Piano Trio in C major (Sibelius)
| Piano Trio in C major | |
|---|---|
| Lovisa | |
| by Jean Sibelius | |
 The composer in 1889 | |
| Catalogue | JS 208 |
| Composed | 1888 |
| Publisher | Fazer (1991)[1] |
| Duration | 16 mins.[2] |
| Movements | 3 |
The Piano Trio in C major, Lovisa, JS 208, is a three-movement chamber piece for violin, cello, and piano written in the summer of 1888 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The trio derives its nickname from Lovisa (in Finnish: Loviisa), the municipality in which the composer's aunt (and, before her death, his paternal grandmother) lived; Sibelius summered there in 1888.[3]
Structure
The C major trio is in three movements, as follows:
- Allegro
- Andante
- Lento – Allegro con brio
Discography
The Finnish musicians Jaakko Ilves (violin), Risto Poutanen (cello), and Ilmo Ranta (piano)—the Tapiola Trio—made the world premiere studio recording of the Lovisa Trio in 1988 for Finlandia.[1] The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:
| No. | Violin | Cello | Piano | Runtime[a] | Rec.[b] | Recording venue | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaakko Ilves | Risto Poutanen | Ilmo Ranta | 16:00 | 1988 | Roihuvuoren kirkko | Finlandia | |
| 2 | Yoshiko Arai | Seppo Kimanen | Juhani Lagerspetz | 15:40 | 1995 | Järvenpää Hall | Ondine | |
| 3 | Janne Tateno | Erkki Rautio | Izumi Tateno | 16:44 | 1995 | Ainola | Canyon Classics | |
| 4 | Jaakko Kuusisto | Marko Yltinen | Folke Gräsbeck | 15:47 | 2002 | Danderyds gymnasium | BIS | |
| 5 | Petteri Iivonen | Samuli Peltonen | Juho Pohjonen | 13:21 | 2016 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts | Yarlung |
Notes, references, and sources
- Notes
- ^ All runtimes are official, as printed on CD or LP liner notes.
- ^ Refers to the year in which the performers recorded the work; this may not be the same as the year in which the recording was first released to the general public.
- ^ Tapiola Trio–Finlandia (FACD 375) 1989
- ^ Y. Arai & S. Kimanen–Ondine (ODE 850–2) 1995
- ^ Name–Canyon Classics (PCCL–00328) 1996
- ^ Kuusisto, Yltinen, Gräsbeck–BIS (CD–1292) 2004
- ^ Sibelius Piano Trio–Yarlung (YAR54763) 2016
- References
- ^ a b Dahlström 2003, p. 637.
- ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 636–637.
- ^ Barnett 2007, pp. 43–44.
- Sources
- Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11159-0.
- Dahlström, Fabian [in Swedish] (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke [Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 3-7651-0333-0.
