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Paavo Berglund
12+ albums
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Paavo Allan Engelbert Berglund OBE (14 April 1929 – 25 January 2012) was a Finnish conductor and violinist. Career: Born in Helsinki, Berglund studied the violin as a child, and played an instrument made by his grandfather. By age 15, he had decided on music as his career, and by 18 was playing in restaurants. During the Second World War, Berglund worked at the iron factories in Billnäs. Children were moved out of Helsinki during heavy stages of the war. His professional career as a violinist began in 1946, playing the whole summer at the officers' mess (Upseerikasino) in Helsinki. He had already played in dance orchestras in 1945. Formal study took place in Helsinki at the Sibelius Academy, in Vienna and in Salzburg. He was a violinist in the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1949 to 1958 in the 1st violin section, unique among the instrumentalists in being accommodated for seating to account for the fact that he played the violin 'left-handed'. In a radio interview made of the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE in 2002, Berglund explains how he heard the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on their tour in Helsinki with Wilhelm Furtwängler and was very impressed. Shortly after that he left for Vienna to study. He had many friends both in the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna Radio Symphony orchestras, and could attend rehearsal and recording sessions. One particular recording session he remembers is when he was present one evening when Furtwängler recorded Schumann's Manfred Ov
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Finlandia Op. 26
3502Peer Gynt Opp. 46 & 55 (1991 Digital Remaster), EXCEPRTS, Suite No 1, Op. 46: Prelude_Morning
2483Karelia Suite Op. 11 (2000 Digital Remaster): I. Intermezzo
1604Symphony No. 5 in E flat major Op. 82: III. Allegro molto - Un pochettino largamente
1315Má vlast (1995 Digital Remaster): Vltava, B111 (1874)
1306Karelia Suite Op. 11 (2000 Digital Remaster): III. Alla marcia
1257Vltava (extract), B111 (1874) from Má vlast
1208Finlandia, Op. 26
1209Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 43: IV. Finale (Allegro moderato)
11810Peer Gynt Opp.46 & 55 (1991 Digital Remaster), Excerpts, Suite No. 1, Op.46: Prelude (Morning)
112albums
Sibelius: Kullervo Symphony Etc
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Sibelius: Finlandia
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Sibelius: Complete Symphonies, Tapiola, Karelia suite, Finlandia, The Bard
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel - Prokofiev: Summer Night, Op. 123
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Classical Goes To The Movies: 50 Blockbuster Hits
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7, Tapiola, Karelia Suite, Finlandia, The Bard, The Swan of Tuonela
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Smetana: Má Vlast - Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 & Scherzo capriccioso
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Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3, etc
The Popular Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse triste, Karelia, The Swan of Tuonela, Lemminkäinen's Return, King Christian II...
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Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2
Sibelius: Symphony Nos 5-7