His muzik has the purity of crystal ice.

Sibelius symphony number 1 = An Excellent Masterpiece.

I swear, Jukka had TEARS in his eyes near the end!

Excellent in every respect. I know this work quite well. Saraste has been a favorite conductor of mine for about twenty years. For this performance, he really brings the youth and passion of Sibelius 1 to life. Outstanding, superhuman playing from the Oslo Philharmonic. The camera work is some of the best I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. Bravo! Across the board. A simply brilliant production of aural and visual perfection.

The face of conductor after the last pizzicato - priceless :)

Outstanding performance, by an outstanding orchestra, by an outstanding conductor! - I loved it!

A very good night at the Oslo Concert Hall!

Unequivocally this is the finest performance I’ve ever heard and believe me I’ve heard a hell of a lot, both recorded and live.

I- Andante ma non troppo / Allegro energico - 00:53 / 05:38 II- Andante (ma non troppo lento) - 12:03 III- Scherzo: Allegro - 21:15 IV- Andante / Allegro molto - 26:23 / 28:09

Andante ma non troppo / Allegro energico - 0:45 Andante (ma non troppo lento) - 12:00 Scherzo: Allegro - 21:10 Andante / Allegro molto - 26:23

A special thank you for bringing this to us. Sibelius Sym #1 is one of the great #1s by anybody. I have owned many Sibelius recordings, but this one is very fine. This one starts out with the composer saying, "listen to me, i have a lot to say". This video should provide the audience with a great mood, and an appreciation of a fine conductor and orchestra.

Superb rendition of this great work. Thank you so much Maestro Saraste and Oslo Phil.

Very Well Played Sibelius Symphony No. 1 - Such Beautiful Music, His Music Brings Something New to Me, Heard in a Way I have Not Felt Before, Me Like. - JPGold out.

Sibelius no 1. I have most of the recordings but this one from Saraste and the Oslo Phil is wonderful and I think tops the lot. Thanks KZfaq.

Very good interpretation, and good sound recording too.

I hear all the violence, doubt, hope and beauty of the 20th century in this masterpiece. Thank you so very much, maestro, for such a wonderfully passionate and unifying interpretation. Alles Gute from MI/USA

Oh my gosh, the motif starting at 4:05 is other worldly. The harp syncopation - what a sublime musical moment.

J'ai eu beaucoup de mal à entrer véritablement dans l'écoute de la musique de Sibelius... Mais maintenant je découvre et apprecie chaque jour plus sa musique... Quelle richesse dans cette musique...

First time listening to #1 and OPO. Complex and pure, enjoyed it very much.

The first entrance of the second theme of the Finale is positively divine! Some of the finest camera work (a frequently neglected aspect) I have ever seen - and perhaps one of the most underestimated symphonies in the literature.

Very, very good interpretation.

No solo me encanta la música, si no la misma camara, que, al compas de la musica, fija unas posiciones que son hermosas, muy buen trabajo

Spellbinding and enchanting. Thank you for posting this.

Incredible performance and terrific sound quality, thanks so much!

Wonderful and engaging!

Sibelius: a giant amongst the pines and lakes.

Glorious!

Jukka-Pekka's interpretation of this particular is far more subtle and powerful in various shades than Karajan, Gergiev or his fellow Sibelius Academy graduate Esa Salonen!

It's like I'll never die by a heart attack after listening to this... But I'd rather die by a heart attack... maybe... This is a sublime dream!

When that viola had to use their bow to adjust the page at 4:00 I felt that 😔👊

Wonderful.Thank you so much.

As a Québécois, I can only identify with the music of Sibelius. Québec and Finland have a lot in common. For example, both had been dominated by minority groups (English/Canadians in Québec, Russians and Swedish in Finland) Québec hasn’t yet achieved independence, unlike Finland, but it will come :)

Just an absolutely wonderful performance.

Musica che evoca emozioni di tempi felici

Interpretação e mixagem excelentes.

Great! 💝

Exquisite...Ethereal...Sublime...

I love it!

OPO delivering as always.

Magnificent...

Music starts around 0:50 .

A very sensitive interpretation, probably better than the ones I have heard before.

Good performance!

#1 isn't supposed to be anyone's best, but damn this is good. So complex. Love the orchestra too.

The garden of aflictions.

Diferentemente do maestro Berglund e, mais ainda, do maestro Vanska Saraste fez uma leitura da sinfonia com um andamento um pouco mais lento. Excelente orquestra, excelente intérprete, muita precisão na regência.

I've always though the live performance I heard with Lawrence Foster and the CSO at Ravinia in the 1970s was the benchmark performance of this work. Though, since the CSO has never issued it on CD to my knowledge, I have never been able to give that performance a second hearing, I think this might be very much the equal, if not in some respects better. (Curiously, the acoustic sound here is very much like that of the Ravinia Pavilion--- which is much better than what your hear in Orchestra Hall in downtown Chicago, unless you're on main floor 3rd row). Main difference, at 13:15-25 Lawrence Foster took a much slower tempo, and played it louder., with a bit of a crescendo (My guess: Foster wrote that cresc in. But it worked). The effect was so dramatic as to be startling. A head on collision, as it were, with the full "CSO sound" of the time (which included Frank Miller 1st cello). What was that sound like? What I hear here is the closest approximation of it I have ever heard. With that as background, let me say, the Oslo Phil is a great orchestra, every bit the equal of any playing today.

The timpanist at 9:11 "Are you not entertained?!"

Majestätiskke & Sjønste gutspelt! Fint(OK*)

Prachtig., een mooie uitvoering.

one of my favorites pieces ever. Can I say piece for such thing??? sorry for my english

I jut heard this performance for the first time.Always love this symphony but have been bowled over by Sarasate's conducting! Is there a complete set of his conducting Sibelius symphonies?

D A M N

Peep the 5-string bass at 37:21!

Just when was this concert performed [so magnificently]?

the Godfather

Who made this beautiful statue at the beginning?

ステージ下の少年像は何ですか教えて下さい

Olavo tem razão.