Adelaide Symphony Orchestra - Sibelius: Complete Symphonies (2010)
Artist: Arvo Volmer, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adele Anthony
Title: Sibelius: Complete Symphonies
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: ABC Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 4:31:34
Total Size: 981 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Sibelius: Complete Symphonies
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: ABC Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 4:31:34
Total Size: 981 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Disc 1
1. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39: I. Andante, ma non troppo - Allegro energico (10:23)
2. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39: II. Andante (ma non troppo lento) (09:00)
3. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39: III. Scherzo: Allegro (04:51)
4. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39: IV. Finale: Andante - Allegro molto - Andante assai - Allegro molto come prima - Andante (ma non troppo) (12:24)
5. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63: I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio (10:00)
6. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63: II. Allegro molto vivace (04:47)
7. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63: III. Il tempo largo (10:12)
8. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63: IV. Allegro (10:04)
Disc 2
1. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: 1. Allegretto (09:07)
2. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: 2. Tempo andante, ma rubato (14:43)
3. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: 3. Vivacissimo - Lento e suave (05:46)
4. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: 4. Finale (Allegro moderato) (13:24)
5. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105 (19:53)
6. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Finlandia, Op. 26 (08:13)
Disc 3
1. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: I. Tempo molto moderato - Allegro moderato (ma poco a poco stretto) - Vivace molto - Presto - Più presto (13:37)
2. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto - Poco a poco stretto - Tranquillo - Poco a poco stretto - Ritenuto al tempo primo (09:09)
3. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: III. Allegro molto - Misterioso - Un pochettino largamento - Largamento assai - Un pochettino stretto (09:14)
4. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104: I. Allegro molto moderato (09:07)
5. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104: II. Allegretto moderato (07:19)
6. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104: III. Poco vivace (03:47)
7. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104: IV. Allegro molto (11:04)
8. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1 (04:49)
Disc 4
1. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52: I. Allegro moderato (09:59)
2. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52: II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto (09:48)
3. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52: III. Moderato - Allegro ma non tanto (08:52)
4. Adele Anthony, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato (15:51)
5. Adele Anthony, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: II. Adagio di molto (08:19)
6. Adele Anthony, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer – Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: III. Allegro, ma non tanto (07:37)
This four-CD box set by Arvo Volmer and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra brings together the seven symphonies of Jean Sibelius, along with his popular Violin Concerto, and the extremely familiar tone poem Finlandia and Valse Triste are provided as filler. This Australian orchestra plays with a full range of expressions and sonorities, so it can handle Sibelius at his most lushly Romantic, as in the Symphony No. 2, yet can muster the chilly timbres of his darker side at its most abject in the Symphony No. 4, and find a comfortable middle ground with the piquant neo-Classical tones of the Symphony No. 6. Sibelius' music runs the gamut of moods, from bleak and despairing to grandiose and bombastic, yet Volmer and his musicians are careful not to exaggerate any of these expressions, but stay close to the scores and find a straightforward and honest approach that communicates Sibelius' complex vision without posturing or puzzling. ABC's reproduction is rich and spacious, so the orchestra always sounds terrific, and the dimensions of the sound feel realistically deep and open. ~ Blair Sanderson