Sibelius: Malinconia, Op. 20

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Brahms, Sibelius & Grieg - Cello Sonatas

Brahms:

Cello Sonata No. 1 In E minor, Op. 38

Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99

Lieder (7) for cello & piano (arr. Truls Mørk)

Grieg:

Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36

Intermezzo in A minor

Sibelius:

Earnest Melodies (2) for violin or cello & orchestra, Op. 77

Four Pieces, Op. 78

Malinconia, Op. 20

Truls Mørk (cello), Juhani Lagerspetz (piano) & Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

Virgin de Virgin - 3499332

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Sibelius, Grieg & Rachmaninov for Cello & Piano

Grieg:	Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
Rachmaninov:	Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Sibelius:	Malinconia, Op. 20

Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Gunilla Süssmann (piano)

Avi Music - AVI8553082

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Grieg: Sonata for Cello & Piano in A minor

Grieg:

Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36

Sibelius:

Malinconia, Op. 20

Four Pieces, Op. 78

Earnest Melodies (2) for violin or cello & orchestra, Op. 77

Mattia Zappa (cello) & Massimiliano Mainolfi (piano)

A delightful programme, full of Nordic spirit and beautifully played by Mattia Zappa and Massimiliano Mainolfi. This expressive CD is not to be missed, filled with music that is like a very bright light, though never far from the night, a light rather like the sun of Nordic summers.

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Sibelius: Original Works and Arrangements for Cello & Piano

Sibelius:

Finlandia, Op. 26

Nocturne, Op. 24

Romance in D flat major, Op. 24, No. 9

Malinconia, Op. 20

Rondino (from Five Pieces, Op. 81)

Five Pieces, Op. 75 'The Trees'

Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson)

The Spruce Tree Op. 75 No. 5

Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5

Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell)

Den första kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg)

Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1

Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 99: Souvenir

Jussi Makkonen (cello), Rait Karm (piano)

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Sibelius - Music for Cello and Piano

Sibelius:

Andante Molto in F minor, JS36

Tempo di valse ('Lulu Waltz') in F sharp minor

Andantino in C major

Theme and Variations for Cello solo

Earnest Melodies (2) for violin or cello & orchestra, Op. 77

Four Pieces, Op. 78

Malinconia, Op. 20

Torleif Thedéen (cello), Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

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Cello & Piano

Miniatures by Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov etc

Desyatnikov:	Variations on Obtaining of Dwelling
Fauré:	Élégie in C minor, Op. 24
Glazunov:	Elegie Op.17 (Une Pensee a Francois Liszt)
Messiaen:	Louange à l'Éternité de Jesus (from Quatuor pour la fin du temps) arr. for cello & piano
Popper:	Hungarian Rhapsody
Rachmaninov:	Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
Saint-Saëns:	Prière for cello & piano, Op. 158 Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne
Sibelius:	Malinconia, Op. 20
Tchaikovsky:	Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6
Verdi:	I Masnadieri - Overture arr. for cello & piano

Alexey Stadler (cello), Karina Sposobina (piano)

Alexey Stadler was born into a family of musicians in 1991 in St. Petersburg and studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov Musical College in his native city. In 2003 he won First Prize at the Glazunov International Competition in Paris, and has also received the National Awards for “Young Talent” (2008, 2009), “Hope of Russia” (2008), and the A. Petrov Award (2008).

In October 2008, Stadler played the Russian premiere performance of Norwegian Composer H. Sommero's "Concertino for Cello" with the Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra in the Grand Philharmonic Hall, St.Petersburg. Also in 2008, Stadler recorded Rachmaninov’s Sonata on a cello made by A. Jacout that belonged to Emperor Nicholas the Second.

