Comments on: Kullervo

By: iskender

iskender — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:30:16 +0000

I found a recording by London Symphony under Sir Colin Davis in the eMusic selections.. I also have a general question… Any resource where we can find the ENglish translations of the texts of Sibelius songs and esp. choral works?

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 02:41:38 +0000

According to the BBC, on CD review, the Bournemouth Recording was proven to be the best, but I found the Paavo Jarvi and Stockholm Philharmonic (especially the National Male Chorus of Estonia) to be utterly compelling, so that is what I decided on.

By: jean c

jean c — Mon, 18 Nov 2002 03:29:55 +0000

In my small collection on Sibelius I have four different cds of Kullervo -from Saraste, Panula, Salonen and Vanska. Although all of them are excellent, if not first-rate performances, my best pick is Vanska (Lahti S.O., BIS import cd)

By: Mark Hyams

Mark Hyams — Fri, 09 Aug 2002 18:26:31 +0000

The best recording I have heard (and am lucky to own), is actually the first ever recording of this monumental work by The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paavo Berglund. I don’t know if it is still available, although you may find it in second hand record stores. Well worth hearing.

By: Arto Van Bauwel

Arto Van Bauwel — Mon, 02 Apr 2001 16:08:03 +0000

For the Belgian Radio I have compared all available versions from the Kullervo. Best version of all was the new Recording from Paavo Järvi and the Stockholm Philharmonic. Virgin 545292

By: Leon

Leon — Fri, 09 Mar 2001 05:42:39 +0000

Thank you hanna – my mistake. I read that from somewhere, but it was obviously not a good source!

By: hanna

hanna — Wed, 07 Mar 2001 21:42:31 +0000

To the best of my knowledge, Finnish language is of finno-ugeric linguistic root,more closely related to hungarian but not to japanese.

By: veikko hiiri

veikko hiiri — Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:25:55 +0000

There is also recording of Sibelius “Kullervo-symphony” by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonics and Helsinki Universiy Choir. Soloists Jorma Hynninen (best of all Kullervos) and This recording is outgoing from SONY.

By: Tom Cai

Tom Cai — Sat, 17 Jun 2000 01:48:37 +0000

The selected reviews of Sibelius’s Kullervo symphony are very helpful indeed, however, I find only the Naxos one is still available in market. There is a recent recording made by the Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste with FRSO in 1996 (Finlandia 0630149062 and Finlandia 3984213482), which is most available in market. And I think there is also a recording by Neeme Jarvi under BIS label still available in market. As I don’t know much about music myself, it would be great if the Inkpot can also review these 2 recordings in the future.