Schnéevoigt & Golschmann – Symphonies 4 & 7 | £10

Two extraordinary recordings
Symphony 4 conducted by Georg Schnéevoigt. Finnish National Orchestra (Live 1934)
Symphony 7 conducted by Vladimir Golschmann. St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (1942)

These two Sibelius Symphony recordings, of Nos 4 and 7 on this Society CD are among the most intense of any I know. Georg Schnéevoigt and Vladimir Golschmann are not house-hold names today but both were noted interpreters of 20th century music in the 1930’s and 40’s. No. 4 comes from a live performance in London in 1934 and No. 7 from a commercial recording in St Louis, America in 1942.

The CD has a note written by Edward Clark