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 | |
| Catalogue | JS 208 |
| Composed | 1888 |
| Publisher | Fazer (1991)[1] |
| Duration | 16 mins.[2] |
| Movements | 3 |
Structure
editThe C major trio is in three movements, as follows:
- Allegro
- Andante
- Lento – Allegro con brio
The Lovisa Trio was published posthumously in 1991 by Fazer Music.[1]
Discography
editThe Finnish musicians Jaakko Ilves (violin), Risto Poutanen (cello), and Ilmo Ranta (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 | Risto Poutanen | Ilmo Ranta | 16:00 | 1988 | Roihuvuoren kirkko | Finlandia | |
| 2 | Yoshiko Arai | Seppo Kimanen | Juhani Lagerspetz | 15:40 | 1995 | Järvenpää Hall | Ondine | |
| 3 | Janne Tateno | Erkki Rautio | Izumi Tateno | 16:44 | 1995 | Ainola | Canyon Classics | |
| 4 | Jaakko Kuusisto | Marko Yltinen | Folke Gräsbeck | 15:47 | 2002 | Danderyds gymnasium | BIS | |
| 5 | Petteri Iivonen | Samuli Peltonen | Juho Pohjonen | 13:21 | 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.
- ^ Tapiola Trio–Finlandia (FACD 375) 1989
- ^ Arai, Kimanen, Lagerspetz–Ondine (ODE 850–2) 1995
- ^ Tateno, Ratio, Tateno–Canyon Classics (PCCL–00328) 1996
- ^ Kuusisto, Yltinen, Gräsbeck–BIS (CD–1292) 2004
- ^ Sibelius Piano Trio–Yarlung (YAR54763) 2016
- References
- ^ a b c Dahlström 2003, p. 637.
- ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 636–637.
- ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 636.
- ^ 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.
