Jean Sibelius ‒ 13 Pieces, Op. 76

Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), 13 Pieces, Op. 76 (1911 - 1919)
Performed by Håvard Gimse
00:00 - No. 1 Esquisse
01:00 - No. 2 Etude
02:11 - No. 3 Carillon
03:48 - No. 4 Humoresque
04:57 - No. 5 Consolation
07:05 - No. 6 Romanzetta
08:26 - No. 7 Affettuoso
09:47 - No. 8 Piece enfantine
10:34 - No. 9 Arabesque
11:30 - No. 10 Elegiaco
13:35 - No. 11 Linnaea (Twinflower of the North)
15:29 - No. 12 Capriccietto
16:20 - No. 13 Harlequinade
The dates of composition of the 13 Pieces, Op. 76, vary, the earliest, the first two or perhaps three, written in 1911 and some others as late as 1916. Published by Westerlund in Finland and later by Hansen, they respond to the same financial needs and commercial realities. Esquisse and Etude are similar infiguration, and bells are aptly suggested in Carillon.
The capricious Humoresque leads to a characteristic Consolation and the graceful figuration of Romanzetta. The seventh piece, Affettuoso, is marked Agitato and followed by a most uncharacteristic Pièce enfantine and a rapid Arabesque. The C sharp minor Elegiaco marked Poco agitato is succeeded by the inventive Linnaea (Twinflower of the North), marked Andantino con moto, the arpeggios of Capriccietto and the whimsical Harlequinade

[@Lalala-wb5dm]

The etude is beautiful.

[@ahmedbrentley1092]

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[@jettlandon6283]

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[@Dylonely42]

@@ahmedbrentley1092 No sorry

[@silviadimatteo504]

Consolation and Elegiaco are beautiful too

[@anhducduong0105]

It is one of the most Finnish songs that I've ever heard, together with Levan Polkka.

[@KrisKeyes]

I think Sibelius' piano music is underrated. The pieces may not be superbly original, but every one of them is delightful.

[@metodoinstinto]

Indeed. These are not bad pieces, just uninteresting, unoriginal and derivative. He's a great great composer, it's just that piano music was not his forte.

[@keybawd4023]

As others have noted, these pieces are attractive but unmemorable. None of Sibelius' gorgeous melodies. The piano writing is uninteresting. They were pleasant pieces but there is nothing that makes me think "I must hear these again".

[@CrisBraun54]

exactely

[@specialperson335]

@@metodoinstinto well his piano romance, the trees and a few impromptus were spectacular

[@mcrettable]

@@metodoinstinto You think these piano pieces are uninteresting? I love them so much!!

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

1:03 is the ONLY tempo I've heard played by *any* pianist that has satisfied me. Bravo

[@nicolas-lh2js]

fabulous right hand accuracy

[@angelakakaras1997]

To fast. Mazuev plays it much better

[@yiyuewu1984]

You also have to play the whole thing with finger staccato

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

@@angelakakaras1997 It does sound a little rushed/out of [technical] control at 1:38 to 1:41 ... but overall I just personally like this tempo. I'm not a pianist, I'm a violinist and violist. As a violinist I play very fast pieces by choice quite often and so maybe that's why I'm attracted to this particular Sibelius piano etude's chosen tempo.

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

@@yiyuewu1984 With the word "leggiero" lingering above the piece on page one and then the word "segue"... I assume this means to play each note having its own 'importance' and being 'played precisely' but also in a "song-like" manner. I (again) am not a pianist, but I imagine that this is very difficult to achieve. As a violist and violinist - these Italian words/indications would mean that the whole piece should sound both sweet and precise. The bowing technique for this piece (if it were to be transcribed) would actually only be slightly difficult, and I would guess that it's more difficult for a pianist to play.

[@Infos_pour_les_amis]

Cet enregistrement est un véritable petit bijou. Délicieux, rafraichissant et tellement optimiste... Merci.

[@thebrainnugget]

"Mmmm, splendid! Simply delicious" -The Globglogabgalab

[@Ken_tg]

Elegiaco is so beautiful I wished it was longer lol

[@organboi]

Magnificent. Utter charm and a terrific collection for a budding virtuoso.

[@epicduckrex994]

This piece has gotten me through a hard time. I'd listen to this when I couldn't sleep: so I'd go outside in the cold night and walk. I'd walk until I felt the pain from my heart go to my legs; then I'd sit at the park and smoke a cigarette - all alone in the tranquil silence of the night. This op is just so perfectly simple... it makes me feel nostalgia and warmth when everything around me feels cold.

