The very best Sibelius recordings in analog

His 5th might be the best available .

I have a personal fondness for Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra recordings of Sibelius. In part because they were early champions of Sibelius' work. In part because when I lived in Philadelphia I attended live performances monthly - if not more often. There is something about connecting with the same performers live and via their recordings.

Schubert & Frogman,
8th December we were celebrating Sibelius and Finnish music. I revisited many Finnish music records such as Piirpauke´s two first albums. And my Berglund´s Sibelius complete which is in SQ format. Superb set. What a pity I don´t have quadraphonic stereo system.
I read some history of early performances and recordings of Robert Kajanus, a conductor and a close friend of Sibelius. Indeed the early recordings of Kajanus with LSO are the most interesting, close to Sibelius´ time. And as said they are not the best audiophile quality but I really don´t care, the music itself and how it is performed matters. I´m just a music lover first, an audiophile second.
And yes indeed the Vänskä/Minnesota recordings are very very interesting because he is working his compatriot´ s music.

Without your guidance I may have never found these gems to search for because my preference is classic Progressive Rock, mid 60´s - early 70´s to be exact. My second is classical.

Btw, I ordered Maria Kalaniemi´s "Bellow Poetry" CD.

The best thing at here A´gon is that one can find new musical horizons :)

Let me know if I got the "Finnish to the bone" thing with Maria  please harold .Got my week in Turku vacation in May set up .

I like the Mobile Fidelity Four Legends From The Kalevala including The Swan of Tuonela Eugene Ormandy Philidelphia Orchestra.  original Angel/EMI