Folke Gräsbeck - The Sibelius Edition, Vol. 4: Piano Music I (5CD) (2008)
BAND/ARTIST: Folke Gräsbeck
- Title: The Sibelius Edition, Vol.4: Piano Music I
- Year Of Release: 2008
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 Kbps
- Total Time: 06:32:46
- Total Size: 1.2 Gb / 936 Mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
CD 1:
01. Scherzo in E major with Trio in E minor, JS 134a [2:34]
1885 for string quartet, arranged for piano in 1886 (Manuscript / Breitkopf & Härtel)
02. Con moto, sempre una corda in D flat major, JS 52 [3:34]
1885 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
[Three Pieces] [5:23]
1885 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
03. [Andante] in E flat major, JS 74 [3:00]
04. [Menuetto] in A minor, JS 5 [1:16]
05. [Tempo di valse] in A major, JS 2 [0:55]
06. Scherzo in E major with [Trio] in A major, JS 134b [2:04]
Scherzo: 1885 for string quartet, arranged for piano in 1886
Trio: 1886 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
07. [11 Variations on a harmonic formula] in D major [10:12]
1886 (M/s HUL 0505 & 0789–92)
index 1. [Allegro vivace] 6/8 [0:45]
index 2. [Andante cantabile] 9/8 [1:41]
index 3. [Allegro] 6/8 [1:02]
index 4. [Allegro alla marcia] C [=4/4] [1:37]
index 5. [Molto legato] 2/4 [0:52]
index 6. [Tempo di menuetto] 3/4 [0:33]
index 7. [Allegro, fragment] [3/8] [0:37]
index 8. [Moderato] 3/4 [0:45]
index 9. [Allegro maestoso] C [0:59]
index 10. [Vivacissimo] 2/4 [0:28]
index 11. [Finale. Polonaise] 3/4 [0:46]
from [Music Book, 118 Harmony Exercises] [2:22]
1886 (M/s HUL 1267a)
08. [Waltz] in D minor (No. 105) [1:01]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
09. [Andantino] in B flat major (No. 111) [1:15]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
[A Catalogue of Themes, 50 Short Pieces] [16:52]
1887 (M/s HUL 0796)
10. 1. [Andante cantabile], 6/8, G major [0:08]
11. 2. [Moderato], C [=4/4] , C minor [0:08]
12. 3. [Moderato], C, G minor [0:11]
13. 4. [Allegretto], 3/4, A major [0:07]
14. 5. [Andantino], 6/8, A minor [0:09]
15. 6. [Andante], C, G major [0:10]
16. 7. [Adagio], [C], F major [0:11]
17. 8. [Andante], [C], B minor [0:09]
18. 9. [Allegro risoluto], [C], G minor [0:06]
19. 10. [Adagio], C, A minor [0:07]
20. 11. [Moderato], 3/4, G minor [0:06]
21. 12. [Alla marcia], C, D major [0:06]
22. 13. [Andante], 6/8, B flat major [0:07]
23. 14. [Allegro con spirito], C, G major [0:05]
24. 15. [Adagio], C, D major [0:16]
25. 16. [Allegro moderato], C, A flat major [0:12]
26. 17. [Allegro giocoso], C, C major [0:13]
27. 18. [Allegretto], C, B flat major [0:08]
28. 19. [Tempo di valse], 3/4, A major [0:14]
29. 20. [Allegro con fuoco], 3/4, D minor [0:08]
30. 21. [Allegro], 3/4, G major [0:09]
31. 22. [Allegro con fuoco], 2/4, D minor [0:11]
32. 23. [Allegretto], 2/4, C sharp minor [0:11]
33. 24. [Andante cantabile], 6/8, G major (elaboration of No. 1) [0:12]
34. 25. [Moderato], C, C minor (elaboration of No. 2) [0:14]
35. 26. [Andantino], 6/8, A minor (elaboration of No. 5) [0:16]
36. 27. [Andante], C, G major (elaboration of No. 6) [0:17]
37. 28. [Allegro risoluto], C, G minor (elaboration of No. 9) [0:10]
38. 29. [Andante], 6/8, B flat major (elaboration of No. 13) [0:12]
39. 30. [Allegro con spirito], C, G major (elaboration of No. 14) [0:11]
40. 31. [Adagio], C, D major (elaboration of No. 15) [0:30]
41. 32. [Allegro moderato], C, A flat major (elaboration of No. 16) [0:20]
42. 33. [Andante cantabile], 6/8, G major (elaboration of Nos 1 & 24) [0:22]
43. 34. [Moderato], C, C major [0:19]
44. 35. [Allegretto], 6/8, B flat minor [0:30]
45. 36. [Moderato], C, D major [0:24]
46. 37. [Moderato], C, C minor (elaboration of Nos 2 & 25) [0:24]
47. 38. [Andantino], 6/8, E major [0:36]
48. 39. [Andantino], 6/8, E major (elaboration of No. 38) [0:34]
49. 40. [Mazurka], 3/4, B flat minor [0:14]
50. 41. [Adagio], C, D major [0:25]
51. 42. [Allegro inquieto], 6/8, A minor [0:20]
52. 43. [Alla polacca], [3/4], E major [0:18]
53. 44. [Andante mesto], C, E minor [0:32]
54. 45. [Andantino], C, G major [0:27]
55. 46. [Ballade], 9/8, C minor [0:28]
56. 47. [Allegro], 6/8, C major [0:18]
57. 48. [Allegretto rustico], 6/8, D minor [0:19]
58. 49. [Commodo], C, G major [0:22]
59. 50. [Andantino], 6/8, E major (elaboration of Nos 38 & 39) [1:57]
Trånaden (Suckarnas mystèr) (Longing [Mystery of the Sighs]), JS 203 [19:45]