[@organboi]

Nice. :)

[@TheSteveBerlin]

Thank you for posting these sparkling pieces, which show a side of Sibelius not so well known (at least not to me). I had the privilege of seeing the Etude #2, performed as an encore to the Rachmaninoff 3 a few months ago, by Denis Matsuev.

[@arsmelancholiae]

I love the etude, the carillon and the elegiaco.

[@Mr35diamonds]

It’s certainly one of those pieces that isn’t technically difficult, but musically very challenging.

[@titicatfollies6615]

So beautiful and moving! THank you.

[@MrGer2295]

So beautiful ! Thank you very much !

[@marorodriguez9832]

Maravilloso Sibelius y con una buena dinámica de interpretación, le hace justicia. Me encanta.

[@eizzilenna3969]

Elegiaco is lovely and beautifully played.

[@PaulHummerman]

Delightful and unexpected pieces.Maybe written for money, but a Master like Sibelius cannot write a dull note.

[@organboi]

The pianist is a consumate musician and pianist. Utter clarity and command of the structure of each piece.

[@maminfamili]

The last piece -Harlequinade- is really ear catching! Thx for posting these marvelous pieces.

[@MrInterestingthings]

It's always a treasure to hear a thinking , well trained thoughtful pianist play music that is not very thoughtful . I've heard Havard Gimse before and hehas real depth .Hedoes marvelous things here . Character and contrast but the sheer pianism and his handling are the topnotch !

[@SofiaLourencoPiano]

Beautifully played, Big hug!

[@WillemvanTwillertOrganist]

beautiful.

[@emiliennebarret6150]

Gloire et admiration pour ces musiciens français periode XIXe/XXe siecle. dont la liste et longue. Ils s'élancent avec originalité sur de nouvelles routes les explorent avec originalité et talent. Ces musiciens typiquement français doivent être notre fierté, le bonheur des mélomanes et de tout ceux qui aiment ce qui est hamonieux, élégant et éminemment français.

[@nuppu7764]

Thanks. This is so beautiful!! 👌💕

[@user-lv3yf6my9x]

Consolation is very beautiful

[@adanayup9268]

son maravillosas esas composiciones

[@adanayup9268]

Bellísimas páginas sorprendido....

[@user-jy7kn1tt2w]

Fantastic.....👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@darrenpursuingtruth2895]

Very fine playing indeed, bravo!

[@lukecash3500]

The cadences and the left hand part, in the second piece, definitely had me thinking of Schubert.

[@ruyfaco]

These sound like something written by a less contrapuntal Schumann who ate Schubert

[@garfreed]

Aren't we clever?

[@alexwatson3064]

I was thinking Liszt if he were delicate rather than bombastic. I see what you mean now though haha. Sometimes he sounds more like Faure I think.

[@alexwatson3064]

Patrick Nyman that’s fair. Liszt can be surprisingly difficult to pin down

[@user-ky7nq9pt2c]

similar thought. constantly associated the 2nd piece to Schubert‘s Auf dem Wasser zu Singen

[@erika6651]

But Schumann already consumed Schubert to be Schumann. Maybe Schumann ate Grieg?

[@samuelsaarikivi3694]

Best rendition of the etude that I’ve ever heard!!

[@ozsfi]

It says Leggiere- Surely it is too quick. It is more enjoyable a bit slower.

[@alejandrom.4680]

Beautiful pieces. This is the first time i hear something about Sibelius, i hope the next year i can play some pieces of him.

[@alejandrom.4680]

Did I actually say that?

[@ossiylitalo9027]

@@alejandrom.4680 feel when you don't remeber that you have said that

[@alejandrom.4680]

Ossi Ylitalo Update: I can perfectly play them now, they’re just a no no for me now, boring and non-innovative

[@endecenso1989]

Alejandro M. plot twist

[@Ken_tg]

@@alejandrom.4680 Elegiaco is fire :(

[@thecanadianpianist4500]

All pieces are so beautiful and really in the Nordic style of Jean Sibelius like Grieg or Rautauvaara he was a revolutionary composer for the Nordic music.

[@user-bk6nc7un2f]

luscious and visceral pieces.

[@waltersteinbaum2627]

Tem uma atmosfera similar a alguns trabalhos pianisticos de Arensky e também de Gratchaninov. Gostei bastante. Obrigado por postar.

