Dei um tempo nas postagens dessa caixa de Sibelius para poder disponibilizar outro material para os senhores, mas agora vou me encaminhar para sua conclusão, pois faltam apenas dois cds.
Temos então neste quarto cd as sinfonias de nº 5 e 7, além da belíssima “Pelleas and Melisande”. A música de Sibelius não é para qualquer ouvido, digamos que temos de nos acostumar com a sonoridade de sua orquestra, muitas vezes parece que o regente está tirando leite de pedra, tamanha a complexidade de suas harmonias. Felizmente, Sir John Barbirolli cumpre com maestria a função de nos apresentar essa obra.
1 Symphony No.5 in E Flat Op.82 – 1. Tempo molto moderato – Alegro moderato – Presto
2 Symphony No.5 in E Flat Op.82 – 2. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto
3 Symphony No.5 in E Flat Op.82 – 3. Allegro molto – un pochettino largamente
4 Pelleas and Melisande Suite Op.46 – 1. At the Castle Gate
5 Pelleas and Melisande Suite Op.46 – 2. Mélisande
6 Pelleas and Melisande Suite Op.46 – 3. Mélisande at the Spinning Whell
7 Pelleas and Melisande Suite Op.46 – 4. The Death of Mélisande
8 Symphony No.7 in C Op.105 – 1. Adagio
9 Symphony No.7 in C Op.105 – 2. Un pochettino meno adagio – Vivacissimo – Adagio
10 Symphony No.7 in C Op.105 – 3. Allegro molto moderato
11 Symphony No.7 in C Op.105 – 4. Vivace – Presto – Adagio
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli – Conductor
For some reason, this is the Sibelius that stole my heart. My first Sibelius was the Colin Davis with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and it just didn’t move me the way I expected it to. I was so disappointed, but a few months later, I tried this set and this time it just worked for me, entirely. I later went back to the Davis and found it too moved me. After that, with a few exceptions, I’ve found something in almost every conductor’s Sibelius—although a few have surprised me with how little they did for me—even ones not terribly lauded these days, such as Ashkenazy. But at the end of the day, although Blomstedt’s is by far my favorite, I’ll always have a fondness for Barbirolli’s for showing me how to enter the wonderful world of Jean Sibelius.