelletellier218
    @michaelletellier2184 жыл бұрын

    I can't keep up with the magnificent selection of recordings of wonderful sound fidelity that this channel is featuring! Here we have Sir John Barbirolli at his mature best, conducting music he loved. Worth noting is the string section that sings throughout, and which forms the foundation upon which Barbirolli built the cohesion of his orchestral performances with the Hallé Orchestra, and that enabled the sweeping rhythms so suited to Sibelius that others have commented on. This is indeed a Century's recording. I am so grateful that you have had the foresight to include this set and the companion Sibelius recording.

  • @stevejd64
    @stevejd643 жыл бұрын

    Simply the best you will find.

  • @yiannisvassilakis7005
    @yiannisvassilakis70054 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very-very much for this release!!! I also have the LP version (HMV!)..A marvelous black box bought in 1975! My teacher of classical guitar was a Sibelius fan and...ordered me to buy this set..absolutely with Barbirolli conducting😊He made me a Sibelius fan too! I greately thank Spiros and Sir John for this whole-life enjoyment and now..I wholeheartedly thank you for republishing it!!!

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Yiannis for sharing your story ;-)

  • @providence51
    @providence514 жыл бұрын

    You never cease to amaze me with your uploads!

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    good challenge :-)

  • @robertoa.m.3984
    @robertoa.m.39844 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this great upload!

  • @ViolinStimme
    @ViolinStimme3 жыл бұрын

    A powerful performance - moments of great warmth!

  • @danielfranzen9511
    @danielfranzen95114 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic. Thank you!

  • @ArtyFactual_Intelligence
    @ArtyFactual_Intelligence2 жыл бұрын

    Berglund, Rozhdestvensky, Vanska, Kamu, Colin Davis in Boston, Storgards plus the Kurt Sanderling cycles run this set close...but there was only one Glorious John.

  • @ArcoirisRaimbow
    @ArcoirisRaimbow4 жыл бұрын

    Señores: ¡qué increíble trabajo! Con sumario incluido !! GRACIAS🌹⭐❤🇻🇪

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    gracias por apreciar a los notarios ;-)

  • @Rwsegee
    @Rwsegee4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, the best 4 hours I have spent for some time.

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    ;-)

  • @dabedwards
    @dabedwards4 жыл бұрын

    Yet another great upload. Thank you! What is it about these recordings from 50 odd years ago that seems so vibrant? It seems to me that the microphones were placed closer than today, and there is less big hall reverb. The sound is less glossy --- you are more aware of the fact that the string section is made up of individual instruments. The result has less polish but a greater raw intensity. Barbirolli's direction also feels very different from more recent styles. There is more appropriate highlighting of solos and a courageous directness -- less nuance and subtlety, and more force. A bit like old-school actors speaking their lines clearly and loudly, rather than in the current modish mumble!

  • @horationelson57

    @horationelson57

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very well put! We all miss those old school actors/conductors, don't we.

  • @iahelcathartesaura3887

    @iahelcathartesaura3887

    4 жыл бұрын

    Imo this is bc people weren't trying to impress. They were actually just working to do a good job to bring forth the vision & passion of the composer, their times & themselves. People were more personal, if that makes sense. Less artifice, less fake polish, never "trying too hard"... simply bursting forth with refined, raw & honest feeling & vision. I was born just in time to barely remember this. You described it very eloquently. Thank you, very heartening & fulfilling to read your words.

  • @islamiccenterofsouthflorid928

    @islamiccenterofsouthflorid928

    3 жыл бұрын

    you are right, I agree to that, and I prefer this kind of recording. I think they after that they started perhaps like you said to put the microphones far maybe to avoid instrument leakage and clicks of the keys and hands on the instruments , but to be that is all adding the charm to a music piece it just remind you at any instant that the players are humans and it is like you are inside the orchestra not out side which is so overwhelming , I just love it

  • @BlackHermit
    @BlackHermit4 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic stuff, thank you so much for uploading!

  • @franciscolopesdesousa8374

    @franciscolopesdesousa8374

    4 жыл бұрын

    Que maravilha! Que leveza é um bálsamo para o espírito. Agradeço o compartilhamento desses arranjos sinfônicos para o descanso das nossas mentes...

