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The Berliner Philharmoniker enthralls with Sibelius' last symphonies

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“their famously lustrous string sound was well in evidence, the brass powerful and deep of timbre”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 12 February 2015
Sibelius, Symphony no. 5 in E flat major, Op.82
Sibelius, Symphony no. 6 in D minor, Op.104
Sibelius, Symphony no. 7 in C major, Op.105
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Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
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