Folke Gräsbeck - The Sibelius Edition, Vol.4: Piano Music 1 (5CD) (2008)

Tracklist:

CD 1:
01. Scherzo in E major with Trio in E minor, JS 134a [2:34]
1885 for string quartet, arranged for piano in 1886 (Manuscript / Breitkopf & Härtel)
02. Con moto, sempre una corda in D flat major, JS 52 [3:34]
1885 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
[Three Pieces] [5:23]
1885 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
03. [Andante] in E flat major, JS 74 [3:00]
04. [Menuetto] in A minor, JS 5 [1:16]
05. [Tempo di valse] in A major, JS 2 [0:55]
06. Scherzo in E major with [Trio] in A major, JS 134b [2:04]
Scherzo: 1885 for string quartet, arranged for piano in 1886
Trio: 1886 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
07. [11 Variations on a harmonic formula] in D major [10:12]
1886 (M/s HUL 0505 & 0789–92)
index 1. [Allegro vivace] 6/8 [0:45]
index 2. [Andante cantabile] 9/8 [1:41]
index 3. [Allegro] 6/8 [1:02]
index 4. [Allegro alla marcia] C [=4/4] [1:37]
index 5. [Molto legato] 2/4 [0:52]
index 6. [Tempo di menuetto] 3/4 [0:33]
index 7. [Allegro, fragment] [3/8] [0:37]
index 8. [Moderato] 3/4 [0:45]
index 9. [Allegro maestoso] C [0:59]
index 10. [Vivacissimo] 2/4 [0:28]
index 11. [Finale. Polonaise] 3/4 [0:46]
from [Music Book, 118 Harmony Exercises] [2:22]
1886 (M/s HUL 1267a)
08. [Waltz] in D minor (No. 105) [1:01]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
09. [Andantino] in B flat major (No. 111) [1:15]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
[A Catalogue of Themes, 50 Short Pieces] [16:52]
1887 (M/s HUL 0796)
10. 1. [Andante cantabile], 6/8, G major [0:08]
11. 2. [Moderato], C [=4/4] , C minor [0:08]
12. 3. [Moderato], C, G minor [0:11]
13. 4. [Allegretto], 3/4, A major [0:07]
14. 5. [Andantino], 6/8, A minor [0:09]
15. 6. [Andante], C, G major [0:10]
16. 7. [Adagio], [C], F major [0:11]
17. 8. [Andante], [C], B minor [0:09]
18. 9. [Allegro risoluto], [C], G minor [0:06]
19. 10. [Adagio], C, A minor [0:07]
20. 11. [Moderato], 3/4, G minor [0:06]
21. 12. [Alla marcia], C, D major [0:06]
22. 13. [Andante], 6/8, B flat major [0:07]
23. 14. [Allegro con spirito], C, G major [0:05]
24. 15. [Adagio], C, D major [0:16]
25. 16. [Allegro moderato], C, A flat major [0:12]
26. 17. [Allegro giocoso], C, C major [0:13]
27. 18. [Allegretto], C, B flat major [0:08]
28. 19. [Tempo di valse], 3/4, A major [0:14]
29. 20. [Allegro con fuoco], 3/4, D minor [0:08]
30. 21. [Allegro], 3/4, G major [0:09]
31. 22. [Allegro con fuoco], 2/4, D minor [0:11]
32. 23. [Allegretto], 2/4, C sharp minor [0:11]
33. 24. [Andante cantabile], 6/8, G major (elaboration of No. 1) [0:12]
34. 25. [Moderato], C, C minor (elaboration of No. 2) [0:14]
35. 26. [Andantino], 6/8, A minor (elaboration of No. 5) [0:16]
36. 27. [Andante], C, G major (elaboration of No. 6) [0:17]
37. 28. [Allegro risoluto], C, G minor (elaboration of No. 9) [0:10]
38. 29. [Andante], 6/8, B flat major (elaboration of No. 13) [0:12]
39. 30. [Allegro con spirito], C, G major (elaboration of No. 14) [0:11]
40. 31. [Adagio], C, D major (elaboration of No. 15) [0:30]
41. 32. [Allegro moderato], C, A flat major (elaboration of No. 16) [0:20]
42. 33. [Andante cantabile], 6/8, G major (elaboration of Nos 1 & 24) [0:22]
43. 34. [Moderato], C, C major [0:19]
44. 35. [Allegretto], 6/8, B flat minor [0:30]
45. 36. [Moderato], C, D major [0:24]
46. 37. [Moderato], C, C minor (elaboration of Nos 2 & 25) [0:24]
47. 38. [Andantino], 6/8, E major [0:36]
48. 39. [Andantino], 6/8, E major (elaboration of No. 38) [0:34]
49. 40. [Mazurka], 3/4, B flat minor [0:14]
50. 41. [Adagio], C, D major [0:25]
51. 42. [Allegro inquieto], 6/8, A minor [0:20]
52. 43. [Alla polacca], [3/4], E major [0:18]
53. 44. [Andante mesto], C, E minor [0:32]
54. 45. [Andantino], C, G major [0:27]
55. 46. [Ballade], 9/8, C minor [0:28]
56. 47. [Allegro], 6/8, C major [0:18]
57. 48. [Allegretto rustico], 6/8, D minor [0:19]
58. 49. [Commodo], C, G major [0:22]
59. 50. [Andantino], 6/8, E major (elaboration of Nos 38 & 39) [1:57]
Trånaden (Suckarnas mystèr) (Longing [Mystery of the Sighs]), JS 203 [19:45]
Fantasy for piano with recitation (text: Erik Johan Stagnelius, see page 79)
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
60. Poem: Tvenne lagar styra människolivet... (Two laws govern human life...) [1:11]
61. Piano: Largo - Andante [4:02]
62. Poem: Ser du havet? (Do you see the sea?) [1:02]
63. Piano: Andantino [3:17]
64. Poem: Hör du vinden? (Do you hear the wind?) [0:39]
65. Piano: Molto allegro - Andante - Adagio cantabile [3:29]
66. Poem: Vad är våren? (What is the spring?) [0:36]
67. Piano: Allegro - Andantino - Moderato - Andante - Poco adagio - Allegretto [2:08]
68. Poem: Mänska, vill du livets vishet lära... (Mankind, do you wish to learn...) [0:45]
69. Piano: Largo [2:18]
Lasse Pöysti recitation
70. Andante in E flat major, JS 30a [4:02]
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
71. [Aubade] in A flat major, JS 46 [2:48]
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
72. Au crépuscule (At Twilight), JS 47 [1:52]
1887 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Molto andante e legato
[Five Short Pieces] [3:39]
1888 (M/s HUL 0797)
73. Tempo di menuetto in F sharp minor [0:24]
74. Allegro in E major [0:27]
75. [Moderato] in F minor [0:57]
76. Vivace in E flat major [0:16]
77. Andantino in C major [1:17]

