Piano Trio in C major (Sibelius)

The Piano Trio in C major, Lovisa, JS 208, is a three-movement chamber piece for violin, cello, and piano[3] 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.[4]

Piano Trio in C major
Lovisa
by Jean Sibelius
The composer in 1889
CatalogueJS 208
Composed1888 (1888)
PublisherFazer [fi] (1991)[1]
Duration16 mins.[2]
Movements3

Structure

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The C major trio is in three movements, as follows:

  1. Allegro
  2. Andante
  3. Lento – Allegro con brio

The Lovisa Trio was published posthumously in 1991 by Fazer Music [fi].[1]

Discography

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The Finnish musicians Jaakko Ilves [fi] (violin), Risto Poutanen [fi] (cello), and Ilmo Ranta [fi] (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 [fi] Risto Poutanen [fi] Ilmo Ranta [fi] 16:00 1988 Roihuvuoren kirkko [fi] Finlandia
2 Yoshiko Arai [fi] Seppo Kimanen [fi] Juhani Lagerspetz 15:40 1995 Järvenpää Hall [fi] Ondine
3 Janne Tateno Erkki Rautio [fi] Izumi Tateno 16:44 1995 Ainola Canyon Classics
4 Jaakko Kuusisto Marko Yltinen Folke Gräsbeck [fi] 15:47 2002 Danderyds gymnasium [sv] BIS
5 Petteri Iivonen Samuli Peltonen Juho Pohjonen [fi] 13:21 2016 Segerstrom Center for the Arts Yarlung

Notes, references, and sources

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Notes
  1. ^ All runtimes are official, as printed on CD or LP liner notes.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Tapiola Trio–Finlandia (FACD 375) 1989
  4. ^ Arai, Kimanen, Lagerspetz–Ondine (ODE 850–2) 1995
  5. ^ Tateno, Ratio, Tateno–Canyon Classics (PCCL–00328) 1996
  6. ^ Kuusisto, Yltinen, Gräsbeck–BIS (CD–1292) 2004
  7. ^ Sibelius Piano Trio–Yarlung (YAR54763) 2016
References
  1. ^ a b c Dahlström 2003, p. 637.
  2. ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 636–637.
  3. ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 636.
  4. ^ 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.