56 String Trio in G minor, JS 210 Suite in D minor for violin and piano, JS 187 Swanwhite, incidental music, Op. 4 String Quartet in E flat major, JS 184 String Quartet ‘Voces intimae’, Op. The quartet also gets high praise in Classica-Répertoire, for their ‘homogeneous and very sensitive playing’ in a repertoire of ‘great beauty and a surprisingly classical balance’. String Quartet in A minor, JS 183 String Quartet in B flat major, Op. In his youth, Jean Sibelius pursued a seemingly insatiable course in practicing and refining scoring techniques in chamber settings. Indeed, the reviewer in the German magazine Ensemble described the previous volume as ‘a voyage of discovery that could hardly have been any finer’, commending the Tempera Quartet for outstanding performances. Jean Sibelius: String Quartets 1885-1889 Review by Uncle Dave Lewis. 1 and 2 by Jean Sibelius Quartet & Jan-Erik Gustafsson on Apple Music. Guided by the erudite liner notes of Sibelius expert Andrew Barnett, it is also possible to discover the links between these neglected gems and some of the masterpieces. Heiðrun Petersen, ViolineMads Haugsted Hansen, ViolineDaniel Eklund, ViolaLea Emilie Brøndal, VioloncelloLars-Erik Larsson: »Intimate Miniatures« op. Listen to Rautavaara: String Quintet 'Les Cieux Inconnues', String Quartets Nos. 5.1428571428571/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - 1514 × PDF scanned by US-R Clarinetjo (8) Violin 2 part 363093 - 2.28MB, 12 pp. Sibelius composed his String Quartet in 1889 as an examination piece and received the highest praise for it. Many of them have never been recorded before, and this release thus presents a unique opportunity to become acquainted with the unknown facets of a great composer. - 6.4/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - 7342 × PDF scanned by Unknown Daphnis (1) Violin 1 part 363092 - 2.97MB, 14 pp. In fact, the String Quartet in A minor, which closes the present disc, was composed as a graduation work.Īs in the case of the previous disc (BIS-CD-1376), several of these pieces first came to light after the donation of autograph manuscripts to Helsinki University. The Voces Intimae (friendly voices) is the only quartet. In our ongoing three-disc survey of Sibelius’s music for string quartet, we have reached the years 1888-89, which saw the end of the composer’s studies at the Helsinki Music Institute. It may not be from Sibelius’s top drawer, but this fluent performance by Roscoe and the Coulls makes it worth investigating.
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