Perhaps most importantly, this classification number documents early American compositions such as the piano pieces of Alexander Reinagle (piano teacher to George Washington's step-granddaughter at Mount Vernon), the songs of Benjamin Carr (an important music publisher and composer), the music of Francis Hopkinson (signer of the Declaration of Independence), topical pieces such as "Battle of Trenton: a favorite historical sonata for the piano-forte" by James Hewitt, and collections of social dance music such as "Admired cotillions for balls and private parties: with new figures" published by G.E. Sibelius’s earliest years were almost exclusively dominated by chamber music: the E flat Quartet of 1885 is a well-schooled exercise, modelled on the Viennese classics, and certainly shows that Sibelius knew his Haydn. There are also songs and arias of Mozart, Gluck, Schubert, and other European composers published in English translation. There is only one mature Sibelius quartet, Voces intimae, and this set includes the New Helsinki Quartet’s recording, arguably the finest around. Contemporary English composers such as Samuel Arnold, Charles Dibdin, and William Shield are well-represented as one would expect. As an early record of musical life in America and the colonies, this classification number holds many interesting popular and topical pieces.
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However, according to liner notes, this recording was made in 1987 for BIS, about two years after the 1985 recording by Helasvuo and the Finlandia Sinfonietta. ^ The musicologist Fabian Dahlström, in his 2003 catalogue of Sibelius's works, credits the Estonian-American conductor Neeme Järvi and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra with the world premiere studio recording of Presto.
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^ 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.^ All runtimes are official, as printed on CD or LP liner notes.The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings: The Sibelius Academy Quartet made the world premiere studio recording of the B-flat major Quartet for Finlandia in 1985. The fourth movement, marked Allegro, is in 4Ĥ time it has a duration of about nine minutes. The third movement, marked Presto, is in 3Ĥ time it has a duration of about six minutes. The second movement, marked Andante molto, is in 2Ĥ time it has a duration of about 7.5 minutes. The first movement, marked Allegro, is in 2Ģ time it has a duration of about nine minutes. The piece was published posthumously in 1991 by Fazer Music. This version received its premiere on 17 February 1894 in Turku, with Sibelius conducting the Orchestra of the Turku Musical Society. In February 1894, Sibelius arranged Movement III for strings and titled it Presto (also known as Scherzo). The B-flat major Quartet received its premiere in Helsinki on 13 October 1890 at the Helsinki Music Institute (now the Sibelius Academy) the Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen was the first violinist, joined by Wilhelm Santé (violin II), Josef Schwartz (viola), and Otto Hutschenreuter (cello). Musicologists have speculated: first, that the Adagio in D minor ( JS 12) may have been intended as a slow movement for the Op. 4 quartet and second, that the Allegretto in B-flat major (without catalogue designation) may be an abandoned sketch. It is the third of Sibelius's four string quartets.
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The String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 4, is a four- movement chamber piece for two violins, viola, and cello written from the summer of 1889 to September 1890 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.