Latest Release
- 26 APR 2024
- 15 Songs
- The Classic Experience - 135 of the Greatest Classical Tracks · 1988
- Grieg: Peer Gynt-Suite No. 1 - EP · 1974
- Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 7 "Leningrad" & 11 "The Year 1905" · 2000
- Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 · 2001
- Glazunov: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 92 - Yardumian: Passacaglia, Recitative & Fugue · 2023
- Glazunov: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 92 - Yardumian: Passacaglia, Recitative & Fugue · 2023
- Glazunov: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 92 - Yardumian: Passacaglia, Recitative & Fugue · 2023
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 7, Tapiola, The Oceanides & Luonnotar · 2023
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 7, Tapiola, The Oceanides & Luonnotar · 2023
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 7, Tapiola, The Oceanides & Luonnotar · 2023
Live Albums
Appears On
- Emil Gilels & Finnish RSO
About Paavo Berglund
Conductor Paavo Berglund transformed several orchestras into world-class ensembles over his long career. Known as a perfectionist, he specialized in the music of Sibelius and made three complete recordings of his symphonies (with the Helsinki Philharmonic, the Bournemouth Symphony, and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe). In 1962, Berglund became the chief conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony. Known as a dictator on the podium, he vastly improved that group's quality. He repeated the feat with England's Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, which he frequently conducted as a guest in the late 1960s, and of which he became the principal conductor in 1972. He made his U.S. debut with the American Symphony Orchestra in 1978. From 1987 to 1991, he was the principal conductor of the Stockholm Philharmonic. Berglund left more than 100 recordings, recording with most of the ensembles he headed as principal conductor.
- HOMETOWN
- Helsinki, Finland
- BORN
- 14 April 1929
- GENRE
- Classical