String Quartets 1885-1889
Album by Jean Sibelius & Tempera Quartet
String Quartets 1885–1889 is a collection of early chamber works by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, composed between 1885 and 1889. These quartets feature late-Romantic harmonies, lyrical and folk-tinged melodic writing within a chamber-music idiom, and are important for understanding Sibelius's formative stylistic development prior to his mature orchestral output.
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- 1.Molto moderato – Scherzo, JS 1344:24
- 2.[Scherzo] in B minor0:54
- 3.String Quartet in E-flat major, JS 184: I. Allegro8:59
- 4.String Quartet in E-flat major, JS 184: II. Andante molto2:47
- 5.String Quartet in E-flat major, JS 184: III. Scherzo. Allegretto1:31
- 6.String Quartet in E-flat major, JS 184: IV. Vivace4:40
- 7.[Four Themes]: I. G major0:43
- 8.[Four Themes]: II. E-flat major0:21
- 9.[Four Themes]: III. A minor0:32
- 10.[Four Themes]: IV. E minor0:24
- 11.[Three Pieces]: I. Alla marcia in E minor, JS 161:01
- 12.[Three Pieces]: II. Presto in F major, JS 1540:58
- 13.[Three Pieces]: III. Theme and Variations in G minor, JS 1971:33
- 14.Allegretto in D major, JS 202:20
- 15.Andantino in C major, JS 393:12
- 16.Theme and Variations in C sharp minor, JS 1956:33
- 17.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 1. E major0:19
- 18.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 2. A minor – C major0:22
- 19.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 3. F major0:16
- 20.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 4. A minor0:30
- 21.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 5. A-flat major0:50
- 22.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 6. F-sharp minor0:27
- 23.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 7. F major0:23
- 24.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 8. G major0:33
- 25.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 9. A major0:22
- 26.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 10. E-flat major0:52
- 27.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 11. A major0:19
- 28.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 12. C minor0:54
- 29.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 13. E major0:37
- 30.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 14. C minor/E-flat major0:22
- 31.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 15. E major0:21
- 32.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 16. D minor0:38
- 33.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 17. C minor0:32
- 34.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 18. B-flat major0:53
- 35.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 19. D minor0:31
- 36.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 20. A major0:42
- 37.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 21. A minor0:44
- 38.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 22. B minor1:11
- 39.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 23. F major1:02
- 40.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 24. E-flat major0:45
- 41.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 25. Moderato. G major0:26
- 42.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 26. Allegretto. A minor0:20
- 43.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 27. Presto. C major0:12
- 44.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 28. Andante. C major0:28
- 45.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 29. Andantino. D major0:21
- 46.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 30. Alla marcia. E major0:24
- 47.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 31. Andante. E flat major0:23
- 48.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 32. Andantino. A major0:21
- 49.[33 Small Pieces]: No. 33. Moderato. D major1:04
- 50.[Allegro] in G minor0:43
- 51.Andante – Allegro molto in D major, JS 326:25
- 52.Andante molto sostenuto in B minor, JS 378:12







