VA - The Sibelius Edition, Vol. 6: Violin & Piano (5CD) (2008)
BAND/ARTIST: Various Artists
- Title: The Sibelius Edition, Vol. 6: Violin & Piano
- Year Of Release: 2008
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log)
- Total Time: 06:03:22
- Total Size: 1.6 Gb
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Tracklist:
CD 1:
Sonata in A minor, JS 177 [15:52]
(1884) (Manuscript / Breitkopf & Härtel)
01. I. Un poco lento - Più mosso quasi presto [5:50]
02. II. Andantino [3:21]
03. III. Tempo di Menuetto [2:18]
04. IV. Rondo. Presto [4:07]
05. Andante grazioso in D major, JS 35 [2:57]
(1884-85) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
06. Sonata [movement] in D major [9:22]
(1885) (Manuscript HUL 0541a/4)
Allegro con brio
07. [Moderato] - Presto - [Tempo I] in A minor, JS 7 [4:37]
(1886) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
08. [Menuetto] in D minor [1:35]
(1886) (M/s HUL 0670/1)
09. [Menuetto] in E minor, JS 67 [3:59]
(1886-87) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
10. [Andantino] in A minor, JS 8 [3:32]
(1886–87) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
[Five Pieces] (1886-87) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [13:50]
11. [Allegretto] in G major, JS 86 (revised version) [3:33]
12. [Tempo di valse] in B minor, JS 89 [completed by Jaakko Kuusisto] [3:39]
13. [Mazurka] in A major, JS 4 [0:41]
14. [Andante molto] in C major, JS 49 [3:46]
15. [Aubade] in A major, JS 3 [1:40]
16. [Scherzino] in F major, JS 78 [0:56]
(1886-87) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
[Vivace] - Presto
17. [Andante elegiaco] in F sharp minor [2:56]
(1887) (M/s HUL 0672)
18. Andante cantabile in G major, JS 33 [2:31]
(1887) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
19. [Sonata Allegro Exposition] in B minor, JS 90 [3:23]
(1887) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Suite in D minor, JS 187 [9:33]
(1887-88) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
20. I. Un poco adagio - Andante [2:13]
21. II. Vivace [1:38]
22. III. Andantino [1:11]
23. IV. Vivacissimo [0:58]
24. V. Moderato (M/s HUL 0665/1) [0:48]
25. VI. Quasi presto [2:25]Jaakko Kuusisto violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
CD 2:
[Two Pieces] [3:22]
01. Moderato - Maestoso in E flat major, JS 132 [2:22]
(1887-88) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
02. [Interludium and Maestoso] in C minor [1:00]
(1887-88) (M/s HUL 0661)
[Two Pieces] [2:54]
03. [Lento] in E flat minor, JS 76 [1:51]
(1887-88) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
04. Allegretto in E flat major, JS 22 [0:58]
(1888) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
05. Allegretto in C major, JS 19 [1:15]
(1888) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
06. [Tempo di valse] in A major [0:34]
(1888) (M/s HUL 1172/2)
Suite in E major, JS 188 [17:21]
(1888) (Warner/Chappell Music Finland)
07. I. Allegro molto moderato - quasi adagio [6:37]
08. II. Allegro molto [1:35]
09. III. Più lento quasi andantino [3:38]
10. IV. Allegro brillante [5:31]
11. Allegro [Sonata Exposition] in A minor, JS 26 [4:36]
(1888-89) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
12. [Larghetto, Fragment] in D minor [0:46]
(1889) (M/s HUL 0677)
Sonata in F major, JS 178 [25:14]
(1889) (Warner/Chappell Music Finland)
13. I. [Allegro] [11:09]
14. II. Andante [5:57]
15. III. Vivace [7:52]
16. [Largamente, Fragment] in E minor [2:00]
(1889-91) (M/s HUL 0676)
17. [Adagio] in D minor [1:09]
(1890) (M/s HUL 1752)
18. [Grave, Fragment] in D minor [1:34]
(1891-94) (M/s HUL 0678)
Jaakko Kuusisto violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
Two Pieces, Op. 2 [5:49]
(revised versions, 1911) (Universal Edition)
19. I. Romance in B minor. Grave [3:06]
20. II. Epilogue. Allegro [2:37]
Nils-Erik Sparf violin · Bengt Forsberg piano
CD 3:
Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra [38:59]
