Jean Sibelius:

Violin Concerto (original Version 1903-1904, WPR)
Violin Concerto (final Version 1905)

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin

BIS-CD-500, 2/1991

Sponsored by Asko Oy


The GRAMOPHONE Award for "Best Concerto Recording 1991"

"Record of the year 1991" (The U.K. Sibelius Society)

"Pick of the year" (Classic CD, the U.K.)

Records of the year 1991 (Helsingin Sanomat)

The first ever Gold Record of orchestral music: 25.000 copies sold in Finland (8.12.1992)