Piano Trio in D major (Sibelius)

Piano Trio in D major
Korpo
by Jean Sibelius
The composer (c. 1885–1888)
CatalogueJS 209
Composed1887 (1887)
Duration34 mins.[1]
Movements3

The Piano Trio in D major, Korpo, JS 209, is a three-movement chamber piece for violin, cello, and piano[1] written in the summer of 1887 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The trio derives its nickname from Korpo (Finnish: Korppoo), an island located in the Turku archipelago, at which the Sibelius family vacationed in 1887. It is Sibelius's third, and most significant, piano trio.[2]

Structure

The D major trio is in three movements, as follows:

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Fantasia. Andante – Andantino –
  3. Finale. Vivace

The Korpo Trio remains in manuscript.[3]

Discography

The Finnish musicians Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Marko Yltinen (cello), and Folke Gräsbeck [fi] (piano) made the world premiere studio recording of the Korpo Trio in 2002 for BIS.[4] The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:

No. Violin Cello Piano Runtime[a] Rec.[b] Recording venue Label Ref.
1 Jaakko Kuusisto Marko Yltinen Folke Gräsbeck [fi] 35:51 2002 Danderyds gymnasium [sv] BIS
[c]
2 Petteri Iivonen Samuli Peltonen Juho Pohjonen [fi] 26:22 2016 Segerstrom Center for the Arts Yarlung
[d]

Notes, references, and sources

Notes
  1. ^ All runtimes are official, as printed on CD or LP liner notes.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Kuusisto, Yltinen, Gräsbeck–BIS (CD–1292) 2004
  4. ^ Sibelius Piano Trio–Yarlung (YAR54763) 2016
References
  1. ^ a b Dahlström 2003, p. 638.
  2. ^ Barnett 2007, pp. 27–30.
  3. ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 639.
  4. ^ Dahlström 2003, pp. 514, 638.
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.