Fantasy for piano with recitation (text: Erik Johan Stagnelius, see page 79)
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
60. Poem: Tvenne lagar styra människolivet... (Two laws govern human life...) [1:11]
61. Piano: Largo - Andante [4:02]
62. Poem: Ser du havet? (Do you see the sea?) [1:02]
63. Piano: Andantino [3:17]
64. Poem: Hör du vinden? (Do you hear the wind?) [0:39]
65. Piano: Molto allegro - Andante - Adagio cantabile [3:29]
66. Poem: Vad är våren? (What is the spring?) [0:36]
67. Piano: Allegro - Andantino - Moderato - Andante - Poco adagio - Allegretto [2:08]
68. Poem: Mänska, vill du livets vishet lära... (Mankind, do you wish to learn...) [0:45]
69. Piano: Largo [2:18]
Lasse Pöysti recitation
70. Andante in E flat major, JS 30a [4:02]
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
71. [Aubade] in A flat major, JS 46 [2:48]
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
72. Au crépuscule (At Twilight), JS 47 [1:52]
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Molto andante e legato
[Five Short Pieces] [3:39]
1888 (M/s HUL 0797)
73. Tempo di menuetto in F sharp minor [0:24]
74. Allegro in E major [0:27]
75. [Moderato] in F minor [0:57]
76. Vivace in E flat major [0:16]
77. Andantino in C major [1:17]
CD 2:
[Three Short Pieces] 1888 [3:17]
01. Andantino in B major, JS 44 [1:22]
(M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
02. Allegretto in B flat minor, JS 18 [1:02]
(M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
03. Allegro in F minor [0:43]
(M/s HUL 0768/3)
[Three Waltzes] 1888 [5:04]
04. [Waltz] in E major [1:03]
(M/s HUL 0804/1)
05. Più lento - Tempo di valse in E flat major, JS 150 [3:19]
(M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
06. [Waltz, Fragment] in F minor [0:31]
(M/s HUL 1371/3)
[Two Pieces] [3:06]
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
07. Andantino in E major, JS 41 [1:59]
08. [Two Sketches. Presto] in A minor, JS 6 [1:00]
[Two Pieces] [2:25]
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
09. Allegretto in G minor, JS 24 [0:49]
10. Moderato - Presto in D minor, JS 133 [1:30]
11. [Allegro, Fragment] in E major [0:18]
(Preliminary sketch for Upp genom luften, JS 213, for mixed choir and piano)
1888 (M/s HUL 1053/2)
12. O, om du sett (Oh, If You Had Seen), JS 141 [4:27]
for recitation and piano (text: Ellen Hackzell, see page 81)
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Lasse Pöysti recitation
[Three Sonata Movements] [11:00]
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
13. Largo in A major, JS 117 [4:07]
14. Vivace in D minor, JS 221 [2:36]
15. Adagio in D major, JS 11 [4:04]
16. [Three Fugue Expositions] in D minor [1:35]
1888-89 (M/s HUL 1356/3)
17. [Polka] in E flat major , JS 75 [1:08]
1888-89 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Florestan , Suite for Piano, JS 82 [10:16]
1889 (Warner/Chappell Music Finland)
18. I. Moderato [1:33]
19. II. Molto moderato [2:23]
20. III. Andante [4:06]
21. IV. Tempo I [2:04]
22. Allegretto in E major , JS 21 [1:33]
1889 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
23. À Betzy Lerche - Valse in A flat major , JS 1 [4:07]
1889 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
24. [Sonata Allegro: exposition and development section] in D minor , JS 179a [6:51]
1889 (with recapitulation by Kalevi Aho [1999]) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Sonata Fragments for Becker (1889) [17:56]
25. [Two Sonata Sketches] (M/s HUL 0811) [0:47]
26. [Eleven Sonata Sketches] (M/s HUL 0813) [2:17]
27. [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in F minor, JS 179b (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [4:04]
(with recapitulation by Kalevi Aho [1999])
28. [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in C major, JS 179c (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [1:29]
29. [Sonata Allegro] in E major, JS 179d (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [5:00]
30. [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in C minor, JS 179e (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [3:38]
(with recapitulation by Kalevi Aho [1999])
31. [Polka, Fragment] in E minor [0:21]
1890-92 (M/s HUL 0814)
32. [Mazurka, Sketch] in D minor [0:23]
1891-94 (M/s HUL 0798)
33. Scherzo in F sharp minor, JS 164 [1:44]
