Paavo Berglund – The Warner Edition - Complete EMI Classics & Finlandia Recordings 42CD Box Set

Paavo Berglund – The Warner Edition - Complete EMI Classics & Finlandia Recordings

Two-piece box, 42CD with original artwork. Liner notes in English, German & French. / Paavo Berglund (1929-2012) was recognised as a father-figure in modern Sibelius conducting. He notably recorded no less than 3 times his complete symphonies, with the Bournemouth Orchestra, the Helsinki Philharmonic and later with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Besides much music of his homeland and Scandinavia in general he was able to demonstrate his prowess in Russian music, particularly Shostakovich, and flair for British music including Vaughan Williams and Bliss. After his time in Bournemouth and Helsinki he conducted all the major British orchestras as well as the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Staatskapelle Dresden and the New York Philharmonic and Cleveland Orchestras.

Tracklist:
CD 1 BLISS Cello Concerto (Noras) · Miracle in the Gorbals
CD 2 BRAHMS Double Concerto (Menuhin & Tortelier)
CD 3 BRITTEN & WALTON Violin Concertos (Haendel)
CD 4 FRANCK Symphony in D · Variations symphoniques*
CD 5 GLAZUNOV Piano Concerto · YARDUMIAN Passacaglia, Recitative and Fugue* (Ogdon)
CD 6 GRIEG & SCHUMANN Piano Concertos (Ogdon)
CD 7 GRIEG Peer Gynt, Suites · ALFVÉN · JÄRNEFELT
CD 8 GRIEG Symphonic Dances · Old Norwegian Romance with variations
CD 9 NIELSEN Symphony No. 5
CD 10 RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 (Andsnes)
CD 11 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Golden Cockerel · PROKOFIEVSummer Night
CD 12 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad”
CD 13 SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings · Piano Concerto No. 2 (Ortiz)
CD 14-16 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies Nos. 10, 5, 6 & 11 “The Year 1905”
CD 17-18 SIBELIUS Kullervo (Kostia, Viitanen)… · Symphony No. 7 · The Oceanides · Tapiola
CD 19 The Popular Sibelius
CD 20 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 · En Saga
CD 21 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6 · Luonnotar · Pohjola’s Daughter
CD 22 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 · Scènes historiques
CD 23 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 · The Bard
CD 24 SIBELIUS Violin Concerto · 2 Serenades · Humoreske No. 5 (Haendel)
CD 25 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 · King Christian II
CD 26 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 3 · Pelléas et Mélisande Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
CD 27 SIBELIUS Finlandia · Tapiola · The Swan of Tuonela · Valse triste…
CD 28 SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
CD 29-30 SIBELIUS Kullervo (Saarinen, Hynninen) · Our Native Land · The Origin of Fire
CD 31 SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6
CD 32 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 · The Oceanides · Finlandia
CD 33 SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
CD 34 SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos. 6 & 4
CD 35 SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
CD 36 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
CD 37 SIBELIUS Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 Chamber Orchestra of Europe
CD 38 SMETANA Má Vlast
CD 39 DVOŘÁK Scherzo Capriccioso · Slavonic Rhapsody in A-flat major · VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 6 · Oboe Concerto (Williams)
CD 40 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 4 · The Lark Ascending (Griffiths)
CD 41 WALTON & SHOSTAKOVICH (No. 1) Cello Concertos (Tortelier)
CD 42 Entry of the Boyars and other orchestral showpieces

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (CD 1, 3-5, 7-9, 11-26, 39, 41-42)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (CD 28-33)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe (CD 34-37)
London Philharmonic Orchestra (CD 2) · Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (CD 10)
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Philharmonia Orchestra (CD 6, 27)
Staatskapelle Dresden (CD 38-39) · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (CD 40)

Paavo Berglund – conductor

RECORDINGS FROM 1970-1997 *First release on CD

Label: Warner Classics
Released: 2024