![]() ![]() The present performance captures the work marvellously although, as I say, I am not able to make comparisons. Like the Fifth Symphony the form of this work, as you see, is unusual and uniquely Sibelius. After that, to provide balance, there are two movements, an Allegretto which reminded me of the sound-world of the middle movement of the Fifth Symphony (begun initially in 1915) and a windy Allegro. This marks the central point of the work but at the heart of this movement is a set of three pp chords over which Sibelius wrote the words Voces intimae. ![]() The longest movement, at well over ten minutes, is an Adagio. Then comes a very short and scurrying Vivace which may well remind you of the finale of the Third Symphony (1907) written just a few years before. I see the pattern of the work like this: two relatively short movements – an Andante leading into an Allegro moderato. The D minor String Quartet Voces intimae is in five movements. I'll just mention three discs: with Voces Intimae the Tempera (BIS - review) couple the B flat Quartet, the Gabrieli (Chandos CHAN8742) couple Sibelius’s Piano Quintet and the Fitzwilliam Quartet (Decca Eloquence- review) couple it, surprisingly, with Delius. At the latest count there seem to be at least eight versions of Voces Intimae in the current catalogue so an attempt to compare is likely to be longwinded. Opportunities to hear the chamber works ‘live’ are quite rare so it’s good that we have a choice of performances on CD. There are also a few pieces for strings and piano like the Piano Trio of 1884. Then comes this A minor quartet of 1889 and there's at least one other apart from the B flat quartet known as Voces Intimae. There are, for example some single movements for quartet composed when he was a young man. That's fair enough but he certainly wrote pieces for chamber groupings. It may well be that it is not chamber music that immediately comes to mind when you think of Sibelius. MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM 3071957-2 Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster, 22-24 January 2016 String Quartet in D minor Voces Intimae Op. It has recorded a wealth of Finnish music, including string quartets by Sibelius ( ODE 773-2) and the string quintet and two string quartets by Einojuhani Rautavaara ( ODE 909-2).Support us financially by purchasing this from The Quartet is equally at home with Haydn and Mozart as with contemporary composers and has collaborated with Sofia Gubaidulina, Aulis Sallinen, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jouni Kaipainen, Erik Bergman, Haridas Greif and others. ![]() Cellist Seppo Kimanen also acts as the Artistic Director of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival. The Quartet has performed at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival every year since 1981 and undoubtedly ranks today among the most sought-after quartets in Scandinavia. In 1991 the Quartet won the prize of the Chilean music critics for the best performance by an international ensemble in Chile, and in 1998 the award of the international critics at the Cracow Contemporary Music Days. The Quartet was awarded a three-year grant by the Finnish state in 1985. Since making its international breakthrough at the West Berlin Music Festival in 1983, it has visited most parts of Europe, India, China, South Korea, Chile, Japan and the United States. The following year already brought invitations to appear at several Finnish and Swedish music festivals. The Jean Sibelius Quartet - Yoshiko Arai and Jukka Pohjola (violins), Teemu Kupiainen (viola) and Seppo Kimanen (cello) - was formed in 1980 and granted the right by the Sibelius estate to use the name of the Master of Ainola. ![]()
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