Two Rondinos
Two Rondinos | |
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Piano solos by Jean Sibelius | |
![]() The composer (1911) | |
Opus | 68 |
Composed | 1912 (1912) |
Publisher | Universal Edition (1912)[1] |
Duration | 5.75 mins[2] |
The Two Rondinos (in German: Zwei Rondinos), Op. 68, is a collection of compositions for piano written in November 1912 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
History
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Structure and music
Rondino No. 1
The First Rondino is in G-sharp minor and begins with the tempo marking Andantino.
Rondino No. 2
The Second Rondino is in C-sharp minor and is marked Vivace.
Reception
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Robert Layton characterizes the Two Rondinos as "closely related ... in character" to the Three Sonatinas for solo piano from the same year, and as such, he endorses as "highly probable" the music lexicographer and critic Eric Blom's speculation that the rondinos might have originated as movements for a incomplete fourth sonatina, with the First Rondo as a central slow movement and the Second Rondino as "delightful finale".[3]
Discography
The Hungarian pianist Ervin László made the world premiere studio recording of Rondino No. 1 in 1959 for RCA Victor; Rondino No. 2, on the other hand, was first recorded in 1971 by the Japanese pianist Izumi Tateno for EMI.[2] The sortable table below lists this and other commercially available recordings of the Rondinos:
No. | Pianist | Runtimes[a] | Rec.[b] | Recording venue | Label | Ref. | |
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Op. 68/1 | Op. 68/2 | ||||||
1 | Izumi Tateno | 2:45 | 1:55 | 1971 | EMI Classics | [c] | |
2 | Erik T. Tawaststjerna | 3:39 | 1:59 | 1981 | Studio BIS, Djursholm | BIS | [d] |
3 | Marita Viitasalo [fi] | 3:27 | 2:07 | 1994 | Järvenpää Hall [fi] | Finlandia | [e] |
4 | Annette Servadei [ja] | 3:07 | 1:55 | 1993 | St George's Church, Brandon Hill | Olympia | [f] |
5 | Eero Heinonen [fi] | 3:32 | 1:55 | 1998 | YLE M2 Studio, Helsinki | Finlandia | [g] |
6 | Håvard Gimse | 3:31 | 1:48 | 2000 | St Martin's Church, East Woodhay | Naxos | [h] |
7 | Katriina Korte | 2:59 | 1:56 | 2001 | Järvenpää Hall [fi] | Alba [fi] | [i] |
8 | Olli Mustonen | Ondine | [j] | ||||
9 | Tuija Hakkila | 2008 | Nya Paviljongen | Alba [fi] | [k] | ||
10 | Folke Gräsbeck [fi] | 3:16 | 1:56 | 2009 | Kuusankoski Hall [fi] | BIS | [l] |
11 | Joseph Tong | 3:00 | 1:48 | 2014 | Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building | Quartz | [m] |
12 | Janne Mertanen | 4:16 | 1:45 | 2015 | [Unknown], Helsinki | Sony Classical | [n] |
13 | Terhi Dostal [fi] | Alba [fi] | [o] |
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.
- ^ I. Tateno–EMI Classics (7491062) 1988
- ^ E. Tawaststjerna–BIS (CD–196) 1987
- ^ M. Viitasalo–Finlandia (4509–98984–2) 1995
- ^ A. Servadei–Olympia (OCD 633) 1997
- ^ E. Heinonen–Finlandia (8573–80776–2) 2000
- ^ H. Gimse–Naxos (8.554814) 2001
- ^ K. Korte–Alba (ABCA 159) 2001
- ^ O. Mustonen–Ondine (ODE 1014–2) 2002
- ^ T. Hakkila–Alba (ABCD 297) 2010
- ^ F. Gräsbeck–BIS (CD–1927/29) 2010
- ^ J. Tong–Quartz (QTZ 2111) 2015
- ^ J. Mertanen–Sony Classics (888751614222) 2015
- ^ T. Dostal–Label (ABCD 514) 2022
- References
- ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 303.
- ^ a b Dahlström 2003, p. 302.
- ^ Layton 1993, p. 193.
- 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.
- Layton, Robert (1993) [1965]. Sibelius. (The Master Musicians Series) (4th ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. ISBN 0028713222.
External links
- Two Rondinos, Op. 68: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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