| Five Pieces | |
| Subtitle: | The Flowers |
| Type: | Piano solos |
| Image Upright: | .9 |
| Border: | Yes |
| Opus: | 85 |
| Composed: | –1917 |
| Publisher: | piecemeal by two firms |
| Duration: | 10 mins |
The Five Pieces (in French: German: Cinq Morceaux), 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.
The Daisy (in French: French: Bellis; in Finnish: Finnish: Kaunokki) was published in 1921 by the London-based firm of . Marked PrestoAllegretto, it has a duration of about 1.5 minutes.
The Carnation (in French: French: Œillet; in Finnish: Finnish: Neilikka) was also published in 1921 by Augener. Marked Con moto, it has a duration of about 1.5 minutes.
The Iris (in French: French: Iris; in Finnish: Finnish: Iiris) was published in 1921 by London's . Marked , it has a duration of about three minutes.
The Columbine (in French: French: Aquileja; in Finnish: Finnish: Akileija) was also published in 1921 by Chester. Marked Allegretto, it has a duration of about 1.75 minutes.
The Campanula (in French: French: Campanula; in Finnish Finnish: Kellokukka) was also published in 1921 by Chester. Marked Andantino, it has a duration of about 2.25 minutes.
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:
| Pianist | Runtimes | Recording venue | Label | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope="col" | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2:55 | 2:00 | 2:00 | 1971 | Toshiba + EMI | ||||||||
| 2 | 1:19 | 1:34 | 2:57 | 1:46 | 2:12 | 10:09 | 1983 | Studio BIS, Djursholm | BIS | ||||
| 3 | 1:28 | 2:03 | 3:01 | 1:57 | 2:08 | 10:37 | 1992 | Finlandia | |||||
| 4 | 1:25 | 2:06 | 3:28 | 1:42 | 2:21 | 11:02 | 1994 | St George's Church, Brandon Hill | Olympia | ||||
| 5 | 1:15 | 1:45 | 3:05 | 1:52 | 2:08 | 10:05 | 1994 | Ainola | Canyon Classics | ||||
| 6 | 1:28 | 1:32 | 2:24 | 1:46 | 2:18 | 9:28 | 1995 | Naxos | |||||
| 7 | 1:26 | 1:54 | 3:06 | 2:08 | 2:14 | 10:48 | 1997 | YLE M2 Studio, Helsinki | Finlandia | ||||
| 8 | 1:18 | 2:12 | 3:36 | 1:52 | 2:15 | 11:20 | 1999 | New Broadcasting House, Manchester | Chandos | ||||
| 9 | 1:15 | 1:34 | 3:27 | 1:49 | 2:16 | 10:21 | 2000 | St Martin's Church, East Woodhay | Naxos | ||||
| 10 | 2007 | Exton | |||||||||||
| 11 | 2008 | Nya Paviljongen | |||||||||||
| 12 | (1) | 1:19 | 1:47 | 3:34 | 2:11 | 2:08 | 11:14 | 2009 | Oct. 20-24, 2008 | Mar. 17-20 & May 6-9 & June 4-6 & 16-18, 2009--> | BIS | ||
| 13 | (2) | 1:19 | 1:43 | 3:11 | 2:13 | 2:15 | 10:55 | 2014 | Ainola | BIS | |||
| 14 | 1:15 | 1:54 | 3:22 | 1:36 | 2:37 | 10:44 | 2014 | Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building | Quartz | ||||
| 15 | 1:15 | 1:34 | 3:19 | 1:37 | 2:23 | 10:08 | 2015 | [{{em|Unknown}}], Helsinki | Sony Classical |
sv:Fabian Dahlström
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