Op. 47 (original version, 1903-04)
Transcription for violin and piano by the composer
(first movement piano part completed by Kalevi Aho [2007])
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
01. I. Allegro moderato [20:38]
(M/s HUL 0435; piano part, bars 22-53, 119-206, 265-76, 288-394, 458-541 completed by Kalevi Aho)
02. II. Adagio di molto [8:27]
(M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku; violin part based on manuscript orchestral score HUL 0434)
03. III. Allegro (ma non tanto) [9:41]
(M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku)
Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra [32:35]
Op. 47 (final version, 1905) (Lienau)
Transcription for violin and piano by the composer
04. I. Allegro moderato [16:28]
05. II. Adagio di molto [7:55]
06. III. Allegro [7:57]Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
CD 4:
01. Scène d’amour [6:10]
from the incidental music to the ballet Scaramouche, Op. 71
(1913, arr. 1925) (Wilhelm Hansen)
Lento - Andantino - Cantabile
Two Serious Melodies, Op. 77 [8:30]
(Wilhelm Hansen)
02. I. Cantique (Laetare anima mea) (1914). Moderato assai [5:23]
03. II. Devotion (Ab imo pectore) (1915). Tempo molto moderato [3:01]
Four Pieces, Op. 78 [11:13]
(Wilhelm Hansen)
04. I. Impromptu (1915). Commodo [1:40]
05. II. Romance in F major (revised version, 1915). Andante [3:22]
06. III. Religioso (1917). Sostenuto assai [4:00]
07. IV. Rigaudon (1915). Allegretto [1:52]
Six Pieces, Op. 79 [20:26]
(Wilhelm Hansen)
08. I. Souvenir (1915). Tempo moderato [4:54]
09. II. Tempo di Menuetto (1915). Largamente [3:22]
10. III. Danse caractéristique (1916). Lento - Vivace [2:30]
11. IV. Sérénade (1916). Allegretto con grazia [3:12]
12. V. Tanz-Idylle (1917). Allegretto [2:36]
13. VI. Berceuse (1917). Andantino [2:21]
Nils-Erik Sparf violin · Bengt Forsberg piano
14. [Andante sostenuto] in E major [1:16]
(1915?) (M/s HUL 1753)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
Sonatina in E major, Op. 80 [12:51]
(1915) (Wilhelm Hansen)
15. I. Lento - Allegro [3:49]
16. II. Andantino [3:51]
17. III. Lento - Allegretto [3:58]
Five Pieces, Op. 81 [14:24]
(Warner/Chappell Music Finland)
18. I. Mazurka (1915). Commodo e con gracia [2:15]
19. II. Rondino (1917). Allegretto grazioso [1:51]
20. III. Valse (1917). Poco con moto [3:03]
21. IV. Aubade (1918). Andantino con moto [3:02]
22. V. Menuetto (1918). Moderato assai [3:55]
23. Novellette, Op. 102 [2:39]
(1922) (Wilhelm Hansen)
Allegro
Nils-Erik Sparf violin · Bengt Forsberg piano
CD 5:
Danses champêtres, Op. 106 [16:21]
(Wilhelm Hansen)
01. I. Largamente assai - Vivace (1924) [4:11]
02. II. Alla polacca (1924) [2:07]
03. III. Tempo moderato (1925) [3:53]
04. IV. Tempo di menuetto (1925) [2:55]
05. V. Poco moderato - Allegretto (1925) [2:57]
Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
Four Pieces, Op. 115 [10:05]
(1929) (Breitkopf & Härtel)
06. I. Auf der Heide. Andantino [2:21]
07. II. Ballade. Allegro moderato [3:54]
08. III. Humoresque. Tranquillo - Allegretto [2:15]
09. IV. Die Glocken (Capriccietto). Presto [1:20]
Three Pieces, Op. 116 [9:19]
(1929) (Breitkopf & Härtel)
10. I. Scène de danse. Tempo moderato [2:06]
11. II. Danse caractéristique. Tempo moderato [2:40]
12. III. Rondeau romantique. Largamente - Tempo commodo [4:20]
Nils-Erik Sparf violin · Bengt Forsberg pianoAppendix I: Complete Works for Solo Violin
13. [Mazurka] in C major [0:44]
(1883) (M/s HUL 0536a/2)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
14. Impromptu in G minor [0:57]
(1884) (M/s HUL 0525/3)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Madoka Sato violin
15. [Étude] in D major, JS 55 [4:29]
(1886) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
16. [Allegretto] in A major [0:46]
(1891-94) (M/s HUL 1088/2)
17. En glad musikant (A Happy Musician), JS 70 [1:50]
for violin solo with words written in above the musical notation
Text: Ture Rangström