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're Welcome Black Hermit :-)

  • @kewingordion1347
    @kewingordion1347 Жыл бұрын

    I love this. Thank you very much....

  • @iahelcathartesaura3887
    @iahelcathartesaura38874 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so very much!!!

  • @LaTesea
    @LaTesea4 жыл бұрын

    Una sinfonía es como estar en una selva tropical😍😍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. Mil gracias por compartir

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gracias por tu comentario, nos anima a continuar :-)

  • @Anguillacat
    @Anguillacat3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @sandorszechenyi1848
    @sandorszechenyi18484 жыл бұрын

    I like this music. Very good. I enjoy this when I am working.

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    We have the same first name :-)

  • @matzek.9119
    @matzek.91193 жыл бұрын

    Sibelius! What a great Composer. I love all his Symphonies (exception the 4th)

  • @davidowen1408

    @davidowen1408

    3 жыл бұрын

    #4 is a great symphony! Try Karajan and listen over and over and you will get it.

  • @matzek.9119

    @matzek.9119

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davidowen1408 thank you, I will listen the 4th Symphony.

  • @atomkraftteddy

    @atomkraftteddy

    2 жыл бұрын

    Try Leif Segerstam,

  • @michaeldunlap2693

    @michaeldunlap2693

    2 жыл бұрын

    His Fourth Symphony is like an uncomfortable truth in times of trouble. It is his most personal symphony, certainly not his most personable.

  • @noriemeha

    @noriemeha

    2 жыл бұрын

    Read a critic in the 70s who thought if you don't like the 4th or understand it, then you need ask yourself if you truly like his music. It seems to me (the 4th) to embody Sibelius talking to himself and making little compromise to this listener.

  • @vKarl71
    @vKarl714 жыл бұрын

    The first Sibelius recording I ever bought was Barbirolli doing the 1st symphony. I haven't heard the rest of his cycle so I'm very excited to find this. IF you've never heard Barbirolli's astounding recording with Janet Baker of the Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer, do yourself a favor and find it.

  • @noriemeha

    @noriemeha

    2 жыл бұрын

    For me Janet Baker is the greatest singer I have ever heard in my reasonably long life. I never understood why she stopped singing the day she turned 50 though she said she thought her voice was losing something.

  • @Trombosilbo
    @Trombosilbo4 жыл бұрын

    This is very beautiful

  • @richardwilliams473
    @richardwilliams473 Жыл бұрын

    The very ending of the 5th Symphony is spectacular! Instead of the timpanist playing grace notes as intended by the composer the timpanist hits solid right on the beat strokes ! BRAVO

  • @KILLAMAYO
    @KILLAMAYO Жыл бұрын

    ¡Gracias por tanta belleza!

  • @people2973
    @people29732 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic. Thank you! ( from South Korea)

  • @dejanstevanic5408
    @dejanstevanic540811 ай бұрын

    Phenomenal. TY

  • @sleort42
    @sleort424 жыл бұрын

    Great rendition, indeed

  • @queenstreetsystems
    @queenstreetsystems2 жыл бұрын

    never heard this music played so beautifully - all immersive; like floating in cream with angels creating waves. completely ruined me for all the CDs I own

  • @raymondpalagano6322
    @raymondpalagano63222 жыл бұрын

    This is superb

  • @kimfab1973
    @kimfab19734 жыл бұрын

    Inspiring music!

  • @jeffsmith1284
    @jeffsmith12844 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! These interpretations are truly reference recordings! Also, the program notes are outstanding. You’re channel is a true gem!