1891 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
CD 3:
01. Menuetto in B flat major [2:42]
Preliminary version of the minuet from Kung Kristian II, Op. 27
1891-92 (M/s HUL 0419/16)
02. [Waltz] in D flat major [2:12]
1891-93 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
Six Impromptus, Op. 5 [18:22]
1893 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
03. Impromptu No. 1 in G minor [1:53]
Moderato
04. Impromptu No. 2 in G minor [1:51]
Lento - Vivace
05. Impromptu No. 3 in A minor [2:33]
Moderato (alla marcia)
06. Impromptu No. 4 in E minor [2:07]
Andantino
07. Impromptu No. 5 in B minor [3:36]
Vivace
08. Impromptu No. 6 in E major [6:02]
Comodo
from Karelia Suite, Op.11 [9:49]
1893, arr. 1897 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
09. I. Intermezzo [3:06]
Allegro
10. II. Ballade [6:40]
Moderato
Sonata in F major, Op. 12 [16:57]
1893 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
11. I. Allegro molto [5:51]
12. II. Andantino [6:54]
13. III. Vivacissimo [4:00]
14. from The Wood-Nymph, Op. 15 [3:18]
1894-95, arr. 1895 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Molto sostenuto
15. Allegretto in F major, JS 23 [2:40]
1895-96 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
16. Caprizzio in B flat minor [2:10]
1895 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
17. Lento in E major, JS 119 [3:22]
1896-97 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
18. Allegretto in G minor, JS 225 [1:10]
1897 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
19. [Caprice] in B minor [1:59]
Preliminary version of Caprice in E minor, Op. 24 No. 3
1898 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
20. Andantino in F major, Op. 24 No. 7 [3:34]
first version, 1899 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
21. Menuetto in B flat major [1:47]
1898-1900 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
22. Marche triste, JS 124 [5:31]
1899 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
23. [Allegro] in G minor [1:26]
1899-1903 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
24. Kavaljeren (The Cavalier), JS 109 [1:29]
1900 (Warner /Chappell Music Finland)
CD 4:
01. Andantino in F major [2:33]
Preliminary version of Idyll, Op. 24 No. 6
1897 (M/s HUL Ö collection)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Ten Pieces, Op. 24 [41:34]
1895-1903 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
02. 1. Impromptu in G minor (1895) [4:53]
Vivace - Moderato assai - Vivace - Moderato assai
03. 2. Romance in A major (1895) [6:52]
Andantino - Meno andante - Tempo I
04. 3. Caprice in E minor (1898) [3:07]
revised version of [Caprice] in B minor
Vivace
05. 4. Romance in D minor (1896-98) [3:48]
Tranquillo
06. 5. Valse in E major (1898) [2:16]
Vivace
07. 6. Idyll in F major (first version) (1897-98) [4:00]
Andantino
08. 7. Andantino in F major (second version) (1899) [3:45]
[Andantino]
09. 8. Nocturno in E minor (1900) [3:35]
Andante
10. 9. Romance in D flat major (1901) [3:46]
Andantino
11. 10. Barcarola in G minor (1903) [4:46]
Moderato assai
12. Idyll in F major, Op. 24 No. 6 [3:56]
Second version
1897-98, rev. 1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Andantino
13. Finlandia, Op. 26 [8:42]
1899, rev. & arr. 1900 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Andante - Allegro assai - Allegro
Kung Kristian II (King Christian II), Op. 27 [12:44]
Incidental music to the play by Adolf Paul
1898 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
14. 1. Élégie [4:32]
Lento assai
15. 2. Menuetto [1:38]
Non troppo lento
16. 3. Musette [2:08]
Vivace
17. 4. Sången om korsspindeln (Fool’s Song of the Spider) [4:12]
Moderato
[Three Sketches] [1:38]
1895-98 (M/s HUL 0799)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
18. B flat minor [0:39]
19. D flat major [0:24]
20. C major [0:28]
21. [Largamente] in D minor [1:16]
1897-99 (M/s HUL 0692/2)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
22. Har du mod? (Have You Courage?), Op. 31 No. 2 [1:48]
Piano solo version (=fourth version)
1904, rev. 1911 & 1912 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Alla marcia
23. Athenarnes sång (Song of the Athenians), Op. 31 No. 3 [2:28]
1899, arr. 1899 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Alla marcia, ma moderato
CD 5:
Finnish Folk-songs arranged for piano, JS 81 [9:02]
