 
The Sibelius Edition - 2: Chamber Music 1
BIS-CD-1903/05 (6 discs)
DD
FIRST RELEASE
Playing time: 74'28"/69'11"/78'50"/72'18"/66'39"/76'21" - TT 437'47"
Tracks: 52+10+12+17+11+14
Booklet pages: 84+56
© 2003-2007 BIS Records AB
Reviewer: Robert Anderson
Review of The Sibelius Edition - 2: Chamber Music 1 published on 14 January 2009
Johan (Jean) Christian Julius Sibelius (1865-1957):
CD 1 - String Quartets
1 Molto moderato - Scherzo JS 134 (1885)
2 [Scherzo] in B minor (1885 - completed by Kalevi Aho)
String Quartet in E flat JS 184 (1885)
3 Allegro
4 Andante molto
5 Scherzo. Allegretto
6 Vivace
[Four Themes] (1887)
7 G major
8 E flat major
9 A minor
10 E minor
[Three Pieces] (1888)
11 Alla marcia in E minor JS 16
12 Presto in F JS 154
13 Theme and Variations in G minor JS 197
14 Allegretto in D JS 20 (1888)
15 Andantino in C JS 39 (1888)
16 Theme and Variations in C sharp minor JS 195 (1888 - first five bars of variation 3 completed by Kalevi Aho)
[33 Small Pieces]
17 E major
18 A minor - C major
19 F major
20 A minor
21 A flat major
22 F sharp minor
23 F major
24 G major
25 A major
26 E flat major
27 A major
28 C minor
29 E major
30 C minor - E flat major
31 E major
32 D minor
33 C minor
34 B flat major
35 D minor
36 A major
37 A minor
38 B minor
39 F major
40 E flat major
41 Moderato. G major
42 Allegretto. A minor
43 Presto. C major
44 Andante. C major
45 Andantino. D major
46 Alla marcia. E major
47 Andante. E flat major
48 Andantino. A major
49 Moderato. D major
50 [Allegro] in G minor (1888-9)
51 Andante - Allegro molto in D JS 32 (1888-9)
52 Andante molto sostenuto in B minor JS 37 (1888-9)
CD 2 - String Quartets
1 Moderato - Allegro appassionato in C sharp minor JS 131 (1888-9)
[Three Pieces] (1888-9)
2 Allegro in E minor JS 28
3 Allegretto in A JS 17 and Più lento in F JS 149
4 Adagio in F minor JS 14
5 Allegretto in B flat (1889)
6 Fuga för Martin Wegelius JS 85 (1889)
String Quartet in A minor JS 183 (1889)
7 Andante - Allegro
8 Adagio ma non tanto
9 Vivace
10 Allegro
CD 3 - String Quartets
1 Adagio in D minor JS 12 (1890)
String Quartet in B flat Op 4 (1890)
2 Allegro
3 Andante sostenuto
4 Presto
5 Allegro
String Quartet in D minor 'Voces intimae' Op 56 (1909)
6 Andante - Allegro molto moderato
7 Vivace
8 Adagio di molto
9 Allegretto (ma pesante)
10 Allegro
String Quartet in D minor 'Voces intimae': preliminary ending
11 Allegro (from Risoluto, 8 bars before figure 11)
12 Andante festivo JS 34a
Tempera Quartet:
Laura Vikman, violin
Silva Koskela, violin
Tiila Kangas, viola
Ulla Lampela, cello
CD 4 - Piano Trios
Trio 'in G major' JS 205 for two violins and piano (1883)
1 Andante - Allegro
2 Adagio
3 Vivace
4 [Menuetto] in D minor for violin, cello and piano (1882-5)
5 Menuetto in F for two violins and piano JS 126 (1883)
6 [Andante] - Adagio - Allegro maestoso
for violin, cello and piano (1883-5)
Piano Trio in A minor JS 206 (1884)
7 Allegro con brio
8 Andante
9 Menuetto
10 [Moderato] in A minor
for violin, cello and piano (1885)
11 [Allegro] in C
for violin, cello and piano (1885)
12 Allegro in D JS 27 for violin, cello and piano (1886)
13 [Andantino] in A for violin, cello and piano (1886)
(one bar added by Jaakko Kuusisto)
Piano Trio in A minor 'Hafträsk' JS 207 (1886)
14 Allegro maestoso
15 Andantino
16 Scherzo. Vivace
17 Rondo
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
Satu Vänskä, violin (1-3, 5)
Marko Ylönen, cello (4, 6-17)
Folke Gräsbeck, piano
CD 5 - Piano Trios
Piano Trio in D, 'Korpo' JS 209 (1887)
1 Allegro moderato
2 Fantasia. Andante - Adagio - Molto adagio - Andantino - Moderato - Andantino - [Transition]
3 Finale. Vivace
4 Andantino in G minor JS 43 (1887)
5 [Allegretto] in A flat (1887-8)
Piano Trio in C, 'Lovisa' JS 208 (1888)
6 Allegro
7 Andante - Più lento - Lento
8 Allegro con brio
9 [Allegro] in D minor (1889 - completed by Kalevi Aho)
10 [Allegretto] in E flat (1891-2 - completed by Jaakko Kuusisto)
11 La pompeuse Marche d'Asis JS 116 (1891)
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
Marko Ylönen, cello
Folke Gräsbeck, piano
CD 6 - Piano Quartets
Quartet in D minor JS 157
for two violins, cello and piano (1884)
1 Andante molto - Allegro moderato
2 Adagio
3 Menuetto
4 Grave - Rondo. Vivacissimo
Ljunga Wirginia
Quartet for violin, cello and piano four hands (1885)
('Opera' to a libretto [lost] by Walter von Konow)
5 Moderato quasi andantino - Cantabile - Recitativo
6 Prestissimo
7 Largo
8 Andantino
9 Allegretto
10 Allegro - Più vivo quasi Presto - Allegro con fuoco* - [Moderato]*
(* completed by Kalevi Aho)
11 Scherzo in E minor JS 165
for violin, cello and piano four hands (1887 - completed by Kalevi Aho)
12 Andante cantabile in E flat JS 30b for piano and harmonium (1887)
13 Quartet in G minor JS 158 for violin, cello, piano and harmonium (1887)
14 Quartet in C minor JS 156 for two violins, cello and piano (1891)
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin (1-11, 13, 14)
Satu Vänskä, violin (1-4, 14)
Taneli Turunen, cello (1-11, 13, 14)
Folke Gräsbeck, piano (all tracks [5-10: upper part; 11: lower part])
Peter Lönnqvist, piano (5-10: lower part; 11: upper part)
Harri Viitanen, harmonium (12, 13)
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