Symphony no. 4 in A minor / Tapiola

Album by Jean Sibelius & Herbert von Karajan & Philharmonia Orchestra

This album of orchestral works by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius pairs a symphony composed in 1911 with a nature‑inspired tone poem composed in 1926. The music combines austere, chromatic late Romantic orchestration and brooding, atmospheric textures, signalling a shift in Sibelius's output toward a more condensed, introspective idiom that influenced early 20th‑century orchestral writing.
First released: 1954

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 4: I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
    9:43
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 4: II. Allegro molto vivace
    4:57
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 4: III. Il tempo largo
    11:57
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 4: IV. Allegro
    9:19
  5. 5.
    Symphonic Poem "Tapiola", Op. 112
    20:11

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