1902-03 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
01. 1. Minun kultani kaunis on, sen suu kuin auran kukka (My beloved is beautiful, her mouth like a corn-cockle) [1:31]
Allegretto
02. 2. Sydämestäni rakastan (I love you with all my Heart) [1:45]
Andante
03. 3. Ilta tulee, ehtoo joutuu (Evening comes) [1:12]
Andantino
04. 4.Tuopa tyttö, kaunis tyttö (That Beautiful Girl) [1:09]
Moderato
05. 5. Velisurmaaja (The Fratricide) [1:42]
Andante con moto
06. 6. Häämuistelma (Wedding Memory) [1:21]
Moderato
07. Minun kultani kaunis on, vaikk’ on kaitaluinen (My beloved is beautiful, even though her frame is slender) [1:24]
1902-03 (M/s HUL 0822/1)
[without tempo marking]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
08. [Adagio] in C major [0:41]
1901-05 (M/s HUL 0493/2)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
09. [Polka] 'Aino' in C minor [0:24]
1902-05 (M/s HUL 0800)
[without tempo marking]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
10. Couplet in D major, Op. 34 No. 4 [1:35]
First version, 1914 (M/s HUL 0695)
Allegretto
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Ten Bagatelles, Op. 34 [16:18]
1913-16 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
11. 1. Valse in D flat major (1914) [1:46]
Con moto
12. 2. Air de danse in E major (1914) [0:51]
Allegretto
13. 3. Mazurka in A major (1914) [1:16]
Dance
14. 4. Couplet in D major (second version, 1914) [1:21]
Allegretto
15. 5. Boutade in A flat major (1914) [1:33]
Con moto
16. 6. Rêverie in E minor (1913) [2:39]
Lento
17. 7. Danse pastorale in A major (1916) [1:02]
Allegretto grazioso
18. 8. Joueur de harpe in B flat minor (1916) [2:13]
Stretto - Lento e dolce
19. 9. Reconnaissance in D major (1916) [0:54]
Vivo
20. 10. Souvenir in A minor (1916) [2:14]
Comodo
21. [Andante (ma non troppo lento)] in C sharp minor [2:36]
Preliminary sketch for the slow movement of Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
1898-99 (M/s HUL 0818/6)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Ten Pensées lyriques, Op. 40 [17:11]
1912-16 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
22. 1. Valsette in E minor (1912) [0:48]
[without tempo marking]
23. 2. Chant sans paroles in E minor (1913) [2:24]
Andantino
24. 3. Humoresque in C major (1913) [1:04]
Allegretto
25. 4. Menuetto in C major (1913) [2:14]
Grazioso
26. 5. Berceuse in D major (1913) [1:59]
Andantino
27. 6. Pensée mélodique in C major (1914) [1:54]
Con moto
28. 7. Rondoletto in A flat major (1914) [1:30]
Allegretto
29. 8. Scherzando in A flat major (1915) [0:55]
Allegretto
30. 9. Petite sérénade in B flat major (1915) [2:12]
Comodo
31. 10. Polonaise in C major (1916) [1'47]
Allegretto
Kyllikki, three lyric pieces, Op. 41 [10:26]
1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
32. I. Largamente - Allegro [2:51]
33. II. Andantino [4:23]
34. III. Comodo [3:04]
35. Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 [4:42]
from the incidental music to the play Kuolema (Death) by Arvid Järnefelt
Preliminary piano transcription · 1903, rev. & arr. 1904 (M/s HUL 0851)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Lento - Con moto - Stretto - Lento assai
36. Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 [4:47]
from the incidental music to the play Kuolema (Death) by Arvid Järnefelt
Definitive piano transcription · 1903, rev. & arr. 1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Lento - Con moto - Stretto - Lento assai
37. The Dryad, Op. 45 No. 1 [5:10]
Tone Picture for Orchestra · 1910, arr. 1910 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Lento - Meno lento - Un pochettino con moto - Lento assai - Un pochettino con moto - Stretto assai - Commodo - Vivace - Largamente
38. Dance-Intermezzo, Op. 45 No. 2 [2:33]
1904, rev. & arr. 1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Commodo - Tranquillo - Con moto
Performers:
Folke Gräsbeck piano
CD 1:
01. Scherzo in E major with Trio in E minor, JS 134a [2:34]
1885 for string quartet, arranged for piano in 1886 (Manuscript / Breitkopf & Härtel)
02. Con moto, sempre una corda in D flat major, JS 52 [3:34]
1885 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
[Three Pieces] [5:23]
1885 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
03. [Andante] in E flat major, JS 74 [3:00]
04. [Menuetto] in A minor, JS 5 [1:16]
