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BIS-CD-1903/05
Total Time: 437'47   –  Release: Aug 2007

EAN 7318591903055

THE SIBELIUS EDITION Vol.2 – Chamber Music I
6 CDs for the price of 3
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CD 1:
Jean Sibelius
  1. Molto moderato – Scherzo, JS134 4'15

  2. [Scherzo] in B minor, 1885 0'43

String Quartet in E flat major, JS184
  3. I. Allegro 8'56
  4. II. Andante molto 22'46
  5. III. Scherzo. Allegretto 1'28
  6. IV. Vivace 4'27

[Four Themes] 1887
  7. I. G major 0'40
  8. II. E flat major 0'19
  9. III. A minor 0'29
  10. IV. E minor 0'16

[Three Pieces]
  11. I. Alla marcia in E minor, JS16 0'58
  12. II. Presto in F major, JS154 0'55
  13. III. Theme and Variations in G minor, JS197 1'26

  14. Allegretto in D major, JS20 2'12

  15. Andantino in C major, JS39 3'06

  16. Theme and Variations in C sharp minor, JS195 6'20

[33 Small Pieces] 1888-89
  17. 1. E major 0'13
  18. 2. A minor – C major 0'20
  19. 3. F major 0'13
  20. 4. A minor 0'28
  21. 5. A flat major 0'46
  22. 6. F sharp minor 0'25
  23. 7. F major 0'20
  24. 8. G major 0'30
  25. 9. A major 0'20
  26. 10. E flat major 0'49
  27. 11. A major 0'17
  28. 12. C minor 0'52
  29. 13. E major 0'33
  30. 14. C minor/E flat major 0'19
  31. 15. E major 0'18
  32. 16. D minor 0'36
  33. 17. C minor 0'29
  34. 18. B flat major 0'50
  35. 19. D minor 0'29
  36. 20. A major 0'39
  37. 21. A minor 0'42
  38. 22. B minor 1'08
  39. 23. F major 0'58
  40. 24. E flat major 0'42
  41. 25. Moderato. G major 0'23
  42. 26. Allegretto. A minor 0'18
  43. 27. Presto. C major 0'10
  44. 28. Andante. C major 0'26
  45. 29. Andantino. D major 0'17
  46. 30. Alla marcia. E major 0'22
  47. 31. Andante. E flat major 0'20
  48. 32. Andantino. A major 0'17
  49. 33. Moderato. D major 0'55

  50. [Allegro] in G minor, 1888–89 0'32

  51. Andante – Allegro molto in D major, JS32 6'17

  52. Andante molto sostenuto in B minor, JS37 7'40

CD 2:
  1. Moderato – Allegro appassionato in C sharp minor, JS131 10'33

[Three Pieces]
  2. Allegro in E minor, JS28 7'42
  3. Allegretto in A major, JS17 & Più lento in F major, JS149 3'14
  4. Adagio in F minor, JS14 5'28

  5. Allegretto in B flat major, 1889 1'00

  6. Fuga för Martin Wegelius, JS85 5'28

String Quartet in A minor, JS183
  7. I. Andante – Allegro 11'06
  8. II. Adagio ma non tanto 8'33
  9. III. Vivace 5'43
  10. IV. Allegro 8'40

CD 3:
  1. Adagio in D minor, JS12 12'15

String Quartet in B flat major, Op.4
  2. I. Allegro 7'24
  3. II. Andante sostenuto 7'57
  4. III. Presto 5'23
  5. IV. Allegro 8'40

String Quartet in D minor, ‘Voces intimae’, Op.56
  6. I. Andante – Allegro molto moderato 5'53
  7. II. Vivace 2'18
  8. III. Adagio di molto 10'51
  9. IV. Allegretto (ma pesante) 5'34
  10. V. Allegro 4'57

String Quartet in D minor, ‘Voces intimae’: preliminary ending
  11. V. Allegro [from Risoluto, 8 bars before Fig.11] 0'32

  12. Andante festivo, JS34a 5'11

CD 4:
Trio ‘in G major’ for two violins and piano, JS205
  1. I. Andante – Allegro 4'03
  2. II. Adagio 4'28
  3. III. Vivace 1'27

  4. [Menuetto] in D minor for violin, cello & piano, 1882-85 1'07

  5. Menuetto in F major for two violins and piano, JS126 2'07

  6. [Andante] – Adagio – Allegro maestoso for violin, cello and piano, 1883–85 3'53

Piano Trio in A minor, JS206
  7. I. Allegro con brio 6'24
  8. II. Andante 9'13
  9. III. Menuetto 5'12

  10. [Moderato] in A minor for violin, cello and piano, 1885 3'09

  11. [Allegro] in C major for violin, cello and piano, 1885 1'40

  12. Allegro in D major for violin, cello and piano, JS27 3'16

  13. [Andantino] in A major for violin, cello and piano, 1886 2'18

Piano Trio in A minor, ‘Hafträsk’, JS207
  14. I. Allegro maestoso 8'35
  15. II. Andantino 4'20
  16. III. Scherzo. Vivace 2'40
  17. IV. Rondo 6'10

CD 5:
Piano Trio in D major, ‘Korpo’, JS209
  1. I. Allegro moderato 10'50
  2. II. Fantasia. Andante – Adagio – Molto adagio – Andantino – 15'30
  3. III. Finale. Vivace 9'21

  4. Andantino in G minor for violin, cello and piano, JS43 1'40

  5. [Allegretto] in A flat major for violin, cello and piano, 1887–88 0'46

Piano Trio in C major, ‘Lovisa’, JS208
  6. I. Allegro 6'57
  7. II. Andante – Più lento – Lento 4'04
  8. III. Allegro con brio 4'37

  9. [Allegro] in D minor for violin, cello and piano, 1889 6'09

  10. [Allegretto] in E flat major for violin, cello and piano, 1891–92 1'39

  11. La pompeuse Marche d’Asis for violin, cello and piano, JS116 3'21

CD 6:
Quartet in D minor for two violins, cello and piano, JS157
  1. I. Andante molto – Allegro moderato 11'34
  2. II. Adagio 7'54
  3. III. Menuetto 4'31
  4. IV. Grave – Rondo. Vivacissimo 8'34

Ljunga Wirginia, Quartet for violin, cello and piano four hands, 1885
  5. I. Moderato quasi andantino – Cantabile – Recitativo 3'44
  6. II. Prestissimo 3'54
  7. III. Largo 1'50
  8. IV. Andantino 1'27
  9. V. Allegretto 0'25
  10. VI. Allegro – Più vivo quasi Presto – Allegro con fuoco – [Moderato] 4'20

  11. Scherzo in E minor for violin, cello and piano four hands, JS165 4'40

  12. Andante cantabile in E flat major for piano and harmonium, JS30b 4'12

  13. Quartet in G minor for violin, cello, piano and harmonium, JS158 8'47

  14. Quartet in C minor for two violins, cello and piano, JS156 8'23

Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
Satu Vänskä, violin
Taneli Turunen, cello
Marko Ylönen, cello
Folke Gräsbeck, piano
Peter Lönnqvist, piano
Harri Viitanen, harmonium
Tempera Quartet, string quartet
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