The very best Sibelius recordings in analog

If my memory is to be trusted, there is an early 60's EMI recording of Barbirolli conducting the 1st symphony that seemed to acquit itself well

His 5th might be the best available .

I have a personal fondness for Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra recordings of Sibelius. In part because they were early champions of Sibelius' work. In part because when I lived in Philadelphia I attended live performances monthly - if not more often. There is something about connecting with the same performers live and via their recordings.

Schubert & Frogman,
8th December we were celebrating Sibelius and Finnish music. I revisited many Finnish music records such as Piirpauke´s two first albums. And my Berglund´s Sibelius complete which is in SQ format. Superb set. What a pity I don´t have quadraphonic stereo system.
I read some history of early performances and recordings of Robert Kajanus, a conductor and a close friend of Sibelius. Indeed the early recordings of Kajanus with LSO are the most interesting, close to Sibelius´ time. And as said they are not the best audiophile quality but I really don´t care, the music itself and how it is performed matters. I´m just a music lover first, an audiophile second.
And yes indeed the Vänskä/Minnesota recordings are very very interesting because he is working his compatriot´ s music.

Without your guidance I may have never found these gems to search for because my preference is classic Progressive Rock, mid 60´s - early 70´s to be exact. My second is classical.

Btw, I ordered Maria Kalaniemi´s "Bellow Poetry" CD.

The best thing at here A´gon is that one can find new musical horizons :)

Let me know if I got the "Finnish to the bone" thing with Maria  please harold .Got my week in Turku vacation in May set up .