05. [Tempo di valse] in A major, JS 2 [0:55]
06. Scherzo in E major with [Trio] in A major, JS 134b [2:04]
Scherzo: 1885 for string quartet, arranged for piano in 1886
Trio: 1886 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
07. [11 Variations on a harmonic formula] in D major [10:12]
1886 (M/s HUL 0505 & 0789–92)
index 1. [Allegro vivace] 6/8 [0:45]
index 2. [Andante cantabile] 9/8 [1:41]
index 3. [Allegro] 6/8 [1:02]
index 4. [Allegro alla marcia] C [=4/4] [1:37]
index 5. [Molto legato] 2/4 [0:52]
index 6. [Tempo di menuetto] 3/4 [0:33]
index 7. [Allegro, fragment] [3/8] [0:37]
index 8. [Moderato] 3/4 [0:45]
index 9. [Allegro maestoso] C [0:59]
index 10. [Vivacissimo] 2/4 [0:28]
index 11. [Finale. Polonaise] 3/4 [0:46]
from [Music Book, 118 Harmony Exercises] [2:22]
1886 (M/s HUL 1267a)
08. [Waltz] in D minor (No. 105) [1:01]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
09. [Andantino] in B flat major (No. 111) [1:15]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
[A Catalogue of Themes, 50 Short Pieces] [16:52]
1887 (M/s HUL 0796)
10. 1. [Andante cantabile], 6/8, G major [0:08]
11. 2. [Moderato], C [=4/4] , C minor [0:08]
12. 3. [Moderato], C, G minor [0:11]
13. 4. [Allegretto], 3/4, A major [0:07]
14. 5. [Andantino], 6/8, A minor [0:09]
15. 6. [Andante], C, G major [0:10]
16. 7. [Adagio], [C], F major [0:11]
17. 8. [Andante], [C], B minor [0:09]
18. 9. [Allegro risoluto], [C], G minor [0:06]
19. 10. [Adagio], C, A minor [0:07]
20. 11. [Moderato], 3/4, G minor [0:06]
21. 12. [Alla marcia], C, D major [0:06]
22. 13. [Andante], 6/8, B flat major [0:07]
23. 14. [Allegro con spirito], C, G major [0:05]
24. 15. [Adagio], C, D major [0:16]
25. 16. [Allegro moderato], C, A flat major [0:12]
26. 17. [Allegro giocoso], C, C major [0:13]
27. 18. [Allegretto], C, B flat major [0:08]
28. 19. [Tempo di valse], 3/4, A major [0:14]
29. 20. [Allegro con fuoco], 3/4, D minor [0:08]
30. 21. [Allegro], 3/4, G major [0:09]
31. 22. [Allegro con fuoco], 2/4, D minor [0:11]
32. 23. [Allegretto], 2/4, C sharp minor [0:11]
33. 24. [Andante cantabile], 6/8, G major (elaboration of No. 1) [0:12]
34. 25. [Moderato], C, C minor (elaboration of No. 2) [0:14]
35. 26. [Andantino], 6/8, A minor (elaboration of No. 5) [0:16]
36. 27. [Andante], C, G major (elaboration of No. 6) [0:17]
37. 28. [Allegro risoluto], C, G minor (elaboration of No. 9) [0:10]
38. 29. [Andante], 6/8, B flat major (elaboration of No. 13) [0:12]
39. 30. [Allegro con spirito], C, G major (elaboration of No. 14) [0:11]
40. 31. [Adagio], C, D major (elaboration of No. 15) [0:30]
41. 32. [Allegro moderato], C, A flat major (elaboration of No. 16) [0:20]
42. 33. [Andante cantabile], 6/8, G major (elaboration of Nos 1 & 24) [0:22]
43. 34. [Moderato], C, C major [0:19]
44. 35. [Allegretto], 6/8, B flat minor [0:30]
45. 36. [Moderato], C, D major [0:24]
46. 37. [Moderato], C, C minor (elaboration of Nos 2 & 25) [0:24]
47. 38. [Andantino], 6/8, E major [0:36]
48. 39. [Andantino], 6/8, E major (elaboration of No. 38) [0:34]
49. 40. [Mazurka], 3/4, B flat minor [0:14]
50. 41. [Adagio], C, D major [0:25]
51. 42. [Allegro inquieto], 6/8, A minor [0:20]
52. 43. [Alla polacca], [3/4], E major [0:18]
53. 44. [Andante mesto], C, E minor [0:32]
54. 45. [Andantino], C, G major [0:27]
55. 46. [Ballade], 9/8, C minor [0:28]
56. 47. [Allegro], 6/8, C major [0:18]
57. 48. [Allegretto rustico], 6/8, D minor [0:19]
58. 49. [Commodo], C, G major [0:22]
59. 50. [Andantino], 6/8, E major (elaboration of Nos 38 & 39) [1:57]
Trånaden (Suckarnas mystèr) (Longing [Mystery of the Sighs]), JS 203 [19:45]
Fantasy for piano with recitation (text: Erik Johan Stagnelius, see page 79)
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
60. Poem: Tvenne lagar styra människolivet... (Two laws govern human life...) [1:11]
61. Piano: Largo - Andante [4:02]
62. Poem: Ser du havet? (Do you see the sea?) [1:02]
63. Piano: Andantino [3:17]
64. Poem: Hör du vinden? (Do you hear the wind?) [0:39]
65. Piano: Molto allegro - Andante - Adagio cantabile [3:29]
66. Poem: Vad är våren? (What is the spring?) [0:36]
67. Piano: Allegro - Andantino - Moderato - Andante - Poco adagio - Allegretto [2:08]
68. Poem: Mänska, vill du livets vishet lära... (Mankind, do you wish to learn...) [0:45]
69. Piano: Largo [2:18]
Lasse Pöysti recitation
70. Andante in E flat major, JS 30a [4:02]
