Post by Luukas August 13, 2015 (1 of 50)
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This fascinating Box Set is a part of the Sibelius Celebration Year - Year 2015 marks the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius (1865–1957). The album will be available in September.
The booklet is available here: http://www.bis.se/bis_pages/PDF/_booklet/BIS-2076_booklet.pdf
As you can see, the 3 discs box will be multi-channel (5.0) SACD. What a pleasure!
The previous SACD of the team - Sibelius: The Tempest, The Bard, Tapiola - Okko Kamu - got many acclaimed awards, for example Diapason d'Or de l'Année (2011). ClassicsToday reviewed the disc with the highest ratings 10/10.
Photo: Teemu Kirjonen (Okko Kamu and the Sinfonia Lahti at the recording sessions)
Any comments?
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Post by Luukas September 9, 2015 (2 of 50)
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Ya, it's what I've been waiting years for.
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Post by Luukas September 9, 2015 (4 of 50)
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Yes, I agree. Very interesting newcomer to the catalogue. We haven't many Sibelius cycles on SACDs - Neeme Järvi (DG), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Exton) & Sir Colin Davis (LSO Live) - so I am very excited to get this one.
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Post by Ubertrout September 9, 2015 (5 of 50)
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I want this. Is this going to be a situation where it takes 6 months to get to the US though?
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Post by Luukas September 9, 2015 (6 of 50)
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Well, the box set is already available in Finland. The first copies appeared in Lahti during the Sibelius Festival. Unfortunately I wasn't there so I cannot say anything about the recording. But the international release will be available soon - we will see.
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Post by aoqd22 September 11, 2015 (7 of 50)
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Post by Iain September 11, 2015 (8 of 50)
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Ubertrout said:
I want this. Is this going to be a situation where it takes 6 months to get to the US though?
If so, download will be the best choice as detailed here: http://www.bis.se/index.php
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Post by diw September 11, 2015 (9 of 50)
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Hard for me to tell how many microphones were utilized.
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Post by Jonty September 13, 2015 (10 of 50)
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There are quite a lot of microphones. However, it looks that the main pickup is a set of 3 spaced (omnidirectional?) microphones across the front and above the orchestra (on stands), like the Mercury Living Presence set up, plus a pair further back and out presumably for surround. Then a lot of spot microphones.
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