CD 2:
[Three Short Pieces] 1888 [3:17]
01. Andantino in B major, JS 44 [1:22]
(M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
02. Allegretto in B flat minor, JS 18 [1:02]
(M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
03. Allegro in F minor [0:43]
(M/s HUL 0768/3)
[Three Waltzes] 1888 [5:04]
04. [Waltz] in E major [1:03]
(M/s HUL 0804/1)
05. Più lento - Tempo di valse in E flat major, JS 150 [3:19]
(M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
06. [Waltz, Fragment] in F minor [0:31]
(M/s HUL 1371/3)
[Two Pieces] [3:06]
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
07. Andantino in E major, JS 41 [1:59]
08. [Two Sketches. Presto] in A minor, JS 6 [1:00]
[Two Pieces] [2:25]
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
09. Allegretto in G minor, JS 24 [0:49]
10. Moderato - Presto in D minor, JS 133 [1:30]
11. [Allegro, Fragment] in E major [0:18]
(Preliminary sketch for Upp genom luften, JS 213, for mixed choir and piano)
1888 (M/s HUL 1053/2)
12. O, om du sett (Oh, If You Had Seen), JS 141 [4:27]
for recitation and piano (text: Ellen Hackzell, see page 81)
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Lasse Pöysti recitation
[Three Sonata Movements] [11:00]
1888 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
13. Largo in A major, JS 117 [4:07]
14. Vivace in D minor, JS 221 [2:36]
15. Adagio in D major, JS 11 [4:04]
16. [Three Fugue Expositions] in D minor [1:35]
1888-89 (M/s HUL 1356/3)
17. [Polka] in E flat major , JS 75 [1:08]
1888-89 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Florestan , Suite for Piano, JS 82 [10:16]
1889 (Warner/Chappell Music Finland)
18. I. Moderato [1:33]
19. II. Molto moderato [2:23]
20. III. Andante [4:06]
21. IV. Tempo I [2:04]
22. Allegretto in E major , JS 21 [1:33]
1889 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
23. À Betzy Lerche - Valse in A flat major , JS 1 [4:07]
1889 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
24. [Sonata Allegro: exposition and development section] in D minor , JS 179a [6:51]
1889 (with recapitulation by Kalevi Aho [1999]) (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
Sonata Fragments for Becker (1889) [17:56]
25. [Two Sonata Sketches] (M/s HUL 0811) [0:47]
26. [Eleven Sonata Sketches] (M/s HUL 0813) [2:17]
27. [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in F minor, JS 179b (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [4:04]
(with recapitulation by Kalevi Aho [1999])
28. [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in C major, JS 179c (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [1:29]
29. [Sonata Allegro] in E major, JS 179d (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [5:00]
30. [Sonata Allegro: exposition] in C minor, JS 179e (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel) [3:38]
(with recapitulation by Kalevi Aho [1999])
31. [Polka, Fragment] in E minor [0:21]
1890-92 (M/s HUL 0814)
32. [Mazurka, Sketch] in D minor [0:23]
1891-94 (M/s HUL 0798)
33. Scherzo in F sharp minor, JS 164 [1:44]
1891 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)

