Probably no other conductor was a better advocate for the works of Jean Sibelius than Herbert von Karajan. With the seven symphonies and compositions such as “Finlandia”, the “Karelia Suite” and “Valse Triste”, Jean Sibelius was and is the most famous Finnish composer of all time.

Deutsche Grammophon re-releases the complete works of Sibelius under Karajan’s baton on Pure Audio Blu-ray + five CDs. This edition brings together Karajan’s outstanding Sibelius recordings of the 1960s and 1980s and includes Christian Ferras’ 1965 recording of the Violin Concerto, which won both the Grand Prix du Disque and the Edison Prize.

The analogue recordings are newly remastered and presented as DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, Surround Sound 5.1 and Dolby Atmos in High Definition 24-bit on Pure Audio Blu-ray.

The booklet contains an insightful text by Austrian musicologist and Karajan Institute researcher Thomas Wozonig.

Stereophile described Karajan’s Sibelius recordings as “magnificent, musically natural […] with some of the deepest, fattest bass and richest, warmest orchestral sound recorded on disc for many years.”