The Five Pieces (in French: ), Op. 85, is a collection of compositions for piano written from 1916 to 1917 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The Five Pieces, however, is more commonly referred to by its informal nickname The Flowers due to the fact that the descriptive titles of the five pieces share a thematic link.
Structure and music No. 1: The Daisy The Daisy (in French: ; in Finnish: ) was published in 1921 by the London-based firm of . Marked PrestoAllegretto, it has a duration of about 1.5 minutes.
No. 2: The Carnation The Carnation (in French: ; in Finnish: ) was also published in 1921 by Augener. Marked Con moto, it has a duration of about 1.5 minutes.
No. 3: The Iris The Iris (in French: ; in Finnish: ) was published in 1921 by London's . Marked , it has a duration of about three minutes.
No. 4: The Columbine The Columbine (in French: ; in Finnish: ) was also published in 1921 by Chester. Marked Allegretto, it has a duration of about 1.75 minutes.
No. 5: The Campanula The Campanula (in French: ; in Finnish ) was also published in 1921 by Chester. Marked Andantino, it has a duration of about 2.25 minutes.
Reception
Discography The Japanese pianist Izumi Tateno made the world premiere studio recording of the Op. 85 Five Pieces in 1971, albeit across two labels: Toshiba Records (TA 60103) released The Daisy and The Carnation (Nos. 1–2), while EMI () released The Iris, The Columbine, and The Campanula (Nos. 3–5). The sortable table below lists, in addition to the aforementioned Tateno traversal, other commercially available recordings of The Flowers, as a whole:
PianistRuntimesRecording venueLabelscope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" 12:552:002:001971Toshiba + EMI21:191:342:571:462:1210:091983Studio BIS, DjursholmBIS31:282:033:011:572:0810:371992Finlandia41:252:063:281:422:2111:021994St George's Church, Brandon HillOlympia51:151:453:051:522:0810:051994AinolaCanyon Classics61:281:322:241:462:189:281995Naxos71:261:543:062:082:1410:481997YLE M2 Studio, HelsinkiFinlandia81:182:123:361:522:1511:201999New Broadcasting House, ManchesterChandos91:151:343:271:492:1610:212000St Martin's Church, East WoodhayNaxos102007Exton112008Nya Paviljongen12 (1)1:191:473:342:112:0811:142009BIS13 (2)1:191:433:112:132:1510:552014AinolaBIS141:151:543:221:362:3710:442014Jacqueline Du Pré Music BuildingQuartz151:151:343:191:372:2310:082015[], HelsinkiSony Classical
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