Sibelius: 5. Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Hugh Wolff 

I love this symfony and all the symphonies of Sibelius I have listened all the music of Sibelius including all of his folkloric song music I am fall in love of Sibelius since at least thirty years This performance is marvellous Thanks you tube for gift us this splendid music saludos of an in love of Sibelius from Spain

I've been listening to these symphonies for almost 60 years, and can never get enough of them. With the pandemic, I recommend going for long walks through woods or down country roads, hopefully with roaring brooks along the sides, with headphones on and any of the seven symphonies or the tone poems on. You will feel as if you are transported to another world.

I have never visited the beautiful country of Finland but I feel it through Jean Sibelius.

I know this man (Hugh Wolff). I met him in Washington, DC early in his career and sought his advice on continuing to pursue my own music career. He was a sympathetic listener, but at the same time he was honest about the travails I would have to face, especially with the circumstances I was living under at the time.

were i sat in one of those rows, i'd genuinely sob at the third movement. gosh 💛

Well done, Frankfurt! Skål fran Finland.

He did micromanaging and macromanaging at the same time. Really great job. Hugh wolff is a phenomenal conductor indeed.

It is masterful in the way that Sibelius's writing and scoring can get what is a scaled down orchestra to sound so full and commanding. I was fortunate enough to see and hear the Lahti Symphony Orchestra play this wonderful piece as part of the celebrations marking the 150th Anniversary of the great man's birth at the annual Sibelius Festival in the city of Lahti back in 2015. Masterful and haunting!

This is a fantastic performance of the fantastic symphony! I've always admired the impressive smoothness how Sibelius turns the first movement quite logically into a Scherzo, using the very same thematic material all the way. Note how the rocking "swan" theme of the third movement is born already in the second movement, stealthily in the accompaniment. The third movement is one of Sibelius's finest renditions of a life bustling spring, full with joy and melancholy at the same time. Note the augmentation of the swan theme in the basses simultaneously with it playing in the horns. The rise towards the final explosions in the end (starting at 28:49) is one of the finest in symphonic literature.

A wonderful interpretation of one of my favourite pieces of music. Thirty five minutes of pure heaven.

14:14 - VICTORY! WE HAVE VICTORY! The urge to applaud is tremendous at 14:27!

what a wonderful symphony. especially the third movement is so beautiful

named my son Christian, after falling in love with this symphony, still love him and it!

Beautifully conducted & performed... This piece is insanely original, depicting something grand that is sometimes on the verge of disintegrating but is recovering again and again.

So majestic is the Fifth. Nature in all its power and glory. The third movement is my favourite with a passage described as "Thor swinging his mighty hammer" (You know it when you hear it). Also a Great performance here.

This 5th symphony by Jean Sibelius is extraordinarily beautiful. And there's wonderful playing here as well.

Wonderful rendition of a superb symphony!!!

Reading the comments below, I would feel ignorant to expand. I'll just say I love Sibelius and this presentation.

I remember first listening this symphony in a transatlantic flight several years ago, and immediately fell in love with it. I like to come back to it frequently.

Thank you! The concerts of this orchester are always a great experience!

Great interpretation! Heart-felt, clear and intelligent conducting by Maestro Wolff !

Great sounding recording and video masterfully played and directed.Bravo Maestro Wolff!

I. Tempo molto moderato 0:30 II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto 15:00 III. Allegro molto 23:50

It's good to hear a fine German orchestra in this symphony and it's about time orchestras there started paying more attention to Sibelius, one of the greatest of all composers. Karajan of course was a great Sibelian (His recording of the 5th with the Philharmonia remains IMO the best ever) and Rattle continued the promotion when he was with the B.P.O.

Sibelius is an unique territory with its own rules, and I have learned the rules by now. And I accept them. This 5:th symphony is wonderfully played by the orchestra and wonderfully conducted by mr Wolff.

I think this is the best live interpretation of it online, It seems transparent.

There is no performance more interesting and intriguing and captivating than this performance From Tokyo where spring is in full swing

Jon Anderson said this and the 7th Sibelius' symphonies had inspired him and Yes to compose Close to the Edge in 1972

0:33 begins | 3:11 theme | 5:55 theme | 9:31 dignified victory | 15:07 2nd movement | 15:29 morning | 21:20 alt. tone 25:05 honor | 30:02 honor | 32:09 pauses |

Magnificent!

