This amazing album won the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä the 2014 Grammy for Best Orchestral Performance, and you need to hear it first-hand to understand why. It includes two symphonies, one fast paced and the other slow, but both with hauntingly beautiful stories to tell.
Sibelius Symphony No. 1 E Minor, Op. 39
1. I. Andante, ma non troppo – Allegro energico
2. II. Andante (ma non troppo lento)
3. III. Scherzo. Allegro – Lento (ma non troppo) – Tempo I
4. IV. Finale (Quasi una fantasia). Andante – Allegro molto
Sibelius Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63
1. I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
2. II. Allegro molto vivace
3. III. Il tempo largo
4. IV. Allegro