| Piano Trio in C major | |
|---|---|
| Lovisa | |
| by Jean Sibelius | |
 The composer in 1889 | |
| Catalogue | JS 208 |
| Composed | 1888 (1888) |
| Publisher | Fazer [fi] (1991) |
| Duration | 16 mins. |
| Movements | 3 |
The Piano Trio in C major, Lovisa, JS 208, is a three-movement chamber piece for violin, cello, and piano written in the summer of 1888 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The trio derives its nickname from Lovisa (in Finnish: Loviisa), the municipality in which the composer's aunt (and, before her death, his paternal grandmother) lived; Sibelius summered there in 1888.
Structure
The C major trio is in three movements, as follows:
- Allegro
- Andante
- Lento – Allegro con brio
The Lovisa Trio was published posthumously in 1991 by Fazer Music [fi].
Discography
The Finnish musicians Jaakko Ilves [fi] (violin), Risto Poutanen [fi] (cello), and Ilmo Ranta [fi] (piano)—the Tapiola Trio—made the world premiere studio recording of the Lovisa Trio in 1988 for Finlandia. The table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:
| No. | Violin | Cello | Piano | Runtime | Rec. | Recording venue | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaakko Ilves [fi] | Risto Poutanen [fi] | Ilmo Ranta [fi] | 16:00 | 1988 | Roihuvuoren kirkko [fi] | Finlandia | |
| 2 | Yoshiko Arai [fi] | Seppo Kimanen [fi] | Juhani Lagerspetz | 15:40 | 1995 | Järvenpää Hall [fi] | Ondine | |
| 3 | Janne Tateno | Erkki Rautio [fi] | Izumi Tateno | 16:44 | 1995 | Ainola | Canyon Classics | |
| 4 | Jaakko Kuusisto | Marko Yltinen | Folke Gräsbeck [fi] | 15:47 | 2002 | Danderyds gymnasium [sv] | BIS | |
| 5 | Petteri Iivonen | Samuli Peltonen | Juho Pohjonen [fi] | 13:21 | 2016 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts | Yarlung |
Notes, references, and sources
- Notes
- All runtimes are official, as printed on CD or LP liner notes.
- 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.
- Tapiola Trio–Finlandia (FACD 375) 1989
- Arai, Kimanen, Lagerspetz–Ondine (ODE 850–2) 1995
- Tateno, Ratio, Tateno–Canyon Classics (PCCL–00328) 1996
- Kuusisto, Yltinen, Gräsbeck–BIS (CD–1292) 2004
- Sibelius Piano Trio–Yarlung (YAR54763) 2016
- References
- ^ Dahlström 2003, p. 637.
- Dahlström 2003, pp. 636–637.
- Dahlström 2003, p. 636.
- Barnett 2007, pp. 43–44.
- Sources
- Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11159-0.
- Dahlström, Fabian (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.
