The complete cycle of Sibelius symphonies by Finnish conductor Leif Segerstam has gained wide acclaim as well as a few doubters who find the performances lacking in forward momentum. Even those objections can hardly be raised in the case of Sibelius' incidental music, where you're missing the original stage presentation, and a more detailed, expressive performance is desirable. Segerstam and the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, well recorded by Naxos in its own hall, come through in a pair of little-known theatrical scores ...
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The complete cycle of Sibelius symphonies by Finnish conductor Leif Segerstam has gained wide acclaim as well as a few doubters who find the performances lacking in forward momentum. Even those objections can hardly be raised in the case of Sibelius' incidental music, where you're missing the original stage presentation, and a more detailed, expressive performance is desirable. Segerstam and the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, well recorded by Naxos in its own hall, come through in a pair of little-known theatrical scores here. The incidental music, much more conservative tonally and much more oriented toward pure melody, may seem to inhabit a different world from the symphonies, but the way the melodies depend on little turns of rhythm sets them apart from the music of Grieg, which they superficially resemble. The strength of Segerstam's reading is the way he defines these so clearly. Sample the first number of the chamber-sized incidental music for August Strindberg's Svanevit (Swanwhite), JS 189, of...
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