[@keiththomas795]

Sibelius six intermezzi op 5 are superb. His piano music is certainly underrated.

[@jtwolfe4693]

It’s not exactly fair to call his pieces unoriginal. He has a unique style, and even if the pieces themselves aren’t the best works in the world they are still original in themselves.

[@AbuDhabiKoreanSchool]

AWESOME

[@Henry-uv9xu]

I really like these pieces, I think they’re inventive and interesting.

[@Infos_pour_les_amis]

Un recueil de petits bijoux humoristiques, tendres, affectueux, délicieusement interprétés. Humoresque 03:48 Pièce enfantine 09:47 Arabesque 10:34 Capriccietto 15:29 sont juste délicieux et quelle tendresse dans Elégiaco 11:30 Merci Sibelius et Håvard Gimse.

[@EmilianoManna]

I was aware of this stupendous set thanks to the extremely sharp (as usual) interpretation of Olli Mustonen. Gimse is evidently less flamboyant, but a lot clearer in textures and phrasing.

[@ChrisBreemer]

There's no denying Mustonen's originality, but I find Gimse the far more sympathetic interpreter, while Mustonen often irritates with his wilfulness and mannerisms.

[@Binks-cn6mc]

شكرا جزيلا على النشر ..

[@LM-oz2sc]

17:16 That part reminds me of part of Pierné etude de concert. I actually like Harlequinade and I want to learn it :D

[@AvindraGoolcharan]

12:25 reminds me of the theme from Chopin 37 no 2

[@bifeldman]

Very nice.

[@adanayup9268]

No había tenido la oportunidad de escuchar

[@pianorob5880]

The esquisse and the etude both sound in the style of Schubert

[@kniazigor2276]

Pianiste excellent !

[@turekihlstedt1549]

Some parts of the arabesque reminds me of Chopin (Ex: 10:46 and 10:53)

[@hannabergmann8831]

These were my thoughts, just from the beginning of the piece. It sounds a bit like Etude op.10 Nr. 4. I think there is also a similar part in a Scherzo.

[@huuhieuphan290]

thanks .

[@pianaangel9420]

E. Kendall Taylor called No. 9 “Un Petit Marceau” No wonder it’s taken me so long to find it!

[@Elintasokas]

Etude and Elegiaco are great!

[@silviadimatteo504]

esquisse, étude, humoresque, consolation and elegiaco are my favorites

[@Scriabinfan593]

I wonder why Sibelius didn't write a piano concerto

[@igorkreszow8983]

He wasn't a pianist. Even though these small pieces are very good, I don't believe he would be able to compose a masterfully crafted piano concerto. Better leave it for the composers used to wrtting for the piano.

[@noriemeha]

@@igorkreszow8983 What does being a pianist mean? Non-virtuosi of the keyboard composed on them and composed piano concerti. Contrary to once popular belief, Sibelius did not compose mainly on the violin, but on his rather fine piano in Ainola. He could play piano though not a virtuoso in any instrument. If he had have got his wish for excellence in violin, would we have got the symphonies & tone poems?

[@juliareinikainen5050]

@@igorkreszow8983 this is surely how Sibelius also felt as he was very self-cricital, he just composed these "little pieces" for fun and to get money.. as he had a big family. but I wouldn't say he didn't have the skills to compose a magnific piano concerto!

[@juliareinikainen5050]

@@igorkreszow8983 I have to add that he wrote over 150 pieces for piano ...

[@stjevena]

No.1 is so nice!!!

[@pelodelperro]

Delightful.

[@marcosborges5353]

The Esquisse is beautiful.

[@Bampaloudu64]

Effectivement, cette musique n'est pas spécialement novatrice ni si originale, pourtant on ne peut retirer son sens de la poésie et sa nature profondément romantique, convaincante et charmante. Cela n'a pas besoin d'être plus, Sibelius a composé de la belle musique pour piano.

[@raduserbansasa6504]

3:49 Sibelius really said: ,,One sec let me turn into Bach”

[@nobuakisato3227]

lovely

[@kowalskianalysis1710]

Everyone's talking about the etude but have you heard Carillon???

[@lk2778]

No 3 and 5 😍

[@qalaphyll]

why aren't his piano works that popular tho

[@paulmetdebbie447]

Less advertising.