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
71. [Aubade] in A flat major, JS 46 [2:48]
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
72. Au crépuscule (At Twilight), JS 47 [1:52]
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Molto andante e legato
[Five Short Pieces] [3:39]
1888 (M/s HUL 0797)
73. Tempo di menuetto in F sharp minor [0:24]
74. Allegro in E major [0:27]
75. [Moderato] in F minor [0:57]
76. Vivace in E flat major [0:16]
77. Andantino in C major [1:17]
CD 2:
[Three Short Pieces] 1888 [3:17]
01. Andantino in B major, JS 44 [1:22]
(M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
02. Allegretto in B flat minor, JS 18 [1:02]
(M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
03. Allegro in F minor [0:43]
(M/s HUL 0768/3)
[Three Waltzes] 1888 [5:04]
04. [Waltz] in E major [1:03]
(M/s HUL 0804/1)
05. Più lento - Tempo di valse in E flat major, JS 150 [3:19]
(M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
06. [Waltz, Fragment] in F minor [0:31]
(M/s HUL 1371/3)
[Two Pieces] [3:06]
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
07. Andantino in E major, JS 41 [1:59]
08. [Two Sketches. Presto] in A minor, JS 6 [1:00]
[Two Pieces] [2:25]
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
09. Allegretto in G minor, JS 24 [0:49]
10. Moderato - Presto in D minor, JS 133 [1:30]
11. [Allegro, Fragment] in E major [0:18]
(Preliminary sketch for Upp genom luften, JS 213, for mixed choir and piano)
1888 (M/s HUL 1053/2)
12. O, om du sett (Oh, If You Had Seen), JS 141 [4:27]
for recitation and piano (text: Ellen Hackzell, see page 81)
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Lasse Pöysti recitation
[Three Sonata Movements] [11:00]
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
13. Largo in A major, JS 117 [4:07]
14. Vivace in D minor, JS 221 [2:36]
15. Adagio in D major, JS 11 [4:04]
16. [Three Fugue Expositions] in D minor [1:35]
1888-89 (M/s HUL 1356/3)
17. [Polka] in E flat major , JS 75 [1:08]
1888-89 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Florestan , Suite for Piano, JS 82 [10:16]
1889 (Warner/Chappell Music Finland)
18. I. Moderato [1:33]
19. II. Molto moderato [2:23]
20. III. Andante [4:06]
21. IV. Tempo I [2:04]
22. Allegretto in E major , JS 21 [1:33]
1889 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
23. À Betzy Lerche - Valse in A flat major , JS 1 [4:07]
1889 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
24. [Sonata Allegro: exposition and development section] in D minor , JS 179a [6:51]
1889 (with recapitulation by Kalevi Aho [1999]) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Sonata Fragments for Becker (1889) [17:56]
25. [Two Sonata Sketches] (M/s HUL 0811) [0:47]
26. [Eleven Sonata Sketches] (M/s HUL 0813) [2:17]
27. [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in F minor, JS 179b (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [4:04]
(with recapitulation by Kalevi Aho [1999])
28. [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in C major, JS 179c (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [1:29]
29. [Sonata Allegro] in E major, JS 179d (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [5:00]
30. [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in C minor, JS 179e (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [3:38]
(with recapitulation by Kalevi Aho [1999])
31. [Polka, Fragment] in E minor [0:21]
1890-92 (M/s HUL 0814)
32. [Mazurka, Sketch] in D minor [0:23]
1891-94 (M/s HUL 0798)
33. Scherzo in F sharp minor, JS 164 [1:44]
1891 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
CD 3:
01. Menuetto in B flat major [2:42]
Preliminary version of the minuet from Kung Kristian II, Op. 27
1891-92 (M/s HUL 0419/16)
02. [Waltz] in D flat major [2:12]
1891-93 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
Six Impromptus, Op. 5 [18:22]
1893 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
03. Impromptu No. 1 in G minor [1:53]
Moderato
04. Impromptu No. 2 in G minor [1:51]
Lento - Vivace
05. Impromptu No. 3 in A minor [2:33]
Moderato (alla marcia)
06. Impromptu No. 4 in E minor [2:07]
Andantino
07. Impromptu No. 5 in B minor [3:36]
Vivace
08. Impromptu No. 6 in E major [6:02]
Comodo
from Karelia Suite, Op.11 [9:49]
1893, arr. 1897 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
09. I. Intermezzo [3:06]
