Danses champêtre
| Danses champêtre | |
|---|---|
| Duos by Jean Sibelius | |
The composer (c. 1925) | |
| Opus | 106 |
| Composed | 1924–1925 |
| Publisher | Fischer (1926)[1] |
| Duration | 18.5 mins[1] |
| Movements | 5 |
The Danses champêtre (literal English translation: "Country Dances"), Op. 106, is a collection of five duos for violin and piano written in 1924 and 1925 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The pieces are without descriptive names and, as such, are known by their tempo markings. They were published as a set in 1926 by the American firm Carl Fischer Music.[1] Along with the standalone Novellette (Op. 102, 1922), the Four Pieces (Op. 115, 1929), and the Three Pieces (Op. 116, 1929), Sibelius's Op. 106 is among his late-career, mature works in the genre.
Structure
The following numbers comprise the Danses champêtre:
- Largamente assai
- Alla polacca
- Tempo moderato
- Tempo di Menuetto
- Poco moderato
Discography
The sortable table below lists commercially available recordings of the complete Danses champêtre:
| No. | Violinist | Pianist | Runtimes[a] | Rec.[b] | Recording venue | Label | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Op. 106/1
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Op. 106/2
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Op. 106/3
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Op. 106/4
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Op. 106/5
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Total
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| 1 | Ruggiero Ricci | Sylvia Rabinof | 4:15 | 2:02 | 3:43 | 2:55 | 2:31 | 15:26 | 1979 | St. Andrews Church, Toronto | Masters of the Bow | |
| 2 | Yoshiko Arai | Eero Heinonen | 4:26 | 2:21 | 4:29 | 3:20 | 3:18 | 18:15 | 1990 | Martinus Culture Hall | Ondine | |
| 3 | Nils-Erik Sparf | Bengt Forsberg | 5:02 | 2:25 | 4:19 | 3:19 | 3:11 | 18:37 | 1993 | Danderyds gymnasium | BIS | |
| 4 | Kaija Saarikettu | Hui-Ying Liu | 4:34 | 2:21 | 4:48 | 3:29 | 3:11 | 18:23 | 1995 | Järvenpää Hall | Finlandia | |
| 5 | Pekka Kuusisto | Heini Kärkkäinen | 4:44 | 2:29 | 4:35 | 3:04 | 3:11 | 18:01 | 2004 | Ainola | Ondine | |
| 6 | Ragnhild Hemsing | Tor Espen Aspaas | 4:23 | 2:14 | 4:07 | 3:14 | 2:54 | 16:52 | 2016 | Sofienberg Church | 2L | |
| 7 | Carlos Damas | Anna Tomasik | 3:59 | 2:05 | 3:42 | 3:12 | 3:05 | 16:03 | c. 2016 | ? | Etcetera | |
| 8 | Fenella Humphreys | Joseph Tong | 4:46 | 2:23 | 4:33 | 3:32 | 3:25 | 18:39 | 2020 | Cedars Hall | Resonus Classics | |
Notes, references, and sources
- 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.
- ^ R. Ricci & S. Rabinof–Masters of the Bow (MBS 2009) 1979
- ^ Y. Arai & E. Heinonen–Ondine (ODE 756–2) 1991
- ^ N. Sparf & B. Forsberg–BIS (CD–625) 1994
- ^ K. Saarikettu & H. Liu–Finlandia (0630–17696–2) 1997
- ^ P. Kuusisto & H. Kärkkäinen–Ondine (ODE 1046–2) 2004
- ^ R. Hemsing & T. Aspaas–2L (2L–138–SABD) 2017
- ^ C. Damas & A. Tomasik–Etcetera (KTC1564) 2016
- ^ F. Humphreys & J. Tong–Resonus Classics (RES10294) 2022
- References
- ^ a b c Dahlström 2003, pp. 440–443.
- 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.
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