The Five Pieces (in French: Cinq Morceaux),[2] Op. 85, is a collection of compositions for piano written from 1916 to 1917 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The Five Pieces, however, is more commonly referred to by its informal nickname The Flowers due to the fact that the descriptive titles of the five pieces share a thematic link.
| Five Pieces | |
|---|---|
| The Flowers | |
| Piano solos by Jean Sibelius | |
 The composer (c. 1918) | |
| Opus | 85 |
| Composed | 1916–1917 |
| Publisher | piecemeal by two firms[1] |
| Duration | 10 mins[1] |
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Structure and music
editNo. 1: The Daisy
editThe Daisy (in French: Bellis; in Finnish: Kaunokki) was published in 1921 by the London-based firm of Augener & Co.. Marked Presto – Allegretto, it has a duration of about 1.5 minutes.[2]
No. 2: The Carnation
editThe Carnation (in French: Œillet; in Finnish: Neilikka) was also published in 1921 by Augener. Marked Con moto, it has a duration of about 1.5 minutes.[2]
No. 3: The Iris
editThe Iris (in French: Iris; in Finnish: Iiris) was published in 1921 by London's J. & W. Chester. Marked Allegretto e deciso, it has a duration of about three minutes.[3]
No. 4: The Columbine
editThe Columbine (in French: Aquileja; in Finnish: Akileija) was also published in 1921 by Chester. Marked Allegretto, it has a duration of about 1.75 minutes.[4]
No. 5: The Campanula
editThe Campanula (in French: Campanula; in Finnish Kellokukka) was also published in 1921 by Chester. Marked Andantino, it has a duration of about 2.25 minutes.[4]
Reception
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Discography
editThe Japanese pianist Izumi Tateno made the world premiere studio recording of the Op. 85 Five Pieces in 1971, albeit across two labels: Toshiba Records (TA 60103) released The Daisy and The Carnation (Nos. 1–2), while EMI (5E 063–34472) released The Iris, The Columbine, and The Campanula (Nos. 3–5).[5] The sortable table below lists, in addition to the aforementioned Tateno traversal, other commercially available recordings of The Flowers, as a whole:
| No. | Pianist | Runtimes[a] | Rec.[b] | Recording venue | Label | Ref. | |||||
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Op. 85/1
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Op. 85/2
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Op. 85/3
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Op. 85/4
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Op. 85/5
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Total
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| 1 | Izumi Tateno | 2:55 | 2:00 | 2:00 | 1971 | Toshiba + EMI | |||||
| 2 | Erik T. Tawaststjerna | 1:19 | 1:34 | 2:57 | 1:46 | 2:12 | 10:09 | 1983 | Studio BIS, Djursholm | BIS | |
| 3 | Marita Viitasalo | 1:28 | 2:03 | 3:01 | 1:57 | 2:08 | 10:37 | 1992 | Järvenpää Hall | Finlandia | |
| 4 | Annette Servadei | 1:25 | 2:06 | 3:28 | 1:42 | 2:21 | 11:02 | 1994 | St George's Church, Brandon Hill | Olympia | |
| 5 | Izumi Tateno | 1:15 | 1:45 | 3:05 | 1:52 | 2:08 | 10:05 | 1994 | Ainola | Canyon Classics | |
| 6 | Risto Lauriala | 1:28 | 1:32 | 2:24 | 1:46 | 2:18 | 9:28 | 1995 | Järvenpää Hall | Naxos | |
| 7 | Eero Heinonen | 1:26 | 1:54 | 3:06 | 2:08 | 2:14 | 10:48 | 1997 | YLE M2 Studio, Helsinki | Finlandia | |
| 8 | Kyoko Tabe | 1:18 | 2:12 | 3:36 | 1:52 | 2:15 | 11:20 | 1999 | New Broadcasting House, Manchester | Chandos | |
| 9 | Håvard Gimse | 1:15 | 1:34 | 3:27 | 1:49 | 2:16 | 10:21 | 2000 | St Martin's Church, East Woodhay | Naxos | |
| 10 | Vladimir Ashkenazy | 2007 | Järvenpää Hall | Exton | |||||||
| 11 | Tuija Hakkila | 2008 | Nya Paviljongen | Alba | |||||||
| 12 | Folke Gräsbeck (1) | 1:19 | 1:47 | 3:34 | 2:11 | 2:08 | 11:14 | 2009 | Kuusankoski Hall | BIS | |
| 13 | Folke Gräsbeck (2) | 1:19 | 1:43 | 3:11 | 2:13 | 2:15 | 10:55 | 2014 | Ainola | BIS | |
| 14 | Joseph Tong | 1:15 | 1:54 | 3:22 | 1:36 | 2:37 | 10:44 | 2014 | Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building | Quartz | |
| 15 | Janne Mertanen | 1:15 | 1:34 | 3:19 | 1:37 | 2:23 | 10:08 | 2015 | [Unknown], Helsinki | Sony Classical | |
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.
- ^ I. Tateno–Toshiba (TA 60103) 1971
- ^ I. Tateno–EMI (7491062) 1988
- ^ E. Tawaststjerna–BIS (CD–230) 1987
- ^ M. Viitasalo–Finlandia (4509–95874–2) 1993
- ^ A. Servadei–Olympia (OCD 634) 1997
- ^ I. Tateno–Canyon Classics (PCCL–00243) 1994
- ^ R. Lauriala–Naxos (8.553661) 1996
- ^ E. Heinonen–Finlandia (8573–80776–2) 2000
- ^ K. Tabe–Chandos (CHAN 9833) 2000
- ^ H. Gimse–Naxos (8.555363) 2003
- ^ V. Ashkenazy–Exton (EXCL–00017) 2008
- ^ T. Hakkila–Alba (ABCD 297) 2010
- ^ F. Gräsbeck–BIS (CD–1927/29) 2010
- ^ F. Gräsbeck–BIS (SACD–2132) 2015
- ^ J. Tong–Quartz (QTZ 2111) 2015
- ^ J. Mertanen–Sony Classics (888751614222) 2015
- References
- ^ a b Dahlström 2003, pp. 368–370.
- ^ a b c Dahlström 2003, p. 368.
- ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 369.
- ^ a b Dahlström 2003, p. 370.
- ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 363–370.
- 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.
- Layton, Robert (1993) [1965]. Sibelius. (The Master Musicians Series) (4th ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. ISBN 0028713222.
External links
edit- Five Pieces, Op. 85: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