Allegro
10. II. Ballade [6:40]
Moderato
Sonata in F major, Op. 12 [16:57]
1893 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
11. I. Allegro molto [5:51]
12. II. Andantino [6:54]
13. III. Vivacissimo [4:00]
14. from The Wood-Nymph, Op. 15 [3:18]
1894-95, arr. 1895 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Molto sostenuto
15. Allegretto in F major, JS 23 [2:40]
1895-96 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
16. Caprizzio in B flat minor [2:10]
1895 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
17. Lento in E major, JS 119 [3:22]
1896-97 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
18. Allegretto in G minor, JS 225 [1:10]
1897 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
19. [Caprice] in B minor [1:59]
Preliminary version of Caprice in E minor, Op. 24 No. 3
1898 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
20. Andantino in F major, Op. 24 No. 7 [3:34]
first version, 1899 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
21. Menuetto in B flat major [1:47]
1898-1900 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
22. Marche triste, JS 124 [5:31]
1899 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
23. [Allegro] in G minor [1:26]
1899-1903 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
24. Kavaljeren (The Cavalier), JS 109 [1:29]
1900 (Warner /Chappell Music Finland)
CD 4:
01. Andantino in F major [2:33]
Preliminary version of Idyll, Op. 24 No. 6
1897 (M/s HUL Ö collection)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Ten Pieces, Op. 24 [41:34]
1895-1903 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
02. 1. Impromptu in G minor (1895) [4:53]
Vivace - Moderato assai - Vivace - Moderato assai
03. 2. Romance in A major (1895) [6:52]
Andantino - Meno andante - Tempo I
04. 3. Caprice in E minor (1898) [3:07]
revised version of [Caprice] in B minor
Vivace
05. 4. Romance in D minor (1896-98) [3:48]
Tranquillo
06. 5. Valse in E major (1898) [2:16]
Vivace
07. 6. Idyll in F major (first version) (1897-98) [4:00]
Andantino
08. 7. Andantino in F major (second version) (1899) [3:45]
[Andantino]
09. 8. Nocturno in E minor (1900) [3:35]
Andante
10. 9. Romance in D flat major (1901) [3:46]
Andantino
11. 10. Barcarola in G minor (1903) [4:46]
Moderato assai
12. Idyll in F major, Op. 24 No. 6 [3:56]
Second version
1897-98, rev. 1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Andantino
13. Finlandia, Op. 26 [8:42]
1899, rev. & arr. 1900 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Andante - Allegro assai - Allegro
Kung Kristian II (King Christian II), Op. 27 [12:44]
Incidental music to the play by Adolf Paul
1898 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
14. 1. Élégie [4:32]
Lento assai
15. 2. Menuetto [1:38]
Non troppo lento
16. 3. Musette [2:08]
Vivace
17. 4. Sången om korsspindeln (Fool’s Song of the Spider) [4:12]
Moderato
[Three Sketches] [1:38]
1895-98 (M/s HUL 0799)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
18. B flat minor [0:39]
19. D flat major [0:24]
20. C major [0:28]
21. [Largamente] in D minor [1:16]
1897-99 (M/s HUL 0692/2)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
22. Har du mod? (Have You Courage?), Op. 31 No. 2 [1:48]
Piano solo version (=fourth version)
1904, rev. 1911 & 1912 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Alla marcia
23. Athenarnes sång (Song of the Athenians), Op. 31 No. 3 [2:28]
1899, arr. 1899 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Alla marcia, ma moderato
CD 5:
Finnish Folk-songs arranged for piano, JS 81 [9:02]
1902-03 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
01. 1. Minun kultani kaunis on, sen suu kuin auran kukka (My beloved is beautiful, her mouth like a corn-cockle) [1:31]
Allegretto
02. 2. Sydämestäni rakastan (I love you with all my Heart) [1:45]
Andante
03. 3. Ilta tulee, ehtoo joutuu (Evening comes) [1:12]
Andantino
04. 4.Tuopa tyttö, kaunis tyttö (That Beautiful Girl) [1:09]
Moderato
05. 5. Velisurmaaja (The Fratricide) [1:42]
Andante con moto
06. 6. Häämuistelma (Wedding Memory) [1:21]
Moderato
07. Minun kultani kaunis on, vaikk’ on kaitaluinen (My beloved is beautiful, even though her frame is slender) [1:24]
1902-03 (M/s HUL 0822/1)
[without tempo marking]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
08. [Adagio] in C major [0:41]
