Discography of Sibelius symphony cycles

Sibelius in 1907

This article aims to include information on the conductors and orchestras that have recorded the seven symphonies of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957).

A complete cycle includes the following compositions:

Op. 39: Symphony No. 1 in E minor (1899, r. 1900)
Op. 43: Symphony No. 2 in D major (1902)
Op. 52: Symphony No. 3 in C major (1907)
Op. 63: Symphony No. 4 in A minor (1911)
Op. 82: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major (1915, r. 1916 and 1919)
Op. 104: Symphony No. 6 in D minor (1923)
Op. 105: Symphony No. 7 in C major (1924)

To date, the Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund and the English conductor Sir Colin Davis have recorded the Sibelius cycles three times. A number of other conductors have recorded the complete Sibelius symphonies twice: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Leonard Bernstein, Pietari Inkinen, Neemi Järvi, Lorin Maazel, Sir Simon Rattle, Leif Segerstam, Osmo Vänskä, and Akeo Watanabe.

The complete cycle was recorded a number of times in honor of 150th anniversary of Sibelius's birth.

Complete cycles

Conductor	Orchestra	Label	Start	End	Recording venue	Source
Abravanel !Maurice Abravanel	Utah Symphony Orchestra	Vanguard Classics	1977	1977	Mormon Tabernacle	^[1]
Ashkenazy !Vladimir Ashkenazy (i)	Philharmonia Orchestra	Decca	1979	1984	Kingsway Hall (2–5, 7), Walthamstow Town Hall (1, 6)	^[2]
Ashkenazy !Vladimir Ashkenazy (ii)	Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra	Exton	2006	2007		^[3]
Barbirolli !Sir John Barbirolli	Hallé Orchestra	EMI Classics (Warner)	1966	1970	Kingsway Hall	^[4]
Berglund !Paavo Berglund (i)	Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra	EMI Classics (Warner)	1972	1977
Berglund !Paavo Berglund (ii)	Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra	EMI Classics (Warner)	1984	1987	All Saints Church (1–3, 5–6) Kulttuuritalo (4, 7)	^[5]
Berglund !Paavo Berglund (iii)	Chamber Orchestra of Europe	Finlandia (Warner)	1995	1997
Bernstein !Leonard Bernstein (i)	New York Philharmonic Orchestra	Sony Classical	1960	1967		^[6]
Bernstein !Leonard Bernstein (ii)	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Deutsche Grammophon	1986	1990
Blomstedt !Herbert Blomstedt	San Francisco Symphony Orchestra	Decca	1989	1995
Collins !Anthony Collins	London Symphony Orchestra	Decca	1952	1955	Kingsway Hall	^[7]
Davis !Sir Colin Davis (i)	Boston Symphony Orchestra	Decca	1975	1976
Davis !Sir Colin Davis (ii)	London Symphony Orchestra	RCA Red Seal	1992	1994	Blackheath Halls (1–2, 4, 6–7), Watford Town Hall (3, 5)	^[8]
Davis !Sir Colin Davis (iii)	London Symphony Orchestra	LSO Live
Ehrling !Sixten Ehrling	Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra	Finlandia (Warner)	1952	1953
Gibson !Sir Alexander Gibson	Royal Scottish National Orchestra	Chandos	1982	1983
Inkinen !Pietari Inkinen (i)	New Zealand Symphony Orchestra	Naxos	2008	2009	Michael Fowler Centre	^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Inkinen !Pietari Inkinen (ii)	Japan Philharmonic Orchestra	Naxos Japan	2013	2013	Suntory Hall (1, 3–7) Yoko Minato Mirai Hall (2)	^[13]
Järvi !Neemi Järvi (i)	Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra	BIS	1982	1985
Järvi !Neemi Järvi (ii)	Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra	Deutsche Grammophon	2001	2005		^[14]
Kamu !Okko Kamu	Lahti Symphony Orchestra	BIS	2012	2014	Sibelius Hall	^[15]
Leaper !Adrian Leaper	Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra	Naxos	1989	1990	Reduta Bratislava Concert Hall	^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Lintu !Hannu Lintu	Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra	Arthaus	2012	2014	Helsinki Music Centre	^[20]
Maazel !Lorin Maazel (i)	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra	Decca	1963	1968	Sofiensaal	^[21]
Maazel !Lorin Maazel (ii)	Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra	Sony Classical	1990	1992	Heinz Hall	^[22]
Oramo !Sakari Oramo	City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra	Erato (Warner)	2000	2003	Symphony Hall	^[23]
Rattle !Sir Simon Rattle (i)	City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra	EMI Classics (Warner)	1981	1989
Rattle !Sir Simon Rattle (ii)	Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra	BPh Recordings	2014	2015	Berliner Philharmonie	^[24]
Rozhdestvensky !Gennady Rozhdestvensky	Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra	Melodiya	1969	1974
Sakari !Petri Sakari	Iceland Symphony Orchestra	Naxos	1996	2000	University Hall (1–3) * Concert Hall (4–7) *	^[25]
Sanderling !Kurt Sanderling	Berlin Symphony Orchestra	Berlin Classics	1971	1977	Christuskirche	^[26]
Saraste !Jukka-Pekka Saraste	Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra	RCA Red Seal	1987	1989
Segerstam !Leif Segerstam (i)	Danish National Symphony Orchestra	Chandos	1990	1992	Danish Radio Concert Hall *	^[27]
Segerstam !Leif Segerstam (ii)	Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra	Ondine	2002	2004	Finlandia Hall	^[28]
Storgårds !John Storgårds	BBC Philharmonic Orchestra	Chandos	2012	2013	MediaCityUK	^[29]
Vänskä !Osmo Vänskä (i)	Lahti Symphony Orchestra	BIS	1996	1997	Ristinkirkko	^[30]
Vänskä !Osmo Vänskä (ii)	Minnesota Orchestra	BIS	2011	2015	Orchestra Hall	^[31]^[32]^[33]
Volmer !Arvo Volmer	Adelaide Symphony Orchestra	ABC Classics	2007	2008
Watanabe !Akeo Watanabe (i)	Japan Philharmonic Orchestra	Epic Records (Sony)	1960	1962
Watanabe !Akeo Watanabe (ii)	Japan Philharmonic Orchestra	Denon	1981	1981

