{"product_id":"collins-conducts-sibelius-1954-57-pasc696","title":"COLLINS conducts Sibelius (1954-57) - PASC696","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePohjola's Daughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eNight Ride and Sunrise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePelléas et Mélisande Suite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eKarelia Overture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eKarelia Suite*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eThe Swan of Tuonela*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings, 1954-57\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 73:22\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e*London Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAnthony Collins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC696.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\n\nAnthony Collins recorded the first complete Sibelius Symphony cycle\noutside Scandinavia with the London Symphony\nOrchestra for Decca between 1952 and 1955 – these recordings were\nrestored and XR remastered for release by Pristine in 2022 (PASC 671,\n675, 677), and have only gained in stature and renown since their\noriginal LP issues.\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nOverlapping these recordings Collins also recorded a number of shorter\nworks by the composer, initially for Decca with the London Symphony and, in\n1957, for HMV with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. As with the Decca\nrecordings, these later HMV discs were also mono-only, the label being\ngenerally somewhat later to adopt stereo recording than much of the\ncompetition.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIt has proved impossible to fit all of these recordings onto a single disc,\nhence I’ve made a selection of works from both the Decca and the HMV\nreleases, and brought Pristine’s Ambient Stereo remastering to both to what\nI hope you’ll agree is great effect.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIf questions were raised by some contemporary critics with respect to\nCollins’ interpretations of the symphonies, his recordings of these shorter\nworks were very well received at the time:\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n“The disc makes a good investment for the new Sibelius collector who\ndoesn’t, for one reason or another, want the symphonies. It also makes a\nconvenient appendage to Anthony Collins’s other Sibelius records; he’s done\nthe \u003cem\u003eKarelia\u003c\/em\u003e overture but not the subsequent suite. This isn’t as\nyou might expect incidental music to a play, but a musical souvenir of a\nparticular part of Finland where the people are remarkable by Finnish\nstandards for their vivacity and friendliness. The \u003cem\u003eIntermezzo\u003c\/em\u003e,\nwhich might be likened to a forest procession of riders approaching\ngradually through the overhanging leaves, and the \u003cem\u003eAlla Marcia\u003c\/em\u003e with\nits two bonhomous times, are both well known and often played. The\nintervening \u003cem\u003eBallad\u003c\/em\u003e doesn’t seem to have been recorded before; it’s\na long, gaunt composition, which extends and gradually elaborates a very\nSibelian (but surely not Karelian?) melody; the ballad is scored mostly for\nstrings. Collins builds up the climaxes well in the outer pieces, and\nconveys the impressiveness of the ballad; the rhythm of the march is not\nquite as lively as one might wish.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe other pieces are all otherwise available. Collins’s version of the\nfamous \u003cem\u003eSwan\u003c\/em\u003e, gliding in majesty round the Scandinavian Styx, is\nfinely done, with admirable recorded presence; the percussion and the\nstring patterns emerge with wonderful clarity, and Leonard Brain plays his\ncelebrated solo with real artistry.” (The Gramophone, August 1958)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe movements from the \u003cem\u003ePelléas et Mélisande Suite\u003c\/em\u003e were originally\nissued across two releases, with the second, seventh eighth and ninth\nappearing as filler to the Symphony No. 6 in late 1955, whilst the other\nmovement recorded by Collins, the sixth, \u003cem\u003ePastorale\u003c\/em\u003e, would appear a\nfew months later on a ten-inch Decca LP to accompany the \u003cem\u003eKarelia\u003c\/em\u003e\nOverture referred to in the review above, as well as the other movements\nthat had already appeared on the symphony disc.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIn today’s world of multiple exhaustive recordings of most major composers’\ncomplete works, available freely at the touch of a button or click of a\nmouse, it’s worth remembering a time when real dedication was needed just\nto hear some of these works and build an even vaguely comprehensive\ncollection – not to mention the dilemma of whether, after spending the\npresent-day equivalent of £61.20 (about $78 US) on the Symphony LP you\ncould afford to spend a further equivalent of £32.75 ($41.75) just to add\ntwo and a quarter minutes of extra \u003cem\u003ePelléas et Mélisande\u003c\/em\u003e music and\nseven minutes of the \u003cem\u003eKarelia\u003c\/em\u003e Overture to your collection.\nDecisions not taken lightly!\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOLLINS \u003c\/b\u003econducts Sibelius\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. \u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePohjola's Daughter, Op. 49\u003c\/span\u003e  (12:48)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eA Decca recording, 5-6 May, 1954\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eNight Ride and Sunrise, Op.55\u003c\/span\u003e  (14:26)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eA Decca recording, 2-3 June, 1955\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 46\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. 2. Melisande  (2:17)\u003cbr\u003e4. 6. Pastorale  (2:23)\u003cbr\u003e5. 7. Melisande at the Spinning-Wheel  (2:35)\u003cbr\u003e6. 8. Entr'acte  (2:39)\u003cbr\u003e7. 9. The Death of Melisande  (6:24)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eA Decca recording, 2-3 June, 1955\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. \u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eKarelia Overture, Op.10\u003c\/span\u003e  (7:03)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eA Decca recording, 2-3 June, 1955\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eKarelia Suite, Op. 11*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. 1. Intermezzo. Moderato - Più moderato  (3:38)\u003cbr\u003e10. 2. Ballade. Tempo di menuetto - Un poco più lento  (6:33)\u003cbr\u003e11. 3. Alla marcia. Moderato - Poco largamente  (4:20)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eAn HMV recording, 11 \u0026amp; 13 September, 1957\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eLemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. 2. 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