4/10/2024 0 Comments Sibelius strings quartetTo find the perfect subscription for you, simply visit: .uk/subscribeĪnne Sofie von Otter mez Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu Subscribing to Gramophone is easy, you can choose how you want to enjoy each new issue (our beautifully produced printed magazine or the digital edition, or both) and also whether you would like access to our complete digital archive (stretching back to our very first issue in April 1923) and unparalleled Reviews Database, covering 50,000 albums and written by leading experts in their field. It finds Sir John at his inspirational best in a reading which marries outsize but never wilful temperament to edge-of-seat spontaneity and keen poetic instinct." "In the pantheon of essential Sibelius recordings, Barbirolli’s October 1962 account of the Second Symphony with the RPO deservedly occupies a place of honour. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Hallé Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli That quiet intensity is maintained throughout achieving an extraordinary other-worldly quality in the recurring passage which feels its way like disappearing footsteps in the snow just prior to the first-movement coda." The beautiful opening theme at first seems indivisible from the oscillating icy haze of the orchestral violins and maintains its mystery where other players might be inclined to exploit its beauty in riper tone and richer, more ‘expensive’ phrasing. "Batiashvili homes in here on the ethereal quality of the lyricism. Lisa Batiashvili vn Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim Osmo Vänskä's Sibelius recordings are so warmly received by Gramophone's reviewers that we probably could have made a Top 10 comprised simply of his albums, but we have tried to widen the net a little to allow room for the likes of Sir John Barbirolli, Herbert von Karajan and Daniel Barenboim. This recording is the culmination of that project, and the latest album from one of Australia’s most respected ensembles.If you are exploring Jean Sibelius's music for the first time, or want to discover a new recording of a long-cherished work, then we hope that you find this list of recommended recordings useful. This album also presents the early A minor quartet – a work in which we can hear the influences of Beethoven, Grieg and Mendelssohn, but also the emergence of the true and distinctive Sibelius sound.Ģ015 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius, and the Flinders Quartet have spent the year immersed in his much-neglected chamber music – including travelling to Sibelius’ homeland, Finland, to perform all of his works for string quartet. Flinders’ cellist Zoe Knighton describes this movement as the “heart and soul of the quartet … The layering of two sublimely beautiful themes works its way through to the absolute stillness of the ending – a true ‘hold your breath’ moment.” At the centre of the work stands an exquisite slow movement, marked with the ‘voces intimae’ inscription that gives the quartet its name. ‘Intimate Voices’ is a perfect musical arch that reaches across five movements – from the sheer delicacy of the opening to the frenzied finale. As it turned out, the hour of his death was almost 50 years away, but his analysis of his last great chamber work as ‘something wonderful’ certainly holds true. The kind of thing that brings a smile to your lips at the hour of death.” Sibelius wrote his string quartet ‘Intimate Voices’ during a period of crisis, both financial and health.
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