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    JEFF you are a GOLD subscriber :)

  • @garylamph3719
    @garylamph37194 жыл бұрын

    I seldom make a “comment” about ANY ‘U-Tube’ selection, Altho I watch and listen everyday. And I subscribe to ‘many’ various ‘channels’. Still, I’m enjoying this presentation today and decided to ‘put my. Oar in’ on this one. “Well done” from me, to you. Thanks, Gary 🧸

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    Welcome Gary ! Thanks for your comment, enjoy for us selection : kzread.info/dron/bMISEiX4KfykNV9bn26x0w.html

  • @carloscepeda3372
    @carloscepeda33725 ай бұрын

    Barbirolli con su orquesta y me atrvería a decir, con su sonido IMPRESIONANTE , que integral he oído algunas más de grande interpretes y algunas suenan, como decirlo mas finesas, pero ese dominio de la orquesta que tiene Barborolli.... Gracias

  • @leodecarolis9209
    @leodecarolis92094 жыл бұрын

    I love Sibelius and think he is underrated.

  • @noriemeha

    @noriemeha

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Parsifal If you look at KZread and such platforms, you will see young musicians searching Sib's work and finding neglected gems (piano works) and playing them or adapting them for other instruments. It's remarkable the interest in his neglected work. When I was a student I was told by lovers of his symphonic works that his piano pieces were mostly worthless. Simply not true as I have found to my joy.

  • @andreashelling3076
    @andreashelling30764 жыл бұрын

    My only question is how could his favourite drink have been whisky and not finnish koskenkorva if he loves this music so much as is audible here...

  • @canman5060
    @canman50604 жыл бұрын

    Sir John could be one of Sibelius student in his early years.

  • @barney6888
    @barney6888 Жыл бұрын

    One of the highest points in this set is the slow movement to the 3rd.

  • @gordanamitic1543
    @gordanamitic15434 жыл бұрын

    Zuzetno! Uzivam!

  • @Felipe.Taboada.
    @Felipe.Taboada.4 жыл бұрын

    the best cycle ever.

  • @ArtyFactual_Intelligence

    @ArtyFactual_Intelligence

    2 жыл бұрын

    Berglund, Rozhdestvensky, Vanska, Kurt Sanderling run this set close...but there was only one Glorious John.

  • @valeriysakov1410
    @valeriysakov1410 Жыл бұрын

    Интересная музыка. Браво Сибелиус!

  • @albhem_eh
    @albhem_eh3 жыл бұрын

    One of the absolute best recordings of Sibelius symphonies. Except for the 7th. Idk some parts of instruments feels like it comes a bit too quick at certain parts. Idk kind of has a lack of cohesion imo. But this is just my personal take. I still prefer Vänskä recording of 7th by the Minnesota Orchestra. I absolutely love that.

  • @noriemeha

    @noriemeha

    2 жыл бұрын

    David Hurwitz would say yuk! to your selection of a fav 7th. I had a fav 7th for a long time (on tape) until I played it to destruction. It was Ashkenazy conducting a London orchestra. But since those days I've learnt to accept and love other various takes on the great symphony.

  • @armandogonella2770
    @armandogonella27704 жыл бұрын

    WONDERFUL SIBELIUS , WONDERFUL BARBIROLLI ! ( A S T I , ITALIA )

  • @juancarlosagudo
    @juancarlosagudo3 жыл бұрын

    ¿Consideran que la Segunda Sinfonía es la mas relevante de Jean Sibelius?...

  • @mauromedina1821
    @mauromedina18214 жыл бұрын

    Eternal Love about the Fifth

  • @mirandaayoung5
    @mirandaayoung53 жыл бұрын

    I would appreciate a translation into English of the commentary.

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation*

  • @quintenskevin
    @quintenskevin4 жыл бұрын

    I am not a troll. I never heard of Sibelius beforr today. I am not an expert in master music neither.

  • @mlconlanmeister

    @mlconlanmeister

    4 жыл бұрын

    Quintens Kevin Cue up 1:13:39 and 3:00:28

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mlconlanmeister right choice

  • @chrisconnor8086
    @chrisconnor80862 жыл бұрын

    the foremost genius

  • @Trombosilbo
    @Trombosilbo4 жыл бұрын

    1:40:23 (:

  • @miyakoukita7864
    @miyakoukita78643 жыл бұрын

    77

  • @karenchristie3196
    @karenchristie31963 жыл бұрын

    commercials in the middle of a symphony??? Music heals. This is fact. Commercials are low frequencies that mess this up. How unthoughtful

  • @dr.a.w

    @dr.a.w

    Жыл бұрын

    It's vandalism.

