The album was a critical triumph, winning the Gramophone Concerto of the Year Award in 1991.
Kavakos is renowned for his "silvery purity of tone" and an effortless ability to navigate the concerto’s treacherous double-stops and rapid string-crossing runs. Leonidas Kavakos & Lahti Symphony Orchestra - S...
The Lahti Symphony Orchestra, under Vänskä, provides a "dark-hued" and "unobtrusive" support that allows the soloist’s vulnerability and technical brilliance to shine. Musical Legacy The album was a critical triumph, winning the
This project was revolutionary because it was the first time the Sibelius family allowed the of the concerto to be recorded. This earlier manuscript had been long-protected and kept out of the public eye. Musical Legacy This project was revolutionary because it
The collaboration between and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra (Sinfonia Lahti) under conductor Osmo Vänskä is celebrated as one of the most significant events in the history of classical music recording. Their 1991 release on the BIS label remains a definitive landmark for its pioneering presentation of Jean Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D minor . The Landmark 1991 Recording
The disc features both the rarely-heard original 1903/04 version and the widely performed revised 1905 version .
Critics often describe the recording as having a natural, "mountainous" sound, with Kavakos's violin piercing through the "majestically whooshing" orchestral winds provided by the Lahti Symphony.