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Yarlung Records 52630<\/h2>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 reviewed by Neville Cohn<\/h3>\n

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As a child working towards a Trinity College of Music piano exam, I particularly liked a short piece \u2013 Arabesque \u2013 by Sibelius. It is a charm-laden, miniature delight and my first encounter with the Finnish master. It\u2019s one of a considerable number of short pieces that poured from Sibelius\u2019 pen. But how many of Sibelius\u2019 little pieces come to mind as you read this?<\/p>\n

\"Sibelius_YAR52638_Frontcover\"<\/a>During the interval at a recent orchestral concert, I asked a number of concertgoers at random which works of Sibelius they could call to mind other than the symphonies, the Violin Concerto, the vast works inspired by Finnish legends and Finlandia? No one \u2013 and these were folk who were regular and enthusiastic concertgoers \u2013 could call any to mind. Certainly, there\u2019s work to be done to make people more aware of at least some of Sibelius\u2019 neglected works.<\/p>\n

Sibelius\u2019 output as a child (his first piece is said to have been written at the age of ten!) and as a young man is astonishing. At least part of the reason is that he grew up in a home where music was an inextricable \u2013 and very important \u2013 part of daily life. His siblings played piano and cello. Jean was the violinist of the family. His hopes of becoming a violin virtuoso were never realised. He\u2019d have had to commence fiddle study much earlier to have had a hope of succeeding in that field. As was the case of Schumann, Sibelius\u2019 having to forgo a life as a virtuoso was a personal tragedy \u2013 but his work as a composer brought an enduring fame that could never have been equalled as a concert soloist, no matter how gifted.<\/p>\n

In addition to this, this intriguing compilation encompasses music written by contemporary \u00a0Finnish composers whose names could well be new to most listeners living beyond the borders of Scandinavia.<\/p>\n

Diego Schissi\u2019s Nene, for instance, opens with a terrific, offbeat dance. It radiates gusto, with tricky rhythms and much pizzicato. \u00a0Listen to a background of quiet pizzicato across which runs a dream-like cello line. Later, the attention is drawn to the piano with its stab-like utterances. The movements are intriguingly titled: Jumping on the Walls, Dozing on a Hanger; Riding a Mosquito!<\/p>\n

David Lefkowitz\u2019s Ruminations calls up images of Middle East dances and what might be a folksy Yiddish extemporisation, desperately melancholy and introverted.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s charm aplenty in Sibelius\u2019 Korppoo Trio. True, it\u2019s not recognisably by the Finnish master: the work is too early for that. But its jejune melodies are beautifully played. The finale. is a jovial, three-in-a-bar knees-up with an obeisance to Brahms and much tinkling from the piano near the top of its range. One could think of it as a trial run for an ascent to greatness.<\/p>\n

Consider this: at a similar age, Shostakovich was already well ahead in the originality stakes. Mendelssohn\u2019s overture to A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream was written as a teenager: \u00a0his style was already fully formed. But with Sibelius, it was a case of good things being well worth waiting for.<\/p>\n

Recordings like this don\u2019t just happen. And those who have pooled their resources to this excellent end deserve real praise.The focussed work of many has been called upon to bring this CD into being: executive producer Ann Mulally, 100th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary sponsors Randy and Linda Bellous and, crucially, the Sibelius Trio (Petteri Iivonen, Juho Pohjonen and Samuli Peltonen). This initiative is to mark the100th anniversary of an independent Finland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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