Sibelius: Karelia suite - Alla marcia

[MrLibertyLover]

Lovely! 

[AlanTubeViewer]

Right speed, good swing, sharp accuracy, vivid energy, slight joy and pride, sensible and epic : what else ?

[kommunikator60]

very cool piece.

[Ilfordloser92]

formidable!

[Heikkibat]

Nyt minä ajatellen. Tämä voisi olla Vaapapäivän (6/12) laulu. It's a triomphe march!

[Ilfordloser92]

Now that's what I call musak!

[JumalanMyrsky]

Suomi ei koskaan tuota toista Sibeliusta.

Nykyisissä musiikkitaloissa joita jokaiseen kuntakeskukseen on vanhustenhoitorahoilla rakenettu, kaikuu postmoderni psykedeelinen kakofonia. Sibelius tulee aina olemaan suurin säveltäjämme.

[hagerup64]

Sibelius a kedvenc finn zeneszerzőm!

[Abigurlrox]

My toe is cold

[5610winston]

I may not know great music, but I know what I like. The driving energy of this piece is irresistable, and this orchestra is at the top of its game!

I close my eyes listening to this and I imagine expansive landscapes and the triumphant celebrations of heroic deeds.

[karfkafu]

how AMAZING! almost 100,000 people watched this and still NO ONE disliked this, proving how amazing did Sibelius composed this song. This is BRAVO!

[trafalgar1938]

The old masters Bach, Beethoven and many others would be as green with envy as I am not having composed this.

[gatis008]

so alive.... and beautifull

[althesmith]

Go find a video of a top class American Sadlebred fige gaited horse going through its paces and then turn on this march and have fun watching the horse move in time to the march at the rack

[Molo19]

dude sports a dope porn-stache

[komarno1]

gre up with this one!

[shinytrombone11]

It's such a happy piece :D

[tribegoddess]

I have always thought as this movement as the trying to but never ending movement. It reminds me of the movie, "Shot in the Dark" in which Peter Sellars is playing a dying Dunga Din who just keep on rising up to play his bugle until someone starts using real bullets to shut him up.

[boobabycluebaby2]

Like a boss.

[unclejoeoakland]

Truly the last great composers of the national canons... with Verdi, Sibelius bookends the span of national sentiment expressed in substantial orchestral work. I don't know why but the nationalist composers always held a fascination for me.

[counterpoint35]

@unclejoeoakland I agree. Also if you haven't, listen to the Czechs and the Russians. They'll blow you away.

[shibopshibop]

Sibelius has meant so much to me for well over 40 years now. He had such an amazing sense of orchestral coloring, and like so many great symphonists, he loved to work with big blocks of sound. 

[mrotwist]

No, cava100, you're wrong. It works for millions of others of us who adore the works of Jean Sibelius. A band teacher at the high school where I last taught once said to me, "Jean Sibelius never wrote a bad piece of music." He was right. I have two favorite post-Romantic composers. Jean Sibelius is one. Ralph Vaughan-Williams is the other. Both tower above all the rest.

[basselyrique]

@mrotwist You should listen to his only opera "Jungfrun i tornet" (Maiden in the tower) and you wouldn't wonder why you (most probably) never have heard about it... Every composer has ups and downs. However what differentiated Sibelius from many others was his almost too harsh self-criticism (the main reason why we cannot hear his 8th symphony) and this has certainly kept many 2nd-class pages on his work desk or in the head - where he mostly composed.

[cava100]

Just superb! Jean composed so simple, grandiose and some might say naive music without any classical music tricks such as continental composers used e.g Beethoven, Mozart, Tsaikowski, etc... But as Finn I am challengeable to give him any credit. Perhaps this kind of classical music works only for Scandinavians. Go figure...

[75353866]

Does Alla marcia means alla march?

[Sveccha93]

@75353866 it means "in march style"

[granbranfan]

When I was about 13 I started at a new school. During a music lesson, our teacher played this piece...."Does anyone know what this is?" Up shot my arm, "Karelia Suite by Sibelius", I replied. After that I was known as "The Square".

[mooobtube]

@granbranfan I don't get it

[PTCello]

This is such a silly piece, but I love it so much. The tempo is perfect, too. Thank you for posting.

[jd7x7]

I was driving into work and this came on to Classic FM. Made my day! :-)

[NurNasib]

08 joulukuu 1865 Tämä päivä jolloin hän syntyi Jean Sibelius, joka oli päivämäärä ja kellonaika Jumala valmistunut maailman kauneus.

08 December 1865 This day when he was born Jean Sibelius, that was the date and time God completed the beauty of the world.

[ghostgoggles]

Perfect. Thank you.

[mrotwist]

Sibelius never wrote a bad piece of music, and this is certainly no exception. I particularly like this recording for its clarity of detail - no garbled brasses, good relentless pace, many more upsides.

[Sagitere]

Magnifique!!!!

[yaFnniknoah]

This piece is fantastic. Pure joie de vivre!!

[kandelanova]

When I was a child I used to listen to this piece with my dad and brother. Now I'm not a child and I still love classical music. Sibelius is the best!

[bergen747]

Glorious yet down to earth. Genius.

[DSVOP]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing:-)

[wawa314159]

It's so brisk and rustic!

[putzmeister1989]

It's really fun to play.. I played the Bass part.. but the Intermezzo is even harder to play..

