In Reply to: Sibelius non-orchestral music - recommendations? posted by TGR on July 16, 2014 at 08:52:02:
As stated above, the string quartet op 56 "Intimate Voices" is his chamber music masterpiece. I have the Emerson, Guarneri and Tempera (BIS 1466) quartets. They are markedly different performances with complementary pluses and minuses. Guarneri is the least intense, sometimes dull, but sometimes the most interesting and most revealing of the logic of the piece. Tempera is the most intense but sometimes incoherent.
Here are some brief pieces I like within albums that include a lot of less interesting music. Fortunately, eClassical allows you to buy individual tracks:
Lyric Pieces for piano, op 74, on BIS 196.
2 Serious Melodies for Cello & Piano, op 77, on BIS 817.
Andante Festivo for String Quartet, 1922, on BIS 1466 with the op 56 quartet.
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- RE: Sibelius non-orchestral music - recommendations? - Bob Stern 12:24:38 07/16/14 (0)