Composers: Sibelius
Compositions: Lemminkäinen Suite, Spring Song, Belshazzar’s Feast Suite
Performers: BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo
Catalogue Number: Chandos CHAN20136

Finnish maestro Sakari Oramo completed his Sibelius symphony cycle with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra more than 15 years ago, so this new release on Chandos with his (relatively) new band, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, represents a return to roots.

Oramo opens with the early Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22, composed in...