{"product_id":"sibelius-heinonen-piano-music-music-cd","title":"Sibelius \/ Heinonen - Piano Music Music CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eEero Heinonen has long been a champion of the composer's neglected output for piano. With this recording he continues to make the case for music that does not easily give up it's secrets but, in the right hands, sings with Sibelius's unique voice. Sibelius was not himself an accomplished pianist, but he wrote for the instrument - at which he composed - throughout his career, and maintained that, while often overlooked, it's time would come. In recent years his prophecy has come true, especially with the Op.75 suite of five pieces which he composed in 1914 and titled 'The Trees'. They move from a Tchaikovskian melancholy common to much of his earlier piano output, through impressionist studies of light and darkness, to the kind of sombre, dissonant harmonies in the final piece ('The Spruce') which call to mind orchestral masterpieces such as en Saga and Tapiola. Rather than cherry-picking from a considerable output, Eero Heinonen has chosen to present four complete opus numbers which nevertheless encapsulate the range of Sibelius's piano writing. In the Six Impromptus Op.5 of 1890-93 he successfully integrates elements of Finnish folk music within the idiom of fantasy inherited from Schubert and Chopin. The 10 Pieces Op.24 were written between 1895 and 1903 - formative years for the composer, in which he moved away from his German-influenced training and discovered for himself a more distinctively Finnish voice, but in this context still within the genre of salon pieces. These are the works most directly comparable with Grieg's Lyric Pieces. Then, before the Op.75 masterpieces, he wrote a trio of Sonatinas Op.67 in 1912, around the same time as the troubled Fourth Symphony. The first of them, as played here by Eero Heinonen, shares some of the symphony's austere idiom and introvert nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 Impromptus, Op. 5: I. Imprompus In G Minor. Moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 Impromptus, Op. 5: II. Imprompus In G Minor. Lento-Vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 Impromptus, Op. 5: III. Imprompus In A Minor. Moderato\/Alla Marcia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 Impromptus, Op. 5: IV. Imprompus In E Minor. Andantino\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 Impromptus, Op. 5: V. Imprompus In B Minor. Vivace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 Impromptus, Op. 5: VI. Imprompus In E Major. Comodo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonatina In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67\/1: I. Allegro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonatina In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67\/1: II. Largo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonatina In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67\/1: III. Allegro Moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Morceaux, Op. 75: I. N\u0026amp;auml;r R\u0026amp;ouml;nnen Blommar\/Kun Pihlaja Kukkii\/When The Mountain Ash Is Blooming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Morceaux, Op. 75: II. Den Ensamma Furan\/Yksin\u0026amp;auml;inen Honka\/The Solitary Fir Tree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Morceaux, Op. 75: III. Aspen\/Haapa\/The Aspen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Morceaux, Op. 75: IV. Bj\u0026amp;ouml;rken\/Koivu\/The Birch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Morceaux, Op. 75: V. Granen\/Kuusi\/The Spruce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Piano Pieces, Op. 24: I. Impromptu In G Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Piano Pieces, Op. 24: II. Romance In A Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Piano Pieces, Op. 24: III. Caprice In E Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Piano Pieces, Op. 24: IV. Romance In D Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Piano Pieces, Op. 24: V. Valse In E Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Piano Pieces, Op. 24: VI. Idyll In F Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Piano Pieces, Op. 24: VII. Andantino In F Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Piano Pieces, Op. 24: VIII. Nocturno In E Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Piano Pieces, Op. 24: IX. Romance In D-Flat Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Piano Pieces, Op. 24: X. Barcarola In G Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5029365102209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Piano Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.11.20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rock Band Merch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53704489992502,"sku":"333081","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/2114\/2838\/files\/3873888-2661805.jpg?v=1771242669","url":"https:\/\/jeccascreations.com\/products\/sibelius-heinonen-piano-music-music-cd","provider":"Jecca’s Creations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}