Das Orchester

‘A wonderful, deep and wistful clarinet-song opens the first Symphony of Jean Sibelius. Harsh, but also spectacularly rolling sounds, individual romantisms stand beside Slavic folklore, which engender varying feelings in the audience. Anguélov knows of course how to handle this widely swinging, contradictory music. The Philharmonic Orchestra follows him with velvety string passages, thrilling wind and a lot of sound-nuances in between tender, idyllic episodes and uproarious, passionate remonstrance.’