COMPANY: Alpha
ARTIST: Santtu-Matias Rouvali
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Jean Sibelius

Product: 3701624512159

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As chief conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali spent five years recording Sibelius' symphonies and symphonic poems for Alpha Classics, milestones in the discography that have received numerous awards worldwide. He wanted to continue this cycle with the famous violin concerto and chose the young Swedish violinist Ava Bahari, Artist in Residence with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and ECHO Rising Star for 2026 / 2027. Together they form a well-rehearsed duo and share the same passion for the music of the Finnish composer, who, heartbroken at not being able to realize his dream of becoming a virtuoso violinist, composed a concerto that was to become an essential work in music history, in which soloist and orchestra merge. ... Rouvali and the GSO also recorded another work that demonstrates Sibelius' innovative symphonic thinking: the cycle "Four Legends of Lemminkäinen", which was premiered in Helsinki on April 13, 1896.