There again, compared with the very finest in Sibelius interpretation, it is surprisingly down-to-earth, while the central movement is too primped and preened, and the finale is over-accented ... is ...

Osmo Vänskä’s new Sibelius cycle continues with the First and Fourth, a pairing he evidently likes, as that is how he started his previous cycle in Lahti. As I noted with Nos 2 and 5 (4/12), Vänskä’s ...