Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5, etc.

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Antti Siirala has been a serial entrant of piano competitions. He wins most of them, including the Beethoven, London, Dublin and Leeds (2003) events but Siirala is a great deal more than a jurypleaser.
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Release Date: 10th May 2004
Catalogue No: ODE10442
Label: Ondine
Length: 62 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

August 2004

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Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5

Work length42:11

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Antti Siirala

I. Allegro maestoso

Track length11:06

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II. Andante espressivo

Track length13:25

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III. Scherzo. Allegro energico

Track length5:08

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IV. Intermezzo (Ruckblick): Andante molto

Track length4:30

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V. Finale. Allegro moderato ma rubato

Track length8:02

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Brahms: Waltzes (16), Op. 39

Work length20:03

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Antti Siirala

No. 1 in B Major: Tempo giusto

Track length0:52

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No. 2 in E Major

Track length1:30

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No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor

Track length0:49

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No. 4 in E Minor: Poco sostenuto

Track length1:11

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No. 5 in E Major: Grazioso

Track length1:23

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No. 6 in C-Sharp Major: Vivace

Track length0:59

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No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor: Poco più andante

Track length2:03

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No. 8 in B-Flat Major

Track length1:16

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No. 9 in D Minor

Track length1:35

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No. 10 in G Major

Track length0:29

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No. 11 in B Minor

Track length1:20

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No. 12 in E Major

Track length1:56

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No. 13 in B Major

Track length0:40

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No. 14 in G-Sharp Minor

Track length1:29

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No. 15 in A-Flat Major

Track length1:24

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No. 16 in C-Sharp Minor

Track length1:07

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Antti Siirala has been a serial entrant of piano competitions. He wins most of them, including the Beethoven, London, Dublin and Leeds (2003) events but Siirala is a great deal more than a jurypleaser.
This is a strikingly good disc, notable both for the full-bodied, golden tone of the piano (superbly recorded) and his ability to hold together both long movements and large structures with playing of refined musicality. After the first two pages of the F minor Sonata other mighty performances spring to mind – Katchen, Solomon, of course, Grainger and Bauer from an even earlier era. After the leonine first movement comes the long nocturnal narrative of the second.
To hear Siirala at his most expressive, try the final section (andante molto) from 9'02", sensitive to every nuance, deeply felt and aching with regret.
He characterises the rumbustious Scherzo and its chorale-like Trio equally well, and builds to the impassioned climax of the finale with abandon.
Siirala brings colour and imagination to the Op 39 Waltzes. He makes subtle use of all the repeats, and the sighing falls of No 12 are beautifully done, though it's debatable whether almost all the left hand of the famous A flat waltz (No 15) should be played staccato (only the first four bars and six towards the end are so marked). It's a detail, to be sure, an aspect of the music to which Siirala, otherwise, pays admirable attention.

Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5, etc.

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