Sibelius: Sinfonien Nr. 5 & 7 size:OS you’re standing in the lobby

you’re standing in the lobby of the Empire State Building

Includes 41 previously unreleased demos

BIRKS WORKS (Dizzy Gillespie)

recent research has unearthed a set of analogue safety masters which have remained undisturbed in Universal Music’s vaults for almost half a century — until today

LP 6 VIENNA

Sibelius: Sinfonien Nr. 5 & 7 size:OS you’re standing in the lobbySir Colin Davis chose the music of Sibelius to open one of his inaugural concerts as principal guest conductor of the Boston Symphony in October 1972. It was a pivotal moment: Colin Davis had reawakened the Boston Sibelius tradition. This album of Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7, recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston, in January 1975, was both the first release in the now legendary Davis Boston Sibelius cycle and what also proved to be the swansong of Philips era