In our exploration of the seven Sibelius symphonies, the Symphony No. 4 is the darkest and most turbulent. Sibelius had broken away from his romantic mood and let dark thoughts pervade this work.

Symphony No. 1 Minnesota Orchestra Jean Sibelius, Composer Osmo Vänskä, Conductor Symphony No. 4 Jean Sibelius, Composer Osmo Vänskä, Conductor Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä’s new Sibelius cycle ...

On March 25, 2022, Decca Classics will release Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä's debut album Sibelius, a complete cycle of Jean Sibelius' symphonies, plus the tone poem Tapiola and 3 Late Fragments.

The prodigious young talent has an exclusive recording contract with Decca but his debut – a Sibelius symphony cycle – is frustratingly uneven The Finn Klaus Mäkelä is still only 26, but he has ...

Music Director Leonard Slatkin leads the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the North American premiere of Ferran Cruixent's "Cyborg" (and yes, there is on-stage gadgetry involved!); the North American ...

Born in southern Finland in 1865, Jean Sibelius’ music helped to define Finnish national identity for many in the 19th and 20th centuries, as the country struggled for independence against the Russian ...

David Nice explores the available recordings of Sibelius's 4th Symphony and makes a personal recommendation. This magnificent symphony shows evidence of struggle or despair and many people hear a ...

Sibelius wrote his 4th Symphony in 1910/11, a period of great darkness for the composer. He had recently undergone an operation to remove a cancerous tumour from his throat, and he seems to have been ...