Piano Trio in A minor | |
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Hafträsk | |
by Jean Sibelius | |
![]() The composer (c. 1885–1888) | |
Catalogue | JS 207 |
Composed | 1886 |
Duration | 21 mins.[1] |
Movements | 4 |
The Piano Trio in A minor, Hafträsk, JS 207, is a four-movement chamber piece for violin, cello, and piano[2] written in the summer of 1886 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The trio derives its nickname from the small village of Hafträsk on Norrskata , an island located in the Turku archipelago, at which the Sibelius family vacationed in 1886. Immediately upon its completion, Sibelius substantially revised the first movement; this version, however, is fragmentary, although the cello part is complete.[3]
Structure
[edit]The A minor trio is in four movements, as follows:
- Allegro maestoso
- Andantino
- Scherzo. Vivace
- Rondo. [without tempo marking]
The Hafträsk Trio remains in manuscript.[4]
Discography
[edit]The Finnish musicians Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Marko Yltinen (cello), and Folke Gräsbeck (piano) made the world premiere studio recording of the Hafträsk Trio in 2002 for BIS.[5] The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:
No. | Violin | Cello | Piano | Runtime[a] | Rec.[b] | Recording venue | Label | Ref. |
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1 | Jaakko Kuusisto | Marko Yltinen | Folke Gräsbeck | 21:59 | 2002 | Danderyds gymnasium | BIS | |
2 | Petteri Iivonen | Samuli Peltonen | Juho Pohjonen | 19:34 | 2016 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts | Yarlung |
Notes, references, and sources
[edit]- Notes
- ^ All runtimes are official, as printed on CD or LP liner notes.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kuusisto, Yltinen, Gräsbeck–BIS (CD–1282) 2004
- ^ Sibelius Piano Trio–Yarlung (YAR54763) 2016
- References
- ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 635–636.
- ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 635.
- ^ Barnett 2007, pp. 19–20.
- ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 636.
- ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 505, 636.
- 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.