Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)

[Mandryka]

Who's made a good recording of the Op 64 sonatinas? Is this peak Sibelius piano music!

[richardfinegold]

Who's made a good recording of the Op 64 sonatinas? Is this peak Sibelius piano music!

The peak of a very small hill. Sibelius dishes of a few ditties for the piano to pay off his debts. He didn’t share his genius with the keyboard

[boesendorfer]

The peak of a very small hill. Sibelius dishes of a few ditties for the piano to pay off his debts. He didn’t share his genius with the keyboard

I don't disagree about the great bulk of Sibelius piano music, but I've always found the Sonatinas absolutely hypnotic, and quite difficult to get just right.

[richardfinegold]

I don't disagree about the great bulk of Sibelius piano music, but I've always found the Sonatinas absolutely hypnotic, and quite difficult to get just right.

Well it’s been a while since I’ve heard any of. I have a spot of insomnia now in Paris with some jet lag and listening to Sibelius piano music might just be the cure!

[richardfinegold]

Edit-
well unfortunately it wasn’t a cure for insomnia. I can see how one might develop some affection for these pieces if you have played through them. The other value is that they reminded me a bit of the 3rd Symphony which is supposedly neo Mozartian, an analysis that I never concurred with previously. Still, I don’t think that these will be regular listening fare for me