CD 3:
01. Menuetto in B flat major [2:42]
Preliminary version of the minuet from Kung Kristian II, Op. 27
1891-92 (M/s HUL 0419/16)
02. [Waltz] in D flat major [2:12]
1891-93 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
Six Impromptus, Op. 5 [18:22]
1893 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
03. Impromptu No. 1 in G minor [1:53]
Moderato
04. Impromptu No. 2 in G minor [1:51]
Lento - Vivace
05. Impromptu No. 3 in A minor [2:33]
Moderato (alla marcia)
06. Impromptu No. 4 in E minor [2:07]
Andantino
07. Impromptu No. 5 in B minor [3:36]
Vivace
08. Impromptu No. 6 in E major [6:02]
Comodo
from Karelia Suite, Op.11 [9:49]
1893, arr. 1897 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
09. I. Intermezzo [3:06]
Allegro
10. II. Ballade [6:40]
Moderato
Sonata in F major, Op. 12 [16:57]
1893 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
11. I. Allegro molto [5:51]
12. II. Andantino [6:54]
13. III. Vivacissimo [4:00]
14. from The Wood-Nymph, Op. 15 [3:18]
1894-95, arr. 1895 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Molto sostenuto
15. Allegretto in F major, JS 23 [2:40]
1895-96 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
16. Caprizzio in B flat minor [2:10]
1895 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
17. Lento in E major, JS 119 [3:22]
1896-97 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
18. Allegretto in G minor, JS 225 [1:10]
1897 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
19. [Caprice] in B minor [1:59]
Preliminary version of Caprice in E minor, Op. 24 No. 3
1898 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
20. Andantino in F major, Op. 24 No. 7 [3:34]
first version, 1899 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
21. Menuetto in B flat major [1:47]
1898-1900 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
22. Marche triste, JS 124 [5:31]
1899 (M/s / Breitkopf & Härtel)
23. [Allegro] in G minor [1:26]
1899-1903 (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)
24. Kavaljeren (The Cavalier), JS 109 [1:29]
1900 (Warner /Chappell Music Finland)

CD 4:
01. Andantino in F major [2:33]
Preliminary version of Idyll, Op. 24 No. 6
1897 (M/s HUL Ö collection)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Ten Pieces, Op. 24 [41:34]
1895-1903 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
02. 1. Impromptu in G minor (1895) [4:53]
Vivace - Moderato assai - Vivace - Moderato assai
03. 2. Romance in A major (1895) [6:52]
Andantino - Meno andante - Tempo I
04. 3. Caprice in E minor (1898) [3:07]
revised version of [Caprice] in B minor
Vivace
05. 4. Romance in D minor (1896-98) [3:48]
Tranquillo
06. 5. Valse in E major (1898) [2:16]
Vivace
07. 6. Idyll in F major (first version) (1897-98) [4:00]
Andantino
08. 7. Andantino in F major (second version) (1899) [3:45]
[Andantino]
09. 8. Nocturno in E minor (1900) [3:35]
Andante
10. 9. Romance in D flat major (1901) [3:46]
Andantino
11. 10. Barcarola in G minor (1903) [4:46]
Moderato assai
12. Idyll in F major, Op. 24 No. 6 [3:56]
Second version
1897-98, rev. 1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Andantino
13. Finlandia, Op. 26 [8:42]
1899, rev. & arr. 1900 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Andante - Allegro assai - Allegro
Kung Kristian II (King Christian II), Op. 27 [12:44]
Incidental music to the play by Adolf Paul
1898 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
14. 1. Élégie [4:32]
Lento assai
15. 2. Menuetto [1:38]
Non troppo lento
16. 3. Musette [2:08]
Vivace
17. 4. Sången om korsspindeln (Fool’s Song of the Spider) [4:12]
Moderato
[Three Sketches] [1:38]
1895-98 (M/s HUL 0799)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
18. B flat minor [0:39]
19. D flat major [0:24]
20. C major [0:28]
21. [Largamente] in D minor [1:16]
1897-99 (M/s HUL 0692/2)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
22. Har du mod? (Have You Courage?), Op. 31 No. 2 [1:48]
Piano solo version (=fourth version)
1904, rev. 1911 & 1912 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Alla marcia
23. Athenarnes sång (Song of the Athenians), Op. 31 No. 3 [2:28]
1899, arr. 1899 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Alla marcia, ma moderato

