Sibelius string quartet in e flat major3/14/2024 ![]() ![]() This young ensemble was selected for the ‘Rising Stars’ scheme of the European Concert Hall Organization during the 2000-01 season, which has led to successful début recitals at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Musikverein and Concertgebouw and other prestigious venues. Making their first recording for BIS, it is the Finnish Tempera Quartet which has been entrusted with bringing these forgotten works to the public. It is the first of Sibeliuss four string quartets. JS 26 Allegro in A minor violin & piano 188889 sonata exposition. The String Quartet in E-flat major, JS 184, is a four-movement chamber piece for two violins, viola, and cello written in June 1885 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. JS 23 Allegretto in F major piano 189596. JS 22 Allegretto in E flat major violin & piano 1888. Kari Kilpelainen has suggested that it may have been intended as a slow movement for the String Quartet in B flat. JS 20 Allegretto in D major string quartet 1888. 1774 in String Quartets, Op.20 (No.1) Dedication Prince Nikolaus. Presto (E major) Year/Date of Composition Y/D of Comp. The highly informative liner notes helps us to discover foreshadowings of the Lemminkäinen Suite in the Scherzo in B minor as well as pre-echoes of Finlandia in Theme and Variations in C sharp minor. Quartet at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. E-flat major Movements/Sections Movts/Secs: 4 movements: Allegro moderato (E major) Minuet un poco allegretto (E major) - Trio (C minor) Affetuoso e sostenuto (A major) Finale. Ranging from very brief sketches to the four-movement String Quartet in E flat major – the only previously recorded work on the disc – these are attractive pieces which bring pleasure to the general listener as well as new insights to the Sibelius fan. But this the first of three discs dedicated to the constellation, focuses on the early works, composed when Sibelius was in his early twenties. Sibelius originally dedicated the concerto to the noted violinist Willy Burmester, who promised to play the concerto in Berlin. 2 - Sehnsucht Longing 3 - Im Feld ein Mädchen singt A Maiden Yonder Sings 4 - Aus banger Brust From Anxious Heart 5 - Die stille Stadt The Silent Town 6 - Rosenlied Rose Song Op.51, Belsazars Gästabud Belshazzars Feast, suite for orchestra (compl.1907) 1 - Orientalisk marsch. Sibelius’s masterpiece among string quartets is of course his Op. After the works for violin and piano, the piano trios and – most recently – the piano quartets, the time has come for the genre which conductor George Szell described as ’the most perfect expression of human behaviour’. In the course of the ongoing BIS Sibelius Edition – of which this disc is the 56th volume – recent releases have explored the chamber music of the great symphonist. ![]()
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