Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Owain Arwel Hughes - Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3This recording from Owain Arwel Hughes and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is the first in a cycle of all seven of Sibelius's symphonies. Symphony No. 1, from 1899, is coupled with No. 3, from 1907. Although bound by classical conventions, and the influence of Tchaikovsky, No. 1 displays a remarkable and striking independence of thought. No. 3 shows the composer making the transition from the large scale symphonic structures of the first two

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