Sibelius, 50th anniversary of death (09-20-1957) and the Wood Nymph

[Gurn Blanston]

Well, finding the/my "best" interpretation of a specific work is a good quest, I'm also not searching for cycles. Well, you don't like the 4th? This fine mysterious piece? Give it a try with Segerstam. EDIT: I asked a mod to put the non-Woodnymph discusion to the Snowshoed Sibelius thread.

I think I got the correct posts out of here and into the other. If I screwed up, let me know and I will have another go. If not immediately, then later.

[DavidRoss]

Well, finding the/my "best" interpretation of a specific work is a good quest, I'm also not searching for cycles. Well, you don't like the 4th? This fine mysterious piece? Give it a try with Segerstam. EDIT: I asked a mod to put the non-Woodnymph discusion to the Snowshoed Sibelius thread.

Ack!  Does that mean we'll lose the continuity of comments on this thread, and disrupt it on another?  Hope not.  I can see moving way off topic crap that persists to another place--for instance, if someone were to start a series of posts arguing tha Pelleas & Melisande is the most exquisite music of all time--but tangential comments that don't disrupt the thread only contribute to the spirit of convivial give-and-take that many of us enjoy around this site.

The 4th seems to be the most difficult for most--especially those who expect Sibelius to be a "Romantic" composer and are disturbed by his modernist attributes.  I agree that Segerstam's HPO outing makes it more dramatic than mysterious, much as with his Tapiola, too.  It may not be exactly my cuppa (soup?), but I admire it and certainly understand why those whose preferences differ from mine enjoy it so much.  Maybe I'll spin it after I get around to the 2nd. 

[Wanderer]

It should be only available on those 3 CDs, first two have the same recordings:

The Lahti SO/Vänskä rendition is also included in this set:



(vol.1 of the BIS Sibelius Edition)