(1924-26) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Allegretto
Jaakko Kuusisto violinAppendix II: Alternative Versions
18. [Allegretto] in G major [3:49]
(preliminary version, 1886-87) (M/s HUL 0659/1)
Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
Two Pieces, Op. 2 (original versions) [4:47]
19. I. Romance in B minor (1890). Grave (Norman) [3:11]
20. II. Perpetuum mobile (1891). Vivace (Nuori Suomi) [1:30]
Nils-Erik Sparf violin · Bengt Forsberg piano
21. Romance in F major, Op. 78 No. 2 [2:54]
(preliminary version · 1915) (M/s HUL Ö.57.3 / Wilhelm Hansen)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Andante
Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck pianoAppendix III : Violin Concerto Fragments and Ossia
From Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra:
22. 1905 version / First movement - before bars 420-28 [0:23]
(9 additional bars in place of the deleted second cadenza)
(M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
23. 1905 version / First movement - bars 75-99 [1:19]
(2 additional bars between bars 89-90 in piano part)
(M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
24. Second movement - bars 1-31 [2:52]
(draft version for solo piano, Adagio sostenuto in A major)
(M/s HUL 0471)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
25. 1904 version / Second movement - bars 57-70 [1:36]
(alternative ending)
(M/s HUL 0436)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
26. 1905 version / Second movement - bars 30-36 [0:48]
(alternative piano part, bar 33)
(M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
27. 1904 version / Third movement - bars 168-88 [0:39]
(simplified solo part, bars 178-81, believed to have been prepared for Viktor Nováček at the première in 1904)
(Violin part: M/s HUL 0434; piano part: M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
Performers:
Jaakko Kuusisto (violin)
Folke Gräsbeck (piano)
Madoka Sato (violin)
Nils-Erik Sparf (violin)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
CD 1:
Sonata in A minor, JS 177 [15:52]
(1884) (Manuscript / Breitkopf & Härtel)
01. I. Un poco lento - Più mosso quasi presto [5:50]
02. II. Andantino [3:21]
03. III. Tempo di Menuetto [2:18]
04. IV. Rondo. Presto [4:07]
05. Andante grazioso in D major, JS 35 [2:57]
(1884-85) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
06. Sonata [movement] in D major [9:22]
(1885) (Manuscript HUL 0541a/4)
Allegro con brio
07. [Moderato] - Presto - [Tempo I] in A minor, JS 7 [4:37]
(1886) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
08. [Menuetto] in D minor [1:35]
(1886) (M/s HUL 0670/1)
09. [Menuetto] in E minor, JS 67 [3:59]
(1886-87) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
10. [Andantino] in A minor, JS 8 [3:32]
(1886–87) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
[Five Pieces] (1886-87) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [13:50]
11. [Allegretto] in G major, JS 86 (revised version) [3:33]
12. [Tempo di valse] in B minor, JS 89 [completed by Jaakko Kuusisto] [3:39]
13. [Mazurka] in A major, JS 4 [0:41]
14. [Andante molto] in C major, JS 49 [3:46]
15. [Aubade] in A major, JS 3 [1:40]
16. [Scherzino] in F major, JS 78 [0:56]
(1886-87) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
[Vivace] - Presto
17. [Andante elegiaco] in F sharp minor [2:56]
(1887) (M/s HUL 0672)
18. Andante cantabile in G major, JS 33 [2:31]
(1887) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
19. [Sonata Allegro Exposition] in B minor, JS 90 [3:23]
(1887) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Suite in D minor, JS 187 [9:33]
(1887-88) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
20. I. Un poco adagio - Andante [2:13]
21. II. Vivace [1:38]
22. III. Andantino [1:11]
23. IV. Vivacissimo [0:58]
24. V. Moderato (M/s HUL 0665/1) [0:48]
25. VI. Quasi presto [2:25]Jaakko Kuusisto violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
CD 2:
[Two Pieces] [3:22]