It is wonderful that the great symphonic orchestras have two principals for almost every section of instruments. I have observed this in wood winds: flutes, oboes, clarinettes. And two chief masters (Concertini). So for the rest of the strings as well for the brass. No doubt this HR FRANKFURT Sinfonie is one of the best in Germany and Europe. During the pandemic I have also realized that all musicians are soloists and their performances have been outstanding always. Congratulations!!! Toujours excellence. Siempre excelencia. Danke viel!!!

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This is an impressive, strongly dramatic reading of a symphony that, from my standpoint as a listener, is a most difficult work to conduct and keep all its intricate threads together in proper balance so that everything can be correctly heard. I'm not too familiar with conductor Wolff, but now I think I should remedy that situation. The FRSO, as always, is excellent.

Those horns ARE RRRRRREEEEEEEAAAAALLLLLLLYYYYYYY going for it in the last mvt. when the key change happens in the swan theme!!!!!!!

Objektive und saubere Leistung dieser nordischen Sinfonie ohne überflüssige Romantik. Die Holzbläser dieses Orchesters sind echt ausgezeichnet.

I had the great pleasure to work with Hugh Wolff when he was a student at Peabody. I was in high school and played in the Peabody Prep orchestra. Even at that early stage of my development as an orchestra musician, I knew he was something special.

Maybe the most "Finnish" of all Sibelius´pieces. Intense, a lot of "patienting" an icy isolation "in crescendo" (the horns and clarinets) are fundamental here, what a magnificent "Dome" opening its skies in less than 5 minutes !!! Superb. Only Bernstein and Wiener Phil, do it slightly better in the 2nd movement, overall a great performance. Obrigado, thank you.

Very nice, beautiful work of music and performed very well!

The greatest mystery of the age - why doesn't his music get billions of plays?

Gratidão amigos e amigas musicistas, pelos belíssimos trabalhos!

Wanderful orchestra

lovely performance !

Fantastische Leitung! Bravo aus Mexiko

Sibelius’ horn sound is unique in the orchestral repertoire, always as simple as possible yet luxuriant and strong, not like much of the works of Strauss which are often more like Olympic gymnastics‼️Listen to the ending of his Nightride and Sunrise‼️✅💥

Großartig !!

Ян Сибелиус великолепный композитор! Браво оркестру Франкфурта!

13:49 - the Victorious Charge of a Mighty Army! Makes you feel absolutely invincible! Breathtakingly glorious!!!

Great orchestra!

Thank you 🎵

Sibelius: Those who like him, like him a lot.

Total Sibelius from bar one!! Wolf. Wonderful conductor. Wonderful orchestra.

I have heard this hundreds of times, and for me it was one of the best performances I have heard. It felt so natural, how it should be played. The tempi felt exactly right throughout and contrary to other opinions here, I liked the way he gave prominence to important solos. I have never really liked the second movement much, but he seemed to breathe new life into it, with some surprising intensity and change of pace. And as ever credit to marvellous technicians who give us a sound superior to many a studio recording. Thank you!

Hugh Wolff is one of the very few conductors to give the silences at the end their full due, but visually his beating of the time through them is most disconcerting and really purpose-defeating. He is also among the very best--comparable to Koussevitsky--at realizing the amazing metamorphosis of the second movement from out of the first. (Most conductors get too fast too soon.) A fine, fully-felt and intelligently directed performance by this vastly underrated conductor.

Fantastic conductor and wonderful Orchestra what can I say Sibelius Genius and lots more of his music to come. Eureka.!

