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Sibelius Edition Vol.6: Works for Violin & Piano

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISCD191517

Barcode: 7318591915171

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Release Date: 27th October 2008

Artists

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin)
Folke Grasbeck (piano)
Madoka Sato (violin)
Nils-Erik Sparf (violin)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)

Artists

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin)
Folke Grasbeck (piano)
Madoka Sato (violin)
Nils-Erik Sparf (violin)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)

About

The sixth volume in the BIS Sibelius Edition focuses on the composer’s music for violin and piano (and also includes the few works for solo violin). The violin was, in fact, the composer’s way into music and during his early youth his main ambition was to become a concert violinist. It is therefore not surprising that, throughout his life, he wrote a number of works for the instrument, including sonatas and suites as well as collections of shorter pieces and independent miniatures.

World première recordings: Violin Concerto (original version and fragments); preliminary versions of [Allegretto] and Romance in F major; [Andante sostenuto] in E major; [Mazurka] and Impromptu for solo violin.

Contents:
- Sonata in A minor, JS177 (1884)*
- Andante grazioso in D major, JS35 (1884–85)*
- Sonata [movement] in D major (1885)*
- [Moderato] – Presto – [Tempo I] in A minor, JS7 (1886)*
- [Menuetto] in D minor (1886)*
- [Menuetto] in E minor, JS67 (1886–87)*
- [Andantino] in A minor, JS8 (1886–87)*
- [Allegretto] in G major, JS86 (revised version)*
- [Tempo di valse] in B minor, JS89 [completed by Jaakko Kuusisto]*

- [Mazurka] in A major, JS4*

- [Andante molto] in C major, JS49*
- [Aubade] in A major, JS3*
- [Scherzino] in F major, JS78 (1886–87)*
- [Andante elegiaco] in F sharp minor (1887)*
- Andante cantabile in G major, JS33 (1887)*
- [Sonata Allegro Exposition] in B minor, JS90 (1887)*
- Suite in D minor, JS187 (1887–88)*
- Moderato – Maestoso in E flat major, JS132*
- [Interludium and Maestoso] in C minor (1887–88)*
- [Lento] in E flat minor, JS76*

- Allegretto in E flat major, JS22 (1888)*
- Allegretto in C major, JS19 (1888)*
- [Tempo di valse] in A major (1888)*
- Suite in E major, JS188 (1888)*
- Allegro [Sonata Exposition] in A minor, JS26 (1888–89)*
- [Larghetto, Fragment] in D minor (1889)*
- Sonata in F major, JS178 (1889)*
- [Largamente, Fragment] in E minor (1889–91)*
- [Adagio] in D minor (1890)*
- [Grave, Fragment] in D minor (1891–94)*

- Two Pieces, Op.2 [Romance in B minor
- Epilogue] (revised versions • 1911)***
- Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra, Op.47 (original version – 1903–04) – transcription for violin and piano by the composer (first movement piano part completed by Kalevi Aho [2007])**
- Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra, Op.47 (final version • 1905) – transcription for violin and piano by the composer**
- Scène d’amour (1913, arr. 1925) from Scaramouche, Op.71***
- Two Serious Melodies, Op.77 [Cantique / Devotion]***
- Four Pieces, Op.78 [Impromptu / Romance in F major (revised version • 1915) / Religioso / Rigaudon]***
- Six Pieces, Op.79 [Souvenir / Tempo di Menuetto / Danse caractéristique / Sérénade / Tanz-Idylle / Berceuse]***
- [Andante sostenuto] in E major (1915?)**
- Sonatina in E major, Op.80 (1915)***

- Five Pieces, Op.81 [Mazurka/ Rondino/ Valse/ Aubade / Menuetto]***

- Novellette, Op.102 (1922)***
- Five Danses champêtres, Op.106**
- Four Pieces, Op.115 [Auf der Heide / Ballade / Humoresque / Die Glocken (Capriccietto)]***
- Three Pieces, Op.116 (1929) [Scène de danse / Danse caractéristique / Rondeau romantique***]
- Complete Works for Solo Violin: [Mazurka] in C major (1883)**
- Impromptu in G minor (1884)**
- [Étude] in D major, JS55 (1886)*
- [Allegretto] in A major (1889)*
- En glad musikant (A Happy Musician), JS70 (1924–26)*
- Alternative Versions: [Allegretto] in G major (preliminary version • 1886–87)**
- Two Pieces, Op.2 [Romance in B minor/ Perpetuum mobile] (original versions)***
- Romance in F major, Op.78 No.2**

Plus fragments/alternative versions/ossia from the Violin Concerto

* Jaakko Kuusisto, violin / Folke Gräsbeck, piano
** Madoka Sato, violin / Folke Gräsbeck, piano (previously unreleased recordings)
*** Nils-Erik Sparf, violin / Bengt Forsberg, piano