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May 21, 2018 · David Gutman and Andrew Mellor spar over the pros and cons of Bernstein’s recording of Sibelius’s Fifth with the New York Philharmonic.
Apr 29, 2018 · April 29, 2018. From Joseph Horowitz’s centennial essay on a failed messiah: Bernstein’s disappointment upon leaving the Philharmonic was undisguised. He knew that he had failed to transform the...
I never heard Bernstein's complete Sibelius symphony cycle from the 1960s, but I must say that after buying his LP of the Second I did not think the performance augured well for purchase of the others. It had a scrappy quality about it, though it was spirited and compelling in its own way.
Bernstein's 1960s Sibelius carries a good reputation. It is no surprise then that the bargain reissue of the seven symphonies in 2000 on French Sony sold well when it found its way outside France. The set used to be on two mid-price Sony Royal Classics boxes and before that in a single box.
Apr 7, 2005 · Bernstein's Sibelius is rich, lush, and very romantic. Not the NYPO recordings....these are big, brawny, brassy and muscular, with hefty string sound, full-throated woodwinds and ripping, roaring brasses... lush and rich are not adjectives that spring to mind with the NYPO recordings from the 60s....
I am too conscious of the conductor’s control here, inhibiting spontaneity. In the first movement Bernstein’s tendency to broaden out at key points runs counter to the gradual accelerando written into the music.
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It’s part of the Sibelius Two “troika” that also includes Barbirolli (Chesky) and Szell (Philips). Bernstein is particularly adept at getting the finale to sound grand without pomposity; too often its principal thematic material seems to come back one time too many.