Formal Analysis for orch lit: I. Tempo molto moderato - allegro moderato - presto (13') 0:33 A1 (Swan Theme) - m. 1 0:48 woodwind entrances 1:27 B - m. 12 2:00 transition - m. 17 2:17 C - m. 20 2:56 D - m. 28 3:09 transition m. 31 3:34 A2 - m. 36 4:15 B2 - m. 45 4:51 E - m. 52 5:00 C2 - m. 54 5:40 D2 - m. 62 6:12 trans. - m. 68 6:27 E2 - m. 71 6:54 E3 - m. 76 7:28 Bassoon Solo - m. 83 8:07 trans. - m. 90 8:18 F - m. 92 8:50 - Woodwind interjection 9:09 9:30 A3 - m. 107 9:51 Woodwinds enter 10:03 Movement "1.5" A - m. 115 10:18 A2 (minor) - m. 136 10:24 trans. - m. 144 10:37 B - m. 164 10:45 Movement I. A - m. 176 10:55 B2 + A3 - m. 192 11:09 A4 (minor) - m. 212 11:14 C - m. 220 11:22 C2 - m. 232 11:38 C3 (minor) - m. 260 11:48 trans. - m. 276 12:00 12:08 - C4 m. 309 12:35 - C5 - m. 353 12:45 - C6 (Fugue) m. 371 13:22 - D 13:30 13:49 Coda part 1 14:14 Coda part 2 II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto 15:08 15:55 16:15 16:42 17:08 17:38 17:56 18:02 18:18 18:53 18:58 19:11 19:22 19:33 19:55 20:04 20:20 20:29 20:51 21:20 21:39 21:54 22:08 22:12 22:45 22:57 23:38 III. Allegro molto - misterioso 23:52 24:08 24:28 24:33 24:46 25:00 25:24 25:53 26:33 26:48 26:58 27:09 27:20 27:29 27:54 28:17 28:25 28:52 29:35 30:04 30:54 31:41 32:08

1really wonderful!!!!! 30/01/2020, 1A liceo Beccaria

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This orchestra plays right on Wolf's down beat !!

9:10 here begins the passage from night to day

Bravo

здорово!!!!!!!!

I love the way the conductor whips the orchestra to the climax of the first movement - starting around 14:00.

Masterclass

Nice..but best is Bernstein with the London phil. It is on Utube

Incredibile Sibelius.....potente e delicato, evocativo ,travolgente e sensibile, moderno e classico, scoperto casualmente 5 anni fa grazie a Mozart in the Jungle! Chissà che cos'altro mi sono perso nella vita ! Qualcuno ha qualche suggerimento ?

12:35 😃

Sibelius gehört für mich zu den ganz großen Symphonikern. Alle seine Sinfonien haben etwas besonderes. Wahrscheinlich liegt es an der Natürlichkeit des Klanges gemischt mit Pathos. Sein Gespür speziell für die Blechbläser ist etwas ganz besonderes, was ich soweit von keinem anderen Komponisten kenne (Ausnahme Mahler)

You can tell that the 3rd movement was very influential on Joe Hisaishi's style.

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The floutist who looks like T Roosevelt. What is his name?

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El final es muy parecido a la música de la película El viaje de Chihiro

28:20

How reassuring to see Sam's face as soon as the piece starts. The orchestra is still great in 2020 but, Oh My Darwin, how we miss Herr Seidenberg!

Avoid listening to in Public...as it's so great, that makes me cry.

25:01 THEME

11:36 is that really a low G on 4th Horn?

skip bayless??

Oh! The conductor resemble MIchael Tilson Thomas.

10:24 12:35

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9:18 STING CHORDS

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As a Québécois, I can only identify with the music of Sibelius. Québec and Finland have a lot in common. For example, both had been dominated by minority groups (English/Canadians in Québec, Russians and Swedish in Finland) Québec hasn’t yet achieved independence, unlike Finland, but it will come :)

What a tepid response from the crowd

A boring interpretation, compare with Dausgaard's one here on YT

Everything is out of balance here. Blame must be placed on the conductor. There are segments that are done well, such as the end of the first movement, and the hymn theme from the finale. But overall he is too free with tempi, resulting in a sense of chaos rather than growth. He drives and emphasizes too much, with the result being a congested mess in fortes. He does not allow the lines and currents to relate with each other, bottling up the natural air and majesty, especially in the finale’s coda.

Everyone stop lying... This IS a great performance, but Sibelius sucks!

Boring, senseless Romantic bombast devoid of any interest to the mind. Just noise and dynamics around a single cell of Justin Timberlake's "Mirrors" in the last movement.

Horrible.

12:35 😃

13:38 13:51