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Sibelius Edition Vol.4: Piano Music I

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISCD190911

Barcode: 7318591909118

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Release Date: 2nd June 2008

Artists

Folke Grasbeck (piano)
Lasse Poysti (recitation)

Artists

Folke Grasbeck (piano)
Lasse Poysti (recitation)

About

The piano music of Sibelius might be regarded as a well-kept secret, overshadowed by his orchestral music. The overwhelming majority of these early works were resurrected by Folke Gräsbeck, who also performs them here.

Apart from student compositions and youthful pieces, the programme also contains some of Sibelius’ most well-known piano works. Of special interest are also the pieces which relate to other genres in his output, such as a preliminary sketch for the slow movement of Symphony No.1, as well as the composer’s own transcriptions of some of his most well-loved works, including Valse triste and Finlandia.

Original Works and Piano Transcriptions - Contents:
- Scherzo in E major with Trio in E minor, JS134a
- Con moto, sempre una corda in D flat major, JS52
- [Andante] in E flat major, JS74
- [Menuetto] in A minor, JS5
- [Tempo di valse] in A major, JS2
- Scherzo in E major with [Trio] in A major, JS134b
- [11 Variations on a harmonic formula] in D major
- *§[Waltz] in D minor (No.105) and *§[Andantino] in B flat major (No.111) from [Music Book, 118 Harmony Exercises]
- [A Catalogue of Themes, 50 Short Pieces]
- Trånaden (Suckarnas mystèr), JS203 for piano with recitation

- Andante in E flat major, JS30a
- [Aubade] in A flat major, JS46
- Au crépuscule (At Twilight), JS47
- Tempo di menuetto in F sharp minor
- Allegro in E major
- [Moderato] in F minor
- Vivace in E flat major
- Andantino in C major
- Andantino in B major, JS44
- Allegretto in B flat minor, JS18

- Allegro in F minor
- [Waltz] in E major
- Più lento – Tempo di valse in E flat major, JS150
- [Waltz, Fragment] in F minor
- Andantino in E major, JS41
- [Two Sketches. Presto] in A minor, JS6
- Allegretto in G minor, JS24
- Moderato – Presto in D minor, JS133
- [Allegro, Fragment] in E major (Preliminary sketch for Upp genom luften, JS213)
- O, om du sett (Oh, If You Had Seen), JS141 for recitation and piano

- Largo in A major, JS117
- Vivace in D minor, JS221
- Adagio in D major, JS11
- [Three Fugue Expositions] in D minor
- [Polka] in E flat major, JS75
- Florestan, Suite for Piano, JS82
- Allegretto in E major, JS21
- §À Betzy Lerche – Valse in A flat major, JS1
- [Sonata Allegro: exposition and development section] in D minor, JS179a
- Sonata Fragments for Becker 1889 J.S. – [Two Sonata Sketches]

- [Eleven Sonata Sketches]
- [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in F minor, JS179b
- [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in C major, JS179c
- [Sonata Allegro] in E major, JS179d
- [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in C minor, JS179e
- [Polka, Fragment] in E minor
- [Mazurka, Sketch] in D minor
- Scherzo in F sharp minor, JS164
- Menuetto in B flat major
- [Waltz] in D flat major

- Six Impromptus, Op.5
- Intermezzo and Ballade from Karelia Suite, Op.11
- Piano Sonata in F major, Op.12
- Transcription from The Wood-Nymph, Op.15
- Allegretto in F major, JS23
- Caprizzio in B flat minor
- Lento in E major, JS119
- Allegretto in G minor, JS225
- [Caprice] in B minor
- Andantino in F major, Op.24 No.7 (first version)

- Menuetto in B flat major
- Marche triste, JS124
- [Allegro] in G minor
- Kavaljeren, JS109
- *§Andantino in F major
- §Ten Pieces, Op.24
- §Idyll in F major, Op.24 No.6 (second version)
- §Finlandia, Op.26
- §Kung Kristian II, incidental music, Op.27
- *§[Three Sketches]

- *§[Largamente] in D minor
- §Har du mod?, Op.31 No.2
- §Athenarnes sång, Op.31 No.3
- §Finnish Folk-songs arranged for piano, JS81
- *§Minun kultani kaunis on, vaikk’ on kaitaluinen
- *§[Adagio] in C major
- *§[Polka] ‘Aino’ in C minor
- *§Couplet in D major, Op.34 No.4 (first version)
- §Ten Bagatelles, Op. 34
- *§[Andante (ma non troppo lento)] in C sharp minor (preliminary sketch for the slow movement of Symphony No.1)

- §Ten Pensées lyriques, Op.40
- §Kyllikki, three lyric pieces, Op.41
- *§Valse triste, Op.44 No.1 (preliminary piano transcription)
- §Valse triste, Op.44 No.1 (definitive piano transcription)
- §The Dryad, Op.45 No.1
- §Dance-Intermezzo, Op.45 No.2

* World Première Recording
§ Previously unreleased recording