Eduard Tubin - Symphonies (Neeme Järvi)

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Composer: Eduard Tubin

CD1:

• (01) Symphony No. 1 in C minor
• (04) Symphony No. 5 in B minor

CD2:

• (01) Symphony No. 2, 'The Legendary'
• (04) Symphony No. 6

CD3:

• (01) Symphony No. 3 in D minor
• (04) Symphony No. 8

CD4:

• (01) Symphony No. 4 in A major, 'Sinfonia lirica'
• (05) Symphony No. 9, 'Sinfonia semplice'
• (07) Toccata

CD5:

• (01) Symphony No. 7
• (04) Symphony No. 10 in one movement
• (05) Suite from the ballet 'Kratt' ('The Goblin')

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6 & 8)
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (No. 5, Kratt Suite)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (No. 4)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Nos. 7, 9 &10, Toccata)
Neeme Järvi, conductor

Recording Dates: 1981-87
Compilation: 2003
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/label/bis/tubin-the-symphonies

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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10 / SOUND QUALITY: 10

BIS has conveniently packaged Neeme Järvi's epoch-making set of Eduard Tubin's complete symphonies, hopefully giving them a new lease on retail life. In case you haven't been paying attention over the past decade or so, these works constitute as fine a legacy of Scandinavian music as the symphonies of Sibelius or Nielsen. There are some extraordinary masterpieces here, including Nos. 3, 5, 6, and 8, and the performances are every bit as marvelous as the music. The only disappointment is the limply played and distantly recorded account of the serenely beautiful No. 4, taken from a live concert in Bergen, Norway, but it would be churlish to deny this important project the highest recommendation as a result of this one lapse. Fortunately, an excellent new version of the Fourth has just been released on Alba so it's easy to supplement this complete set with that one extra work, and be in Tubin heaven. Not to be missed!

-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday

More reviews:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/feb03/Tubin_symphonies.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/Aug03/Tubin_Symphonies.htm
https://www.amazon.com/Tubin-Complete-Symphonies-Eduard/dp/B000083MHD

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Eduard Tubin (18 June [O.S. 5 June] 1905 – 17 November 1982) was an Estonian composer, conductor, and choreographer. Tubin studied at the Tartu Higher Music School under the guidance of the Heino Eller. When the Soviet Union again occupied Estonia in 1944, Tubin fled to Stockholm, Sweden, where he wrote most of his greatest works, including two operas, symphonies 5-10, a second concerto for violin, one concerto for double-bass and one for balalaika, a piano concertino, much piano and violin music, choir and solo songs etc. Tubin often used Estonian folk music in his works, and was a very good orchestrator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Tubin

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Neeme Järvi (born June 7, 1937 in Tallinn) is an Estonian conductor. He studied at the Leningrad Conservatory under Yevgeny Mravinsky and Nikolai Rabinovich, among others. Järvi was Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Gothenburg Symphony (1982-2004), Royal Scottish National Orchestra (1984-1988), Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1990-2005) and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (2012-2015), among others. He made over 400 recordings for labels such as BIS, Chandos and Deutsche Grammophon and best known for his interpretations of Romantic and 20th century classical music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neeme_J%C3%A4rvi

http://www.neemejarvi.ee/

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