For his second Sibelius symphony album with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Collon is joined by star-violinist Christian Tetzlaff. Their previous album featuring Lutosławski’s Partita for Violin and Orchestra received many accolades. Collon’s first Sibelius album, which included the composer’s Seventh Symphony, was Gramophone magazine’s Choice of orchestral albums. In this new, carefully crafted programme, Sibelius’ masterpiece, the Fifth Symphony, is joined by two delicate works for violin and orchestra. The two Serious Melodies were written during WWI and belong to the composer’s most openly religious works. Sibelius’ music to Strinberg’s play Swanwhite is a forgotten gem.