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Jean Sibelius
Symphonies	No. 1 in E minor (1899, r.1900) No. 2 in D major (1902) No. 3 in C major (1907) No. 4 in A minor (1911) No. 5 in E-flat major (1915, r.1916, r.1919) No. 6 in D minor (1923) No. 7 in C major (1924) No. 8 (mid 1920s–1938, destroyed)
Concertante	Violin Concerto in D minor (1904, r.1905)
Tone poems	En saga (1892, r.1902) Vårsång (Spring Song) (1894) Skogsrået (The Wood Nymph) (1894-95) Lemminkäinen Suite (1895, r.1897, r.1939) I. Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island II. The Swan of Tuonela III. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela IV. Lemminkäinen's Return Finlandia (1899) Pohjolan tytär (Pohjola's Daughter) (1906) Pan and Echo (1906) Nightride and Sunrise (1909) Dryadi (The Dryad) (1910) Barden (The Bard) (1913) Aallottaret (The Oceanides) (1914) Tapiola (1926)
Incidental music	Kuningas Kristian II (King Christian II) (1898) Kuolema (Death) (1903) Pelléas et Mélisande (1905) Belsazars gästabud (Belshazzar's Feast) (1906) Svanevit (Swanwhite) (1908) Ödlan (The Lizard) (1909) Scaramouche (1913) Jedermann (Everyman) (1916) Stormen (The Tempest) (1925)
Operas	Veneen luominen (The Building of the Boat) (1893, abandoned) Jungfrun i tornet (The Maiden in the Tower) (1896)
Vocal and Choral	Seven Songs, Op. 17 (1891) Kullervo (1892) Academic cantatas (1894/1897) Five Christmas songs (1897) Islossningen i Uleå älv (The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River) (1899) Snöfrid (1900) Tulen synty (The Origin of Fire) (1902) Vapautettu kuningatar (The Captive Queen) (1906) Luonnotar (1913) Jääkärimarssi (Jäger March) (1917) Oma maa (Our Native Land) (1918)
Piano	Piano Sonata in F major (1893) Kyllikki (1904)
Other compositions	Karelia Music (1893, partially destroyed) Valse triste (1904) Cassazione (1904) Voces intimae (string quartet) (1909) In Memoriam (1910) Rakastava (The Lover) (1911) Andante Festivo (1922/1938)
Related articles	Family (Aino Sibelius, Armas Järnefelt, Arvid Järnefelt, Eero Järnefelt) Ainola Teachers (Martin Wegelius, Robert Fuchs, Karl Goldmark) Pupils (Leevi Madetoja, Toivo Kuula) Friends (Robert Kajanus, Ferruccio Busoni, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Adolf Paul) Santeri Levas Finlandia Hymn Kalevala Erik Tawaststjerna International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition Sibelius (2003 film) Sibelius Academy Sibelius Monument
List of compositions by Jean Sibelius

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