Okko Kamu, Lahti Symphony Orchestra - Sibelius: The Tempest, The Bard & Tapiola (2011)SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 71:41 minutes | F/R Covers & Digital Booklet | 3,31 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | F/R Covers & Digital Booklet | 1,49 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/44,1kHz | F/R Covers & Digital Booklet | 598 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Label: BIS Records # BIS-SACD-1945 Okko Kamu is a pro, and a thoroughly idiomatic Sibelius conductor, and of course the Lahti Symphony Orchestra's credentials already have been certified. The performances are excellent and full of personal touches. In the Tempest Suites, Kamu is always sensitive to the music's subtle details, particularly regarding string articulation. "Miranda", for example, is unusually wistful but not sleepy, and if "Caliban's Song" sounds a bit too legato, you do get a vivid sense of a corpulent, swaggering creature. "The Overture" is amazingly clear harmonically, yet also powerful. In short: a terrific performance.