The very best Sibelius recordings in analog

Schubert, I'll be sure to check out the Vanska/Minnesota recordings.  I generally find something special about conductors' interpretations of the music of compatriots.  Vanska has without a doubt elevated the Minnesota to a very high level; he is a very fine musician.  I don't know how much playing he is doing currently, but he is also a very fine clarinetist.  Btw, I agree with your (disappearing) comments about Maazel;  all the more reason that I found his Sibelius recordings such a pleasant surprise.  I played under Maazel a few times over the years and I can tell you that he was a remarkable technician with an almost incredible ability to conduct complex meters with great clarity; but, often cold and machine like.  He would micro manage beat patterns with unnecessary subdivisions as if to say "look what I can do with a baton"; while seeming to lose sight of the big picture.  Still, good Sibelius.

I heard him play a Brahms clarinet piece , I believe he could get a 1st job in Berlin or Vienna , perhaps even with the greatest German O., the Leipzig Gewandhaus .

Erased as a bit cheeky.
My all-time fav, which nobody agrees with, is Kurt Masur . He saw the big picture enough to view the Brahms 4 as 4 parts of one symphony . Made a good case for it too .
In the heart of the German Symphony from Mendelssohn to Brahms he batted 750 every time . Several times my wife and I heard him day after Karajan,, a revelation to hear, and see, players respond to an honest man
who they loved compared to puppets on strings pulled by a man they did not .
Critics often seem to see him as a "kappelmeister" which is just plain stupid IMO . .
Also, there is a video of him walking alone in a great crowd in Leipzig, days before the wall fell, for hours telling people to remain calm and refrain from violence . A great man still much beloved in Leipzig . May his soul rest forever in peace .

People think in their native language which affects every thing you do to include playing, hearing or writing music . In fact you can not think without language , and tend to think in same MANNER as those who share their native tongue .
Goes double for languages that are not related to most common ones and/or little studied elsewhere such as Finnish, Hungarian and Czech , all of which are very musical cultures .

@schubert I wish I said what you did! Tchaikovsky under Mravinsky is The Only one for me! The only contender is the vision of Pierre Monteaux: the beauty without mental breakdown... Sibelius 2nd under Monteaux on King Super Analog is my favorite, but, as you said, my genes frame me!...