Sibelius - Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 (2/2) - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

***This is the COMPLETE composition, not just an excerpt***

Having recently been told that Sibelius' great tone poem, "Night Ride and Sunrise", was not posted, in its complete form, on YouTube, I immediately pulled out my collection of Sibelius and uploaded it. I know I have a version conducted by Berglund (in my humble opinion, one of the great Sibelius interpreters) but I have been unable to find it; I will upload that when I do locate it.

Here, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra led by Eugen Jochum (a conductor I've no experience with but who was apparently quite accomplished), perform the tone poem as I believe it was intended to be performed. My previous post of the piece (by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and led by up-and-coming Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen) is the version that I prefer, but it is performed at a slower tempo than what (I believe) Sibelius had intended for the piece. Regardless, Sibelius is exceptional to hear no matter what...

Jochum, from what I could discover, was a German born pianist, organist and conductor, conducting mainly for Deutsche Grammophon (so far as recordings go). From what I heard in this piece, he certainly understood Sibelius and I will seek out other offerings by him.

Enjoy!

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[SinfoniaTapkaara]

The greatest sunrise in all of music. Such nobilty.

[TheJoyfulPianist]

my greatest compositional inspiration. some of the greatest moments in music can be attributed to this man.

[lewars1912]

Thank you for posting the two versions of this wonderful tone poem.