

And most importantly, she has the belief to make everything sound as good, as strong, as honest, and as true as possible. The piece includes a separate Violin part and Piano score. A delightful pastoral dance that presents a fascinating melodic challenge to the accomplished Violin player. Campanula Year/Date of Composition Y/D of Comp. IJS 60 Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 5 pieces 1. She has the touch to make everything sound beautiful no matter how heavy or light. Composed in 1917, Tanz-Idylle is part five of a set of six pieces for Violin and Piano by Sibelius. Title Composer Sibelius, Jean: Opus/Catalogue Number Op./Cat. She has the skill to play everything no matter how virtuosic or un-pianistic. In answer to the second, it has to be acknowledged that Servadei's performances are as fine as any and better than most.

Though the Piano Sonata from 1893 is an impressive early effort, the Three Lyric Pieces, called "Kyllikki," from 1904 hold together as a convincing cycle, and the Three Sonatinas from 1912 come close to the baleful magnificence of the contemporary Fourth Symphony, virtually all the rest of the works on these five discs could fairly be described as salon music, delightful and entertaining salon music but salon music nevertheless. To answer the first, it has to be admitted that the music is only intermittently worth hearing except by dedicated fans of the composer. Users who liked this track User 933476377. It is not the piano pieces that come first to mind when his name comes up. Jean Sibelius: Five pieces for piano Op.75 No.5: The Spruce (Kuusi) by Jari Saukkonen published on. Sibelius is famous for his compositions for the orchestra, such as Finlandia, Violin concerto and seven Symphonies. When confronted with such plentitude, two questions inevitably arise: is the music worth hearing, and if so, which performances are worth hearing. The CD consists of solo piano works by a Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957).

There's Erik Tawaststjerna's recordings for BIS, Havard Gimse's for Naxos, Folke Gräsbeck's is also BIS, and here Annette Servadei's for Alto, though previously released on Olympia and Continuum. Though the Piano Sonata from 1893 is an impressive early effort, the Three Lyric Pieces, called 'Kyllikki,' from 1904 hold together as a convincing cycle, and the Three Sonatinas from 1912 come close to the baleful magnificence of the contemporary Fourth Symphony, virtually all the rest of the works on these five discs could fairly be described. Considering that the vast majority of Sibelius' piano works are regarded as lightweight salon music even by the composer's most ardent supporters, it is quite amazing how many recordings of his complete piano music have emerged in the digital era.
