Piano music. I.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957.

Contributor:

Gräsbeck, Folke, performer.

Pöysti, Lasse, narrator.

Stagnelius, Erik Johan, 1793-1823

Hackzell, Ellen

Aho, Kalevi

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. 2007 ; Works. v. 4.

Sibelius edition ; v. 4

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Finnish

French

German

Japanese

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Piano music.

Monologues with music (Piano).

Genre:

Piano music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

5 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 booklets.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Complete piano music. I

Piano music

Place of Publication:

Åkersberga : BIS, [2008]

Language Note:

Sung in Swedish.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Disc 1: Scherzo in E major with trio in E minor for string quartet, JS 134a / arranged for piano (2:34)

Con moto, sempre una corda in D flat major, JS 52 (3:34)

Three pieces (5:23)

Scherzo in E major with trio in A major for string quartet, JS 134b / arranged for piano(2:04)

11 variations on a harmonic formula : in D major (10:12)

Music book : 118 harmony exercises. No. 105, Waltz in D minor (1:01) ; No. 111, Andantino in B flat major (1:15)

A catalogue of themes : 50 short pieces (16:52)

Suckarnas mystèr. Trånaden : JS 203 = Mystery of the sighs. Longing : fantasy for piano with recitation / text, Erik Johan Stagnelius (19:45)

Andante in E flat major, JS 30a (4:02)

Aubade in A flat major, JS 46 (2:48)

Au crépuscule : JS 47 = At twilight (1:52)

Five short pieces (3:39).

Disc 2: Three short pieces (3:17)

Three waltzes (5:04)

Two pieces (3:06)

Two pieces (2:25)

Allegro (fragment) in E major : preliminary sketch for Upp genom luften : JS 213, for mixed choir and piano (0:18)

O, om du sett : JS 141 = Oh, if you had seen / text, Ellen Hackzell (4:27)

Three sonata movements (11:00)

Three fugue expositions : in D minor (1:35)

Polka in E flat major, JS 75 (1:08)

Florestan : suite for piano, JS 82 (10:16)

Allegretto in E major, JS 21 (1:33)

À betzy lerche : valse in A flat major, JS 1 (4:07)

Sonata allegro (exposition and development section) in D minor, JS 179a, with recapitulation by Kalevi Aho (6:51)

Sonata fragments for Becker : 1889 J.S. (17:56)

Polka (fragment) in E minor (0:21)

Mazurka (sketch) in D minor (0:23)

Scherzo in F sharp minor, JS 164 (1:44).

Disc 3: Menuetto in B flat major : preliminary version of the minuet from Kung Kristian II : op. 27 (2:42)

Waltz in D flat major (2:12)

Six impromptus, op. 5 (18:22)

Karelia suite : op. 11. Intermezzo (3:06) ; Ballade (6:40)

Sonata in F major, op .12 (16:57)

The wood nymph : op. 15. Molto sostenuto / arr. (3:18)

Allegretto in F major, JS 23 (2:40)

Caprizzio in B flat minor (2:10)

Lento in E major, JS 119 (3:22)

Allegretto in G minor, JS 225 (1:10)

Caprice in B minor : preliminary version of Caprice in E minor, op. 24, no. 3 (1:59)

Andantino in F major, op. 24, no. 7 : first version (3:34)

Menuetto in B flat major (1:47)

Marche triste : JS 124 (5:31)

Allegro in G minor (1:26)

Kavaljeren : JS 109 = The cavalier (1:29).

Disc 4: Andantino in F major : preliminary version of Idyll : op. 24, no. 6 (2:33)

Ten pieces, op. 24 (41:34)

Idyll : in F major, op. 24, no. 6 : second version / rev. (3:56)

Finlandia : op. 26 / rev. & arr. (8:42)

Kung Kristian II : op. 27 = King Christian II : incidental music to the play by Adolf Paul (12:44)

Three sketches (1:38)

Largamente : in D minor (1:16)

Har du mod? : op. 31, no. 2 = Have you courage? / rev. piano solo version (1:48)

Athenarnes sång : op. 31, no. 3 = Song of the Athenians / arr. (2:28).

Disc 5: Finnish folk-songs : JS 81 / arranged for piano (9:02)

Minun kultani kaunis on, vaikk' on kaitaluinen = My beloved is beautiful, even though her frame is slender (1:24)

Adagio in C major (0:41)

Polka ('aino') in C minor (0:24)

Couplet in D major, op. 34, no. 4 : first version (1:35)

Ten bagatelles, op. 34 (16:18)

Andante (ma non troppo lento) in C sharp minor : preliminary sketch for the slow movement of Symphony no. 1 in E minor, op. 39 (2:36)

Ten pensées lyriques : op. 40 (17:11)

Kyllikki : three lyric pieces, op. 41 (10:26)

Valse triste : op. 44, no. 1 : from the incidental music to the play Kuolema (Death) by Arvid Järnefelt : preliminary piano transcription / rev. & arr. (4:42)

Valse triste : op. 44, no. 1 : from the incidental music to the play Kuolema (Death) by Arvid Järnefelt : definitive piano transcription / rev. & arr. (4:47)

The dryad : op. 45, no. 1 : tone picture for orchestra / arr. (5:10)

Dance-intermezzo : op. 45, no. 2 / rev. & arr. (2:33).

Participant:

Folke Gräsbeck, piano ; Lasse Pöysti, recitation (disc 1, work 8 and disc 2, work 12).

Notes:

Original compositions and arrangements by the composer.

Text in JS 203 by Erik Johan Stagnelius and JS 141 by Ellen Hackzell.

Recorded Nov. 1999-Feb. 2007 at various locations in Sweden or Finland.

Compact discs.

Program notes and texts with English translation (83 p. : ports.) and biographical information (53 p. : ports.) in English with Finnish, German, French, and Japanese translations laid in container.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

OCLC:

268661485

Publisher Number:

7318591909118

BIS-CD-1909/11 BIS