01. Moderato - Maestoso in E flat major, JS 132 [2:22]
(1887-88) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
02. [Interludium and Maestoso] in C minor [1:00]
(1887-88) (M/s HUL 0661)
[Two Pieces] [2:54]
03. [Lento] in E flat minor, JS 76 [1:51]
(1887-88) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
04. Allegretto in E flat major, JS 22 [0:58]
(1888) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
05. Allegretto in C major, JS 19 [1:15]
(1888) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
06. [Tempo di valse] in A major [0:34]
(1888) (M/s HUL 1172/2)
Suite in E major, JS 188 [17:21]
(1888) (Warner/Chappell Music Finland)
07. I. Allegro molto moderato - quasi adagio [6:37]
08. II. Allegro molto [1:35]
09. III. Più lento quasi andantino [3:38]
10. IV. Allegro brillante [5:31]
11. Allegro [Sonata Exposition] in A minor, JS 26 [4:36]
(1888-89) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
12. [Larghetto, Fragment] in D minor [0:46]
(1889) (M/s HUL 0677)
Sonata in F major, JS 178 [25:14]
(1889) (Warner/Chappell Music Finland)
13. I. [Allegro] [11:09]
14. II. Andante [5:57]
15. III. Vivace [7:52]
16. [Largamente, Fragment] in E minor [2:00]
(1889-91) (M/s HUL 0676)
17. [Adagio] in D minor [1:09]
(1890) (M/s HUL 1752)
18. [Grave, Fragment] in D minor [1:34]
(1891-94) (M/s HUL 0678)
Jaakko Kuusisto violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
Two Pieces, Op. 2 [5:49]
(revised versions, 1911) (Universal Edition)
19. I. Romance in B minor. Grave [3:06]
20. II. Epilogue. Allegro [2:37]
Nils-Erik Sparf violin · Bengt Forsberg piano
CD 3:
Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra [38:59]
Op. 47 (original version, 1903-04)
Transcription for violin and piano by the composer
(first movement piano part completed by Kalevi Aho [2007])
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
01. I. Allegro moderato [20:38]
(M/s HUL 0435; piano part, bars 22-53, 119-206, 265-76, 288-394, 458-541 completed by Kalevi Aho)
02. II. Adagio di molto [8:27]
(M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku; violin part based on manuscript orchestral score HUL 0434)
03. III. Allegro (ma non tanto) [9:41]
(M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku)
Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra [32:35]
Op. 47 (final version, 1905) (Lienau)
Transcription for violin and piano by the composer
04. I. Allegro moderato [16:28]
05. II. Adagio di molto [7:55]
06. III. Allegro [7:57]Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
CD 4:
01. Scène d’amour [6:10]
from the incidental music to the ballet Scaramouche, Op. 71
(1913, arr. 1925) (Wilhelm Hansen)
Lento - Andantino - Cantabile
Two Serious Melodies, Op. 77 [8:30]
(Wilhelm Hansen)
02. I. Cantique (Laetare anima mea) (1914). Moderato assai [5:23]
03. II. Devotion (Ab imo pectore) (1915). Tempo molto moderato [3:01]
Four Pieces, Op. 78 [11:13]
(Wilhelm Hansen)
04. I. Impromptu (1915). Commodo [1:40]
05. II. Romance in F major (revised version, 1915). Andante [3:22]
06. III. Religioso (1917). Sostenuto assai [4:00]
07. IV. Rigaudon (1915). Allegretto [1:52]
Six Pieces, Op. 79 [20:26]
(Wilhelm Hansen)
08. I. Souvenir (1915). Tempo moderato [4:54]
09. II. Tempo di Menuetto (1915). Largamente [3:22]
10. III. Danse caractéristique (1916). Lento - Vivace [2:30]
11. IV. Sérénade (1916). Allegretto con grazia [3:12]
12. V. Tanz-Idylle (1917). Allegretto [2:36]
13. VI. Berceuse (1917). Andantino [2:21]
Nils-Erik Sparf violin · Bengt Forsberg piano
14. [Andante sostenuto] in E major [1:16]
(1915?) (M/s HUL 1753)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
Sonatina in E major, Op. 80 [12:51]
(1915) (Wilhelm Hansen)
15. I. Lento - Allegro [3:49]
16. II. Andantino [3:51]
17. III. Lento - Allegretto [3:58]
Five Pieces, Op. 81 [14:24]
(Warner/Chappell Music Finland)
18. I. Mazurka (1915). Commodo e con gracia [2:15]
19. II. Rondino (1917). Allegretto grazioso [1:51]
