Finlandia...you can't really do a bad version as long as the orchestra is playing professionally.
The 6th and 7th are similar to Inkinen's 2-5 Symphonies of Sibelius.
The orchestra is not huge, so people still want the big London or
Berlin or Boston sound. The last movement of the 6th starts in a
leisurely way the same way Berglund and Segerstam do. I think Vnskä
also, so let us call it the Finnish way. It then speeds up after the
first minutes.
The 7th is OK as well. The NZ orchestra plays well. There is a little
something lacking here in a personal touch, but it is a very good
faithful interpretation.
