Sibelius: Piano Miniatures / Håvard Gimse

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
August 1, 2004
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SIBELIUS
    • PERFORMER
      Håvard, Gimse
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 01, 2004
    • UPC
      747313585328
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8555853
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1: Humoreske I

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    2. No. 2: Lied

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    3. No. 3: Kleiner Walzer

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    4. No. 4: Humoristischer Marsch

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    5. No. 5: Impromptu

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    6. No. 6: Humoreske II

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    7. No. 1: Piece humoristique

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    8. No. 2: Esquisse

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    9. No. 3: Souvenir

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    10. No. 4: Impromptu

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    11. No. 5: Couplet

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    12. No. 6: Animoso

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    13. No. 7: Moment de valse

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    14. No. 8: Petite marche

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    15. No. 1: Romance

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    16. No. 2: Chant du soir

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    17. No. 3: Scene lyrique

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    18. No. 4: Humoresque

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    19. No. 5: Scene romantique

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    20. No. 1: The Village Church

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    21. No. 2: The Fiddler

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    22. No. 3: The Oarsman

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    23. No. 4: The Storm

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    24. No. 5: In Mournful Mood

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    25. No. 1: Maisema (Landscape)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    26. No. 2: Talvikuva (Winter Scene)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    27. No. 3: Metsalampi (Forest Lake)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    28. No. 4: Metsalaulu (Song in the Forest)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse

    29. No. 5: Kevatnaky (Spring Vision)

      Composer: Jean Sibelius

      Performer: Håvard Gimse


Volume Five in Naxos' complete Sibelius piano music cycle is given over to miniatures, most of which fall within modest technical and registral parameters. Although they were intended for home consumption by amateur pianists, a sensitive and imaginative professional like Håvard Gimse can really make these pieces sound vital and characterful. He does marvelous things. For instance, his angular, push/pull rubato in the Impromptu (Op. 99 No. 4) and varied phrasing of No. 12's dotted rhythms underline the music's superficial resemblance to Schumann. The controlled vehemence he brings to the five Op. 101 pieces admirably downplays their sometimes-mawkish melodic invention. And Gimse is fully attuned to the quirky harmonic twists and turns permeating Op. 103 and 114 (these sets might be described as chips off the blocks that fashioned the composer's Sixth and Seventh Symphonies). In short, collectors who've acquired previous volumes of this excellent series need no further recommendation. --Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com