  • @Velissiotisnikosvyahoocom
    @Velissiotisnikosvyahoocom4 жыл бұрын

    Dear Friend, More than have information about the music it will be more interesting to know why you have decided to publiced this edition and not another.... also if you have some info about the recording, the sections in the studio etc... Dont you think???? I think the persons that suite your publications are more or less informed about the music..

  • @Velissiotisnikosvyahoocom

    @Velissiotisnikosvyahoocom

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@klausgotza3376 thanks , very much thanks...

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Velissiotisnikosvyahoocom A pleasure to read you again :-) Why this recording : in brief It's the most "accomplished" integral from beginning to end. We have the impression that the recording was made in one go without any breaks. Barbirolli's inspiration is permanent, a powerful and epic breath of fresh air animates him. The tension is maximum, the timbre of the instruments magnificent, the recording breathtaking. We can follow the score and better understand and appreciate its harmonic structure through the intelligence of Barbirolli's direction. Barbirolli is a conductor we particularly appreciate for Sibelius, Elgar and Vaughan-Williams.

  • @senorsardonico6153
    @senorsardonico61533 жыл бұрын

    F-yeah! The "F" is for Finland, of course.

  • @agolooritte3057

    @agolooritte3057

    3 жыл бұрын

    I see what you did there...

  • @evenzero
    @evenzero3 жыл бұрын

    Zizek brought me here

  • @Sofronichrist
    @Sofronichrist4 жыл бұрын

    Ou c’était Barbirolli, ou c’était Karajan, le choix devait être difficile...

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    4 жыл бұрын

    Davantage Barbirolli (tout en appréciant certains aspects de l'interprétation de Karajan) :-)

  • @Sofronichrist

    @Sofronichrist

    4 жыл бұрын

    Classical Music/ /Reference Recording Comme je vous comprends !

  • @mauritiusdunfagel9473
    @mauritiusdunfagel94734 жыл бұрын

    The beginning of the first piece sounds an awful lot like “The Godfather” theme.

  • @jimcrawford5039

    @jimcrawford5039

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mauritius Dunfagel you mean the Godfather theme sounds a lot like this masterpiece.

  • @mauritiusdunfagel9473

    @mauritiusdunfagel9473

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jim Crawford Well, yea!

  • @barbarawilson958
    @barbarawilson9584 жыл бұрын

    Too many ads

  • @alefwolfgang2618
    @alefwolfgang2618 Жыл бұрын

    henry chinaski

  • @mirandaayoung5
    @mirandaayoung53 жыл бұрын

    A translation into English would be helpful.

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    3 жыл бұрын

    You need to enable subtitles.

  • @mirandaayoung5

    @mirandaayoung5

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@classicalmusicreference I am referring to that long paragraph which is in French.

  • @mirandaayoung5

    @mirandaayoung5

    3 жыл бұрын

    Anyway, there is nothing that I can click on.

  • @miyakoukita7864
    @miyakoukita78643 жыл бұрын

    Nn

  • @Sulerronte
    @Sulerronte4 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic, but is more practice, easy just one by one.

  • @evertonms100
    @evertonms1002 жыл бұрын

    O Jardim da Aflições - Olavo de Carvalho tem razão.

  • @mirandaayoung5
    @mirandaayoung52 жыл бұрын

    You do not understand what I mean when I ask for a translation into English. I do not want subtitles. I want to be able to read the entire paragraph in the very beginning as the people who can read French are able to do. I do not want to have to sit here watching it for four hours getting the information a little bit at a time. I want this done in all the presentations that you do.

  • @classicalmusicreference

    @classicalmusicreference

    2 жыл бұрын

    www.deepl.com/translator

  • @danielgraebin242
    @danielgraebin2423 жыл бұрын

    Fora Bolsonaro

  • @albertoconosciuto1723
    @albertoconosciuto17236 ай бұрын

    Interrumpir una sinfonia para pasar una estupida publicidad es una falta de respeto absoluta.

  • @nihilistlemon1995
    @nihilistlemon19952 жыл бұрын

    I have to agree with Hurwitz and disagree with you here . Blomstedt set is far better than this one .

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