20. III. Valse (1917). Poco con moto [3:03]
21. IV. Aubade (1918). Andantino con moto [3:02]
22. V. Menuetto (1918). Moderato assai [3:55]
23. Novellette, Op. 102 [2:39]
(1922) (Wilhelm Hansen)
Allegro
Nils-Erik Sparf violin · Bengt Forsberg piano
CD 5:
Danses champêtres, Op. 106 [16:21]
(Wilhelm Hansen)
01. I. Largamente assai - Vivace (1924) [4:11]
02. II. Alla polacca (1924) [2:07]
03. III. Tempo moderato (1925) [3:53]
04. IV. Tempo di menuetto (1925) [2:55]
05. V. Poco moderato - Allegretto (1925) [2:57]
Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
Four Pieces, Op. 115 [10:05]
(1929) (Breitkopf & Härtel)
06. I. Auf der Heide. Andantino [2:21]
07. II. Ballade. Allegro moderato [3:54]
08. III. Humoresque. Tranquillo - Allegretto [2:15]
09. IV. Die Glocken (Capriccietto). Presto [1:20]
Three Pieces, Op. 116 [9:19]
(1929) (Breitkopf & Härtel)
10. I. Scène de danse. Tempo moderato [2:06]
11. II. Danse caractéristique. Tempo moderato [2:40]
12. III. Rondeau romantique. Largamente - Tempo commodo [4:20]
Nils-Erik Sparf violin · Bengt Forsberg pianoAppendix I: Complete Works for Solo Violin
13. [Mazurka] in C major [0:44]
(1883) (M/s HUL 0536a/2)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
14. Impromptu in G minor [0:57]
(1884) (M/s HUL 0525/3)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Madoka Sato violin
15. [Étude] in D major, JS 55 [4:29]
(1886) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
16. [Allegretto] in A major [0:46]
(1891-94) (M/s HUL 1088/2)
17. En glad musikant (A Happy Musician), JS 70 [1:50]
for violin solo with words written in above the musical notation
Text: Ture Rangström
(1924-26) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Allegretto
Jaakko Kuusisto violinAppendix II: Alternative Versions
18. [Allegretto] in G major [3:49]
(preliminary version, 1886-87) (M/s HUL 0659/1)
Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
Two Pieces, Op. 2 (original versions) [4:47]
19. I. Romance in B minor (1890). Grave (Norman) [3:11]
20. II. Perpetuum mobile (1891). Vivace (Nuori Suomi) [1:30]
Nils-Erik Sparf violin · Bengt Forsberg piano
21. Romance in F major, Op. 78 No. 2 [2:54]
(preliminary version · 1915) (M/s HUL Ö.57.3 / Wilhelm Hansen)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Andante
Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck pianoAppendix III : Violin Concerto Fragments and Ossia
From Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra:
22. 1905 version / First movement - before bars 420-28 [0:23]
(9 additional bars in place of the deleted second cadenza)
(M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
23. 1905 version / First movement - bars 75-99 [1:19]
(2 additional bars between bars 89-90 in piano part)
(M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
24. Second movement - bars 1-31 [2:52]
(draft version for solo piano, Adagio sostenuto in A major)
(M/s HUL 0471)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
25. 1904 version / Second movement - bars 57-70 [1:36]
(alternative ending)
(M/s HUL 0436)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
26. 1905 version / Second movement - bars 30-36 [0:48]
(alternative piano part, bar 33)
(M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
27. 1904 version / Third movement - bars 168-88 [0:39]
(simplified solo part, bars 178-81, believed to have been prepared for Viktor Nováček at the première in 1904)
(Violin part: M/s HUL 0434; piano part: M/s Sibelius Museum, Turku)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Madoka Sato violin · Folke Gräsbeck piano
Performers:
Jaakko Kuusisto (violin)
Folke Gräsbeck (piano)
Madoka Sato (violin)
Nils-Erik Sparf (violin)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)
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. More surprising is how little known Sibelius’s music for violin is – with the shining exception of the violin concerto, of course.
