Finnish maestro Hannu Lintu presents and conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in all seven bold and unique symphonies by their celebrated compatriot Jean Sibelius!
Sibelius's final, genre-breaking, sublimely idiosyncratic final symphony was born in troubled waters. Confronted by his wife Aino about his alcoholism, suffering from depression and artistic uncertainty, Sibelius confessed in his diary: “Alcohol, which I gave up, is now my most faithful companion. And the most understanding! Everything and everyone else have largely failed me…"
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