Sibelius / Folke Grasbeck - Folke Graesbeck Plays Sibelius on the Ainola Piano Music CD
Sibelius / Folke Grasbeck - Folke Graesbeck Plays Sibelius on the Ainola Piano Music CD
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Ainola, the house that Jean Sibelius built in 1904 and lived in until his death in 1957, has become legendary among lovers of Nordic music. It is said that Sibelius composed more than 300 works there, and it was in the fireplace of Ainola that he is thought to have burnt the manuscript of his Eighth Symphony, before falling almost completely silent as a composer. The house is now a museum, and receives tens of thousands of visitors every summer - many of them from abroad. It has remained largely unchanged since Sibelius and his family lived in it, and among the museum's most treasured objects is the Steinway grand piano that Sibelius was presented with on his fiftieth birthday, in 1915. It is on this instrument, Sibelius's trusted companion for more than 40 years, that Folke Gräsbeck has recorded this tribute to the composer on his 150th anniversary. A recognized authority on the piano music of Sibelius, Gräsbeck has put together a rich and varied selection that spans the composer's entire career and includes rarities as well as some of his most popular original piano compositions alongside his transcriptions of orchestral favourites such as Finlandia and Valse triste.
Tracklist:
- Andantino In B Major, Js 44
- Allegretto In B-Flat Minor, Js 18
- Largo In A Major, Js 117
- 6 Impromptus, Op. 5: No. 2 In G Minor
- 6 Impromptus, Op. 5: No. 5 In B Minor
- 10 Pieces, Op. 24: No. 3. Caprice
- 10 Pieces, Op. 24: No. 9. Romance
- Finlandia, Op. 26 (Version For Piano)
- King Kristian II, Op. 27: Iib. Musette (Arr. For Piano)
- Polka In C Minor "Aino"
- 2 Pieces From Kuolema, Op. 44: No. 1, Valse Triste (Version For Piano)
- Pan And Echo, Op. 53 (Version For Piano)
- 2 Rondinos, Op. 68: No. 1 In G-Sharp Minor
- 5 Pieces, Op. 75 "The Trees": No. 5, The Spruce
- 13 Pieces, Op. 76: No. 2. Etude
- 13 Pieces, Op. 76: No. 9. Arabesque
- 13 Pieces, Op. 76: No. 10. Elegiaco
- 13 Pieces, Op. 76: No. 12. Capriccietto
- 13 Pieces, Op. 76: No. 13. Harlequinade
- 5 Pieces, Op. 85 "The Flowers": No. 1. Bellis
- 5 Pieces, Op. 85 "The Flowers": No. 2, Œillet - Nejikan
- 5 Pieces, Op. 85 "The Flowers": No. 3. Iris
- 5 Pieces, Op. 85 "The Flowers": No. 4. Aquileja
- 5 Pieces, Op. 85 "The Flowers": No. 5. Campanula
- Till O. Parviainen, Js 201
- Con Passione, Js 53
- 8 Pieces, Op. 99: No. 3. Souvenir
- 8 Pieces, Op. 99: No. 7. Moment De Valse
- 5 Romantic Pieces, Op. 101: No. 5, Scène Romantique
- 5 Characteristic Impressions, Op. 103: No. 1, The Village Church
- Landscape II (Sketches): Landscape II
UPC: 7318590021323
Label: Bis
Release Date: 6.9.15
Format: CD
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