Northern Flowers St. Petersburg Musical Archive - NFPMA9979

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The Sibelius Edition Volume 9 - Chamber Music II

Chamber works for cello, string duos & trios, music for kantele, music for brass ensemble, and more

Sibelius:

Water Drops for Violin and Cello

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Taneli Turunen (cello)

Luftslott (Castles in the Air), Duo, JS65

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I) & Laura Vikman (violin II)

Andantino in C major

Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Andante Molto in F minor, JS36

Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Serenata, JS169

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Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I), Laura Vikman (violin II) & Taneli Turunen (cello)

Menuetto and Allegro, JS128

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Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I), Laura Vikman (violin II) & Taneli Turunen (cello)

Tempo di valse in G minor, JS193

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Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

[Duo] in E minor, JS68

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Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Taneli Turunen (cello)

[Theme and Variations] in D minor, JS196

Torleif Thedéen (cello)

Lento in E flat minor, JS 76

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Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Moderato in F major

World Première Recording

Torleif Thedéen (cello)

[Mazurka] in G minor

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Torleif Thedéen (cello)

[Andante] in B minor, JS91

World Première Recording

Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

[Andantino] in B minor, JS92

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Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Andante molto in B minor

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Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Andante – Allegro for piano quintet, JS31 (1888-89)

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I), Laura Vikman (violin II), Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola), Joel Laakso (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Canon in G minor, JS50

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Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Taneli Turunen (cello)

Andantino in A major for violin, cello & piano

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Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola) & Taneli Turunen (cello)

Suite in A major, JS186

for string trio (fourth movement unperformable – violin part lost)

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola) & Taneli Turunen (cello)

Fantasia, JS79

for cello and piano (piano part and [?] end of cello part lost). World Première Recording

Torleif Thedéen (cello)

Adagio in F sharp minor, JS15

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Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Tempo di valse ('Lulu Waltz') in F sharp minor

Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Overture in F minor (1889)

brass partout

Allegro, JS25

brass partout, Hermann Bäumer

Andantino and Minuet, JS45

brass partout, Hermann Bäumer

Vivace for piano quintet, JS31 (1890)

(originally intended as the scherzo of the Piano Quintet in G minor, JS 159)

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I), Laura Vikman (violin II), Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola), Joel Laakso (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Piano Quintet in G minor

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I), Laura Vikman (violin II), Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola), Joel Laakso (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

[Minuet] in F major

[cello part in bars 47–133 and 138–144 completed by Jaakko Kuusisto]. World Première Recording

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Taneli Turunen (cello)

Förspel (Preludium) (1891)

brass partout, Hermann Bäumer

Duo, JS66

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola)

Melodrama from Svartsjukans nätter (Nights of Jealousy), JS125 (1893) for recitation, soprano, violin, cello and piano

Lasse Pöysti (recitation), Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Joel Laakso (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Trio in G minor, JS210

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola) & Taneli Turunen (cello)

Rondo in D minor, JS162

Nobuko Imai (viola) & Roland Pöntinen (piano)

Canon in D minor

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Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola) & Taneli Turunen (cello)

Moderato, JS130

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Suvi Lehtonen-Gräsbeck (kantele)

Dolcissimo, JS63

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Suvi Lehtonen-Gräsbeck (kantele)

[Waltz] (Kehtolaulu / Lullaby), JS222

Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Suvi Lehtonen-Gräsbeck (kantele)

Tiera for Brass Septet and Percussion

brass partout, Hermann Bäumer

March for brass ensemble and percussion

Lahti Brass Ensemble, Jaakko Kuusisto

Malinconia, Op. 20

Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Ödlan (The Lizard), Op. 8 - incidental music

Laura Vikman (solo violin [Scene No. 1]), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I), Jyrki Lasonpalo (violin II), Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola), Taneli Turunen (cello) & Eero Munter (double bass)

Earnest Melodies (2) for violin or cello & orchestra, Op. 77

Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Four Pieces, Op. 78

Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano)

Appendix: Preliminary/Alternative Versions

from [Theme and Variations] in D minor, JS 196 (1887) (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab)

for solo cello

Variation IV with alternative version of bar 81 0'42

Torleif Thedéen cello

[Mazurka] in G minor (1887–89) (Fennica Gehrman Oy Ab) 1'15

for solo cello, with alternative [preliminary?] version of bar 23 WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING

Torleif Thedéen cello