1901-05 (M/s HUL 0493/2)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
09. [Polka] 'Aino' in C minor [0:24]
1902-05 (M/s HUL 0800)
[without tempo marking]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
10. Couplet in D major, Op. 34 No. 4 [1:35]
First version, 1914 (M/s HUL 0695)
Allegretto
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Ten Bagatelles, Op. 34 [16:18]
1913-16 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
11. 1. Valse in D flat major (1914) [1:46]
Con moto
12. 2. Air de danse in E major (1914) [0:51]
Allegretto
13. 3. Mazurka in A major (1914) [1:16]
Dance
14. 4. Couplet in D major (second version, 1914) [1:21]
Allegretto
15. 5. Boutade in A flat major (1914) [1:33]
Con moto
16. 6. Rêverie in E minor (1913) [2:39]
Lento
17. 7. Danse pastorale in A major (1916) [1:02]
Allegretto grazioso
18. 8. Joueur de harpe in B flat minor (1916) [2:13]
Stretto - Lento e dolce
19. 9. Reconnaissance in D major (1916) [0:54]
Vivo
20. 10. Souvenir in A minor (1916) [2:14]
Comodo
21. [Andante (ma non troppo lento)] in C sharp minor [2:36]
Preliminary sketch for the slow movement of Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
1898-99 (M/s HUL 0818/6)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Ten Pensées lyriques, Op. 40 [17:11]
1912-16 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
22. 1. Valsette in E minor (1912) [0:48]
[without tempo marking]
23. 2. Chant sans paroles in E minor (1913) [2:24]
Andantino
24. 3. Humoresque in C major (1913) [1:04]
Allegretto
25. 4. Menuetto in C major (1913) [2:14]
Grazioso
26. 5. Berceuse in D major (1913) [1:59]
Andantino
27. 6. Pensée mélodique in C major (1914) [1:54]
Con moto
28. 7. Rondoletto in A flat major (1914) [1:30]
Allegretto
29. 8. Scherzando in A flat major (1915) [0:55]
Allegretto
30. 9. Petite sérénade in B flat major (1915) [2:12]
Comodo
31. 10. Polonaise in C major (1916) [1'47]
Allegretto
Kyllikki, three lyric pieces, Op. 41 [10:26]
1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
32. I. Largamente - Allegro [2:51]
33. II. Andantino [4:23]
34. III. Comodo [3:04]
35. Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 [4:42]
from the incidental music to the play Kuolema (Death) by Arvid Järnefelt
Preliminary piano transcription · 1903, rev. & arr. 1904 (M/s HUL 0851)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Lento - Con moto - Stretto - Lento assai
36. Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 [4:47]
from the incidental music to the play Kuolema (Death) by Arvid Järnefelt
Definitive piano transcription · 1903, rev. & arr. 1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Lento - Con moto - Stretto - Lento assai
37. The Dryad, Op. 45 No. 1 [5:10]
Tone Picture for Orchestra · 1910, arr. 1910 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Lento - Meno lento - Un pochettino con moto - Lento assai - Un pochettino con moto - Stretto assai - Commodo - Vivace - Largamente
38. Dance-Intermezzo, Op. 45 No. 2 [2:33]
1904, rev. & arr. 1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Commodo - Tranquillo - Con moto
Performers:
Folke Gräsbeck piano
Vol. 4 in BIS' complete edition of the works of Sibelius is the first of two volumes dedicated to music for the piano. This one features mostly very early pieces and transcriptions. The first two discs, for example, include 33 brief pieces without titles and a catalog of 50 short themes. The remaining three discs include the early but more substantial Sonata in F major plus transcriptions of Finlandia, the Dryad, the Dance-Intermezzo, two movements from the Karelia Suite, four movements from the incidental music from King Christian II, and two only slightly different transcriptions of Valse triste. Performed with a clear tone, a strong technique, and a firm sense of obligation by Folke Gräsbeck, the music here is represented about as well as imaginable. The better known sonata benefits from Gräsbeck's big, dramatic approach. The lighter salon pieces on the later three discs are as buoyant and airy as one could hope, and while the numerous transcriptions do not really add much to our knowledge of the better known orchestral versions, the Finnish pianist's commitment to the composer more than makes up for it. As always, BIS' digital sound is clean, cool, and detailed.
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