{"product_id":"schmidt-isserstedt-sibelius-symphony-no-2-1956-pasc186","title":"SCHMIDT-ISSERSTEDT Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 (1956) - PASC186","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded in 1956\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 44:07 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eN.W.D.R. Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eHans Schmidt-Isserstedt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC186.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eOne of the finest recorded performances of Sibelius' Second\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSuperb XR-remastered sound from this John Culshaw production for Capitol\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThis is one of the great recordings of the Second Symphony of Sibelius, and it's something of a mystery as to why it's not been reissued before. We are grateful to ardent Sibelius enthusiast John J Davis for the loan of his LP for this transfer - of his collection 37 recordings of the work this is the only one he rates amongst his personal favourites which has remained stuck in the LP era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eIt was excellently received at the time - its UK issue (on Parlophone) was reviewed in The Gramophone in May 1958:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv id=\"article_paragraph_10\" class=\"bodybigblue\" style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e...the recorded quality of the new Parlophone disc is exceptionally good, with an emphasis, in loud moments as well as soft, on clarity. In the case of the timpani there is in fact greater clarity than I can recall ever hearing on disc before, considerably greater than is often the case in the concert hall. The note tells, at whatever dynamic level it may be played ; and its pitch (an infallible one : the Hamburg player is a first-class timpanist) sings out miraculously. Thus the new timpani part to the end of the finale is doubly effective (had this revision, now often heard, Sibelius's authority?*—I do not know, and would much like to) ; and the slow movement, too, gains in many passages. The opening of this movement gains also from the care taken by the 'cellos and basses to avoid using open strings in the pizzicato passages. This is only symptomatic of the extreme care in performance that has been taken throughout ; and the result is rewarding.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchmidt-Isserstedt for much of the time concentrates on the spaciousness of the music rather than its impulse ; and this might conceivably be held to rob the first movement, and perhaps the finale too, of some small degree of their potential excitement. But the Scherzo is as exciting as can be ; and in any event the view taken of the symphony is an eminently reasonable one.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis reading, allied to the excellent qualities of both the performance and the recording are sufficient to make the new Parlophone version of this symphony a formidable one...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\" style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003eM.M.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eI'm pleased to report that, with XR remastering and the judicious use of Ambient Stereo processing (optional) this 'exceptionally good' sound quality is further improved - although the original production by legendary Decca producer John Culshaw (who worked on a series of recordings for Capitol in 1956-7) was certainly of the highest quality for its day, a certain constriction in the broad strings of this work is clearly evident when played alongside this newly remastered version, and overall the orchestral sound is more fully rounded throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThe Second Symphony was one of my first introductions to the music of Sibelius in my early teens and made a great impression on me then. The present recording serves as an excellent reminder of why I enjoy this work so much - highly recommended in every respect. It also persuaded me to listen again to what is currently the only other recording offered by Pristine that was conducted by Schmidt-Isserstedt - the 1937 Kulenkampff\/BPO world première recording of Schumann's\u003cem\u003e Violin Concerto\u003c\/em\u003e (PASC004) which was among the twelve recordings that constituted our entire catalogue when we launched in February 2005 - if you've not heard it I'd strongly recommend giving it a listen!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e*NB. The present recording includes a revised timpani part at the end of the finale from the conductor Serge Koussevitzky. Although it never received the approval of the composer, so was never officially incorporated into the published score, Koussevitzky's revision has been taken up by others besides Schmidt-Isserstedt (though not by any Finnish conductors), including Anthony Collins and Sir Charles Mackerras:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\" style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\"In the recordings conducted by Serge Koussevitzky (1935 and 1950) there are audible additional Timp. tones, and in Sibelius’s Handexemplar of the study score (PB 3323, in Ainola), the composer pencilled in bb. 359, 363, 365, and 369 in his later years at 1\/2 quarter notes G and d, which may refer to Koussevitzky’s additions. However, Sibelius did not accept Koussevitzky’s additions, as can be deduced from conductor Eric Woodward’s answer to the composer’s letter (Woodward’s letter dated 20 December, 1946; National Archives of Finland, Sibelius Family Archive, file box 32; Sibelius’s letter has not been preserved), and Woodward’s letter to Koussevitzky (dated 16 June, 1950; Library of Congress, Koussevitzky Archive, 56:16). No Finnish conductor contemporary to Sibelius adopted these additions. I hope this will make it a little bit clearer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\" style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003eUnfortunately, there are such \"traditions\" which are followed by conductors without any real evidence whether they come from the composer or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\" style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKari Kilpeläinen\u003c\/strong\u003e. [Editor, Sibelius Edition]\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eand:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\" style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\"...if Sibelius was behind the additions in the timpani part audible in the Koussevitzky recordings, then Finnish conductors (for instance, Robert Kajanus) would also have adopted those additions. Sibelius was aware of the Koussevitzky recording but clearly did not accept the additions. Because the Koussevitzky recordings have raised this question, we have added the following information in our Addenda and Corrigenda list on Breitkopf \u0026amp; Härtel's website:\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e [LINK]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\" style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTimo Virtanen\u003c\/strong\u003e, Jean Sibelius Complete Works\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIBELIUS\u003c\/strong\u003e: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op 43\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e NWDR Symphony Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e Conducted by Hans Schmidt Isserstedt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nTotal duration: 44:07 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eTaken from Capitol LP 18009 in the collection of John J. 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