[kontrabassjuli]

i play it currently in orchestra....also the double bass part...and i think it's a littlebit boring =)

[marbat1969]

Pure and brilliant like a frosty air in the winter morning, where every single tune is like a silver coin thrown into a crystal vase..... Excellent !

[unclejoeoakland]

@marbat1969 I love your simile- A lot like what Sir Thomas Beecham said about Sibelius- he was offering cold, pure water while all his contemporaries were busy manufacturing cocktails... love it!

[amrtherunner]

i find this piece magnificent from a fabulous composer. i first listened to it in cairo opera house and it took my breath away. (i'm from egypt)

[Sozzie16MJ]

i had to play the flute part to this. fun but really hard and high :/ very nice though :)

[Dutchielovesyou]

I found this always a faboulous piece of music and Sibelius is one of my all time favourite componists. Thanks for sharing. (I'm from The Netherlands).

[HolyMotherofGrid]

I am from Canada and i share your sentiments completely!!! This is truly one of the most delightful pieces by a completely brilliant composer whom i have loved since the first time i heard Finlandia as part of my grade 10 music course.

[cava100]

@HolyMotherofGrid

Perhaps Sibelius works for Northern people. Simple, clear, nature-sympoloc music... Go figure...

[MsBillieJean1]

Thank you so much for posting this , I love this , I seriously love it one of my all time favorites ! and with respect I do not need to know that some people do not think so or have another opinion , a fantastic piece by a brilliant composer ! Thank you again !

[keskivirta]

Try to find Sibelius op 113 Musique Reliques. There is something to listen.

[Fionnuala7]

Bravo!

[luminchenpiano]

i see that people are actually reading my comment lol

[luminchenpiano]

Attention Ladue Orchestra: we pwn

[emochocolatechip]

indeed

[torchik37]

lol! lumin??

[bitchalot1]

I recently found out (via someone else's tireless research) that I am a distant relative to Mr. Sibelius!  Finns never get the recognition that they deserve. Tapio Rautavaara sung better than Sinatra, Irvwin Goodman was Great.... The language is totally unique!!!!

[bruffie1]

@bitchalot1 Plus the Finns have the best heavy metal bands in the world :)  Listening to this shows why.....fantastic music. From Sibelius to Stratovarius....what a legacy!!

[Heikkibat]

@bitchalot1 They have always said to me that studying Finnish is useless. Although, I still listen, speak, write and read it (as much as I am able). Let's face it: it's the most beautiful language in the world!

[Ferrariman601]

I'm American and I love Sibelius' work. There are so many things going on all at once in his pieces that they warrant listening to many times to hear everything. His greatest work however has to be Op. 26 Finlandia, as it is still a very popular and easily recognized piece.

[Szabo517]

I don't believe that "very popular and easily recognizable" should constitute the definition of "greatest." As wonderful piece Finlandia is, Sibelius wrote so much more to dive into. Personal preferences are another thing.

[Tadashi0328]

Thank you for teaching me the other good performance. I will listen to the work of John Barbirolli.

[KSF2424]

This might be the best rendition of this movement I've ever heard...perfect tempo, great balance. If this is the Royal Phil, I'm not surprised, they haven't disappointed me yet.

[Tadashi0328]

I do agree your opinion. This is the best performance of this great work.

[donaldcallen]

I certainly agree with you that this is a wonderful performance. Best? In the ear of the beholder. I'd recommend listening to Sir John Barbirolli as well; another great performance.

What is it with British conductors and Sibelius? Many of them are wonderful in his music.

Every time I hear Sibelius' music (and I'm old enough to remember when he died), I wonder what might have been had he kept composing during those many silent years. And if his daughter hadn't destroyed the 8th Symphony ....

[schlesmail]

Same here, donaldcallen. In fact, Robert Layton, in his excellent book, "Sibelius," mentions that Sibelius began to have second thoughts after submitting Tapiola to his publisher. Fortunately for us music-lovers, most of it had already been engraved; imagine the loss if he had received it back, decided it wasn't good enough, & burned it.  Incidentally, considering his incidental music for theatre, isn't it a shame he never wrote any cinematic scores?

[denisej242]

ooh. i can't wait to play this ^-^ im playing this sometime in december :D

[GuinevereJuliet]

Bravo! Excellent. Very rousing, captivating, and memorable. How could it not be, from this fabulous composer? Thanks for sharing.

[geysernut]

Royal Philharmonic, Charles Mackerras Cond. - Yes, it is an excellent tempo, and dynamics are very good too. Nice - thanks!

[stockings422]

there's something really ugly in the back that sounds like a plane flying over at 3:01

[ADB41]

Is actually in the score, with the brass going chromatically down from F-sharp to E...

[juuukka2]

loppuun sopis sanat  THE DAY IS DONE

[Dremeli]

Kysyin tossa toisessa Sibelius-videossa että mikä Sibeliuksen teos soitetaan kun Imatrankoskella avataan luukut. Tämähän se olikin. Hieno teos kaikenkaikkiaan.

[odinnshred]

Excellent tempo, not in the same key as my recording... mine may be wrong.

[stravinskas]

Absolutely perfect tempo!

[TechTwerp]

Brilliant performance and correct tempo. I wonder which orchestra made this recording ?

[redbaron863]

Great music

[interlorn]

Janne rocks!!