CD 5:
Finnish Folk-songs arranged for piano, JS 81 [9:02]
1902-03 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
01. 1. Minun kultani kaunis on, sen suu kuin auran kukka (My beloved is beautiful, her mouth like a corn-cockle) [1:31]
Allegretto
02. 2. Sydämestäni rakastan (I love you with all my Heart) [1:45]
Andante
03. 3. Ilta tulee, ehtoo joutuu (Evening comes) [1:12]
Andantino
04. 4.Tuopa tyttö, kaunis tyttö (That Beautiful Girl) [1:09]
Moderato
05. 5. Velisurmaaja (The Fratricide) [1:42]
Andante con moto
06. 6. Häämuistelma (Wedding Memory) [1:21]
Moderato
07. Minun kultani kaunis on, vaikk’ on kaitaluinen (My beloved is beautiful, even though her frame is slender) [1:24]
1902-03 (M/s HUL 0822/1)
[without tempo marking]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
08. [Adagio] in C major [0:41]
1901-05 (M/s HUL 0493/2)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
09. [Polka] 'Aino' in C minor [0:24]
1902-05 (M/s HUL 0800)
[without tempo marking]
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
10. Couplet in D major, Op. 34 No. 4 [1:35]
First version, 1914 (M/s HUL 0695)
Allegretto
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Ten Bagatelles, Op. 34 [16:18]
1913-16 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
11. 1. Valse in D flat major (1914) [1:46]
Con moto
12. 2. Air de danse in E major (1914) [0:51]
Allegretto
13. 3. Mazurka in A major (1914) [1:16]
Dance
14. 4. Couplet in D major (second version, 1914) [1:21]
Allegretto
15. 5. Boutade in A flat major (1914) [1:33]
Con moto
16. 6. Rêverie in E minor (1913) [2:39]
Lento
17. 7. Danse pastorale in A major (1916) [1:02]
Allegretto grazioso
18. 8. Joueur de harpe in B flat minor (1916) [2:13]
Stretto - Lento e dolce
19. 9. Reconnaissance in D major (1916) [0:54]
Vivo
20. 10. Souvenir in A minor (1916) [2:14]
Comodo
21. [Andante (ma non troppo lento)] in C sharp minor [2:36]
Preliminary sketch for the slow movement of Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
1898-99 (M/s HUL 0818/6)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Ten Pensées lyriques, Op. 40 [17:11]
1912-16 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
22. 1. Valsette in E minor (1912) [0:48]
[without tempo marking]
23. 2. Chant sans paroles in E minor (1913) [2:24]
Andantino
24. 3. Humoresque in C major (1913) [1:04]
Allegretto
25. 4. Menuetto in C major (1913) [2:14]
Grazioso
26. 5. Berceuse in D major (1913) [1:59]
Andantino
27. 6. Pensée mélodique in C major (1914) [1:54]
Con moto
28. 7. Rondoletto in A flat major (1914) [1:30]
Allegretto
29. 8. Scherzando in A flat major (1915) [0:55]
Allegretto
30. 9. Petite sérénade in B flat major (1915) [2:12]
Comodo
31. 10. Polonaise in C major (1916) [1'47]
Allegretto
Kyllikki, three lyric pieces, Op. 41 [10:26]
1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
32. I. Largamente - Allegro [2:51]
33. II. Andantino [4:23]
34. III. Comodo [3:04]
35. Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 [4:42]
from the incidental music to the play Kuolema (Death) by Arvid Järnefelt
Preliminary piano transcription · 1903, rev. & arr. 1904 (M/s HUL 0851)
WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING
Lento - Con moto - Stretto - Lento assai
36. Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 [4:47]
from the incidental music to the play Kuolema (Death) by Arvid Järnefelt
Definitive piano transcription · 1903, rev. & arr. 1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Lento - Con moto - Stretto - Lento assai
37. The Dryad, Op. 45 No. 1 [5:10]
Tone Picture for Orchestra · 1910, arr. 1910 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Lento - Meno lento - Un pochettino con moto - Lento assai - Un pochettino con moto - Stretto assai - Commodo - Vivace - Largamente
38. Dance-Intermezzo, Op. 45 No. 2 [2:33]
1904, rev. & arr. 1904 (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Commodo - Tranquillo - Con moto

Performers:
Folke Gräsbeck, piano