This two-disc set of Paavo Järvi conducting Sibelius will be mandatory listening for fans of the Finnish conductor for two reasons. First and foremost, it easily contains the best performance of his early one-act opera The Maiden in the Tower ever recorded. As Sibelius' fans know, this is not all that difficult a trick since there has only ever been one other recording of the work, a musically superficial and dramatically underpowered account by Neeme Järvi, Paavo's father. Even had there been a dozen previous recordings of ...
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This two-disc set of Paavo Järvi conducting Sibelius will be mandatory listening for fans of the Finnish conductor for two reasons. First and foremost, it easily contains the best performance of his early one-act opera The Maiden in the Tower ever recorded. As Sibelius' fans know, this is not all that difficult a trick since there has only ever been one other recording of the work, a musically superficial and dramatically underpowered account by Neeme Järvi, Paavo's father. Even had there been a dozen previous recordings of the opera, however, one still suspects this one would be unbeatable. The soloists are all completely convincing in their more archetype-than-character roles. More importantly, Järvi creates a much more musically cogent and dramatically involving performance with the Estonian National Symphony that makes as persuasive an argument for the work as is imaginable. But beyond the quality of The Maiden in the Tower, the other reason for Sibelius devotees to try this disc is Järvi's...
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