Lovers of that particular work will be pleased to find it included in this set, too, performed with the piano part that the composer himself prepared for publication. (It is a fact that Sibelius made piano transcriptions of many major orchestral works, in which the piano writing is often virtuosic and is clearly designed to be effective in performance.) Sibelius’s transcription of the definitive version is complemented here by the world première recording of a partially reconstructed version for violin and piano of the original 1903–04 score. This is only the second time the original version of the violin concerto has been recorded – the first recording being Leonidas Kavakos’ and Lahti Symphony Orchestra’s pioneering account of it on BIS-CD-500. On the present recording it is the Japanese violinist Madoka Sato (a 1995 prizewinner of the International Sibelius Violin Competition) who takes on the daunting task of performing the work with piano, with the formidable support of Sibelius expert Folke Gräsbeck.
Madoka Sato can also be heard in the other world première recordings included in this volume, while the remaining works are shared by two teams: Jaakko Kuusisto and Folke Gräsbeck concentrating on the youthful works, and Nils-Erik Sparf and Bengt Forsberg appearing mainly in the published pieces. Their performances were highly praised at the time of the release of the original discs, as shown by the following quotes: ‘The soloists, violinist Kuusisto and pianist Gräsbeck, display consummate expertise as partners as well as in their individual expressions’ (Classics Today.com) and ‘Sparf is highly sensitive and imaginative, and he and his accomplished partner make the most of the opportunities this repertoire provides’ (Gramophone).
Lovers of that particular work will be pleased to find it included in this set, too, performed with the piano part that the composer himself prepared for publication. (It is a fact that Sibelius made piano transcriptions of many major orchestral works, in which the piano writing is often virtuosic and is clearly designed to be effective in performance.) Sibelius’s transcription of the definitive version is complemented here by the world première recording of a partially reconstructed version for violin and piano of the original 1903–04 score. This is only the second time the original version of the violin concerto has been recorded – the first recording being Leonidas Kavakos’ and Lahti Symphony Orchestra’s pioneering account of it on BIS-CD-500. On the present recording it is the Japanese violinist Madoka Sato (a 1995 prizewinner of the International Sibelius Violin Competition) who takes on the daunting task of performing the work with piano, with the formidable support of Sibelius expert Folke Gräsbeck.
Madoka Sato can also be heard in the other world première recordings included in this volume, while the remaining works are shared by two teams: Jaakko Kuusisto and Folke Gräsbeck concentrating on the youthful works, and Nils-Erik Sparf and Bengt Forsberg appearing mainly in the published pieces. Their performances were highly praised at the time of the release of the original discs, as shown by the following quotes: ‘The soloists, violinist Kuusisto and pianist Gräsbeck, display consummate expertise as partners as well as in their individual expressions’ (Classics Today.com) and ‘Sparf is highly sensitive and imaginative, and he and his accomplished partner make the most of the opportunities this repertoire provides’ (Gramophone).
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