[@unnamed_boi]

yes

[@qalaphyll]

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[@unnamed_boi]

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[@ValzainLumivix]

Ok

[@RedZed1974]

Arabesque is the best. Love it.

[@mvcm1688]

The etude seems like a Song without word of mendelssohn.

[@GonnyParson]

💙

[@user-zl2xv6lr8c]

❤️

[@badger2649]

Carillon is my favorite

[@alexcastro8308]

Can someone please recommend me a web page where I’ll be able to find these pieces

[@SuperNK91]

Try the following link. imslp.org/wiki/Special:IMSLPImageHandler/10825%2Fnhnpg

[@kevinmaestroful]

Esquisse sounds so Schumannesque

[@PavelAMamoushkin]

В вальсе звучит тема из карнавала шумана, танцующие буквы

[@ld_blue4348]

you know, it's very difficult to listen these pieces which are without contrasting parts

[@ayak03]

1(1分00秒) 2(1分11秒) 4(1分09秒) 8(0分47秒) 9(0分56秒)

[@guigui9344]

Cus D'Amato was a great composer.

[@wut3810]

es como si estuviera en una montaña rusa

[@joelin3049]

Carillon is so Mendelssohnic!!!

[@willcwhite]

Like I always say, when life gives you Harlequins, make Harlequinade.

[@LM-oz2sc]

Harlequinade reminds me of Noddy theme song lmao

[@sisi4228]

11:30

[@achinpajou]

Actually not bad at all!

[@dennischiapello7243]

These strike me as very Schumannesque.

[@singtatsucgc3247]

Unknown artist?

[@sergiopedrosomera5641]

Los anuncios son a veces casi una tragedia.

[@choijiwonballetclassmusic]

11:32 1:00

[@craigresnianky6909]

These pieces suffer because it is easy to compare them to Grieg's piano works, which are simply on a different level than Sibelius' efforts here.

[@alikeskinpiyano2725]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/laHYqpKcqpmVmbM J.Sibelius "Arabesque", OP.76 NO:9 , ALİ KESKİN

[@Dylonely42]

7:05

[@Lwmyoun]

Arabesque!

[@xuehuang2910]

I am 10 and I am starting to learn to note 2 etude

[@hanswegen9928]

Ja mooi, maar dat tempo, dat is geen allegretto. Het klinkt als presto of volante.

[@user-vb1ro4dj7h]

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[@pierreboland8910]

Sibelius’ piano music may be less impressive than others’ ones and anyway less than his symphonic works. It remains anyway very elegant and pleasant.

[@orsino88]

Most of the tempi seem fast to me--not faster than a pianist can play, but hurried; not permitting the auditor to grasp the beauties of the music.

[@IcePeak99]

Agree. The performer doesn't seem to listen to the harmonies, only at a superficial level.

[@noriemeha]

Poor old Sibelius. They're are out to get you. The very idea of your existence annoys. They try every which way to explain you away, from feint praise to out-right condemnation. What were you thinking by sitting down at a piano when clearly you're not Rachmaninov? And your product there is not Schumann or Schubert or Chopin. And may God forgive you for mimicking, like no other composer ever did, his forebears or contemporaries. But damn it, performers keep returning to your work almost a 100 years after you ceased major compositional work, when the shamans and musical diviners, had thought they'd got you shut up at last.

[@Magstuf]

That way to play the arabesque should be a crime 😭😭, Annette servadei version is completely better if you wanna heard it

[@alain1959]

1911-1919 !? More like 1811-1819...

[@MRblacksheep1000]

No.. actually 1911-1919 is absolutely corect

[@Yhiith]

Well... No.

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[@bagdarcan]

disappointing for such a powerful composer

[@vetlerradio]

Try to understand these pieces as "Bagatelles", short pieces with no form and structure made to only express fugitive ideas. These are not masterpieces, just pieces. I find them quite beautiful. :)

[@vetlerradio]

And for a violonist, he did a freaking good job on the piano!

[@Eorzat]

Sibelius wasn't a pianist. He understood the instrument as well as any good composer should, but he wasn't a Chopin or Brahms by any means.

[@jerry_moo]

vetlerradio, I agree. 'Fugitive ideas,' indeed. I think it is more fitting to call these 'Short Lyrical Fragments,' don't you think?

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

The pieces were composed during the Great War, when Sibelius also lost the publishing contacts to Germany, and had to resort to writing various small pieces, you see there was no active concert life due to the war..!

[@randiey95]

13:19