Simon Rattle Conducts Sibelius

This new volume of our Simon Rattle Conducts… collection is devoted to Jean Sibelius. The music of the Finnish composer was truly dear to the conductor’s heart as he recorded a beautiful complete cycle of symphonies in the 80s during his mandate in Birmingham. All of them are made available online together for the very first time! It also includes a few tone poems such as The Oceanides or Night Ride and Sunrise, as well as an alternate version of the fifth symphony with the Philharmonia Orchestra, and a splendid rendition of the violin concerto with Nigel Kennedy.