Sibelius, Jean

The Tree Suite includes some of the best-loved piano pieces by Jean Sibelius; the trees really did "speak" to the maestro. Anni Tolvanen’s transription for wind quintet lends even more colours to the movements. Score & parts 55011-698-6, € 28,90

AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO! In 1929 Sibelius sent some small pieces to the New York publisher Carl Fischer for consideration. Included among these was the Suite for Violin and String Orchestra which represents the culmination point in a series of works written for violin and orchestra (starting with the serenades…

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) made his first sketches for material that would later find its way into Cassazione at the end of the 1890s; there are already hints of it among the sketches for the First Symphony, completed in 1899. The first performance of Cassazione as the opening number in a concert of his music held…

The most beloved pieces for string orchestra are now available in the Helsinki Sibelius Edition series as Urtext editions. Andante festivo JS34bScore 55011-399-2, € 12,10 Buy nowRakastava / The Beloved Op.14Score 55011-401-2, € 12,10 Buy nowScherzo Op.4Score 55011-389-3, € 12,10 Buy now

arrangement for guitarAn idiomatic guitar transcription of this Sibelius’s solo cello work dating from 1887 when he was 22 years. The work owes much to Bach in terms of its style, although the theme has a certain Finnish-Nordic flavour. Atanaskovic has done a great favour for all guitarists by arranging this work for his instrument….

arr. for organ Andante festivo is originally composed for string quartet by Jean Sibelius. This solemn, hymn-like composition fits perfectly for the organ. Pianist, cantor-organist Esa Ylönen’s transcription is based on Karl Ekman’s piano transcription. 55011-420-3, € 12,00

for violin and pianoThis new piano reduction by Jani Kyllönen is based on the Urtext orchestral version. The solo part is corrected according to the composer’s manuscripts and misprints. Misinterpretations found in earlier editions have also been corrected. 55011-274-2, € 38,50

Ernst Pingoud’s orchestral arrangement of Sibelius’s popular piano suite ”Cinq Morceaux pour piano Op. 75”, known also as “The Trees”. The most popular of the pieces is The Spruce (Kuusi). Score: 979-0-55011-323-7, € 24,90