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. 1.
    Molto moderato – Scherzo, JS 134
    4:24
  2. 2.
    [Scherzo] in B minor
    0:54
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, JS 184: I. Allegro
    8:59
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, JS 184: II. Andante molto
    2:47
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, JS 184: III. Scherzo. Allegretto
    1:31
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, JS 184: IV. Vivace
    4:40
  7. 7.
    [Four Themes]: I. G major
    0:43
  8. 8.
    [Four Themes]: II. E-flat major
    0:21
  9. 9.
    [Four Themes]: III. A minor
    0:32
  10. 10.
    [Four Themes]: IV. E minor
    0:24
  11. 11.
    [Three Pieces]: I. Alla marcia in E minor, JS 16
    1:01
  12. 12.
    [Three Pieces]: II. Presto in F major, JS 154
    0:58
  13. 13.
    [Three Pieces]: III. Theme and Variations in G minor, JS 197
    1:33
  14. 14.
    Allegretto in D major, JS 20
    2:20
  15. 15.
    Andantino in C major, JS 39
    3:12
  16. 16.
    Theme and Variations in C sharp minor, JS 195
    6:33
  17. 17.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 1. E major
    0:19
  18. 18.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 2. A minor – C major
    0:22
  19. 19.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 3. F major
    0:16
  20. 20.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 4. A minor
    0:30
  21. 21.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 5. A-flat major
    0:50
  22. 22.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 6. F-sharp minor
    0:27
  23. 23.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 7. F major
    0:23
  24. 24.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 8. G major
    0:33
  25. 25.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 9. A major
    0:22
  26. 26.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 10. E-flat major
    0:52
  27. 27.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 11. A major
    0:19
  28. 28.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 12. C minor
    0:54
  29. 29.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 13. E major
    0:37
  30. 30.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 14. C minor/E-flat major
    0:22
  31. 31.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 15. E major
    0:21
  32. 32.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 16. D minor
    0:38
  33. 33.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 17. C minor
    0:32
  34. 34.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 18. B-flat major
    0:53
  35. 35.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 19. D minor
    0:31
  36. 36.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 20. A major
    0:42
  37. 37.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 21. A minor
    0:44
  38. 38.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 22. B minor
    1:11
  39. 39.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 23. F major
    1:02
  40. 40.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 24. E-flat major
    0:45
  41. 41.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 25. Moderato. G major
    0:26
  42. 42.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 26. Allegretto. A minor
    0:20
  43. 43.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 27. Presto. C major
    0:12
  44. 44.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 28. Andante. C major
    0:28
  45. 45.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 29. Andantino. D major
    0:21
  46. 46.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 30. Alla marcia. E major
    0:24
  47. 47.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 31. Andante. E flat major
    0:23
  48. 48.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 32. Andantino. A major
    0:21
  49. 49.
    [33 Small Pieces]: No. 33. Moderato. D major
    1:04
  50. 50.
    [Allegro] in G minor
    0:43
  51. 51.
    Andante – Allegro molto in D major, JS 32
    6:25
  52. 52.
    Andante molto sostenuto in B minor, JS 37
    8:12

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