Jean Sibelius
String Quartet in A minor (original version)
String Quartet in D minor
Track listing
9 tracks · 60:55Jean Sibelius
- String Quartet in A minor (original version) 31:12
- 1 I. Andante - Allegro 8:53
- 2 II. Adagio ma non tanto 9:04
- 3 III. Vivace 5:53
- 4 IV. Allegro 7:08
- String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 30:11
- 5 I. Andante - Allegro molto moderato 6:12
- 6 II. Vivace 2:15
- 7 III. Adagio di molto 10:31
- 8 IV. Allegretto (ma pesante) 6:03
- 9 V. Allegro 4:56
Features
Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish
The artists
Jean Sibelius Quartet
The Jean Sibelius Quartet - Yoshiko Arai and Jukka Pohjola (violins), Teemu Kupiainen (viola) and Seppo Kimanen (cello) - was formed in 1980 and granted the right by the Sibelius estate to use the name of the Master of Ainola. The following year already brought invitations to appear at several Finnish and Swedish music festivals. Since making its international breakthrough at the West Berlin Music Festival in 1983, it has visited most parts of Europe, India, China, South Korea, Chile, Japan and the United States. The Quartet was awarded a three-year grant by the Finnish state in 1985. In 1991 the Quartet won the prize of the Chilean music critics for the best performance by an international ensemble in Chile, and in 1998 the award of the international critics at the Cracow Contemporary Music Days.