Jean Sibelius: 6 Impromptus, Op. 5 (Gimse) 

no 6 has such a heart-wrenching melancholy to it

00:00 Impromptu No. 1 in G Minor 02:16 Impromptu No. 2 in G Minor 03:56 Impromptu No. 3 in A Minor 06:11 Impromptu No. 4 in E Minor 08:26 Impromptu No. 5 in B Minor 11:31 Impromptu No. 6 in E Major Thank you for the scrolling. =D

No 6, the E Major, is so right for that special moment alone with some illegal substance to smoke.

Beautiful music does not need to be complicated!

No.1 feels like finally accepting and coming to peace with something terrible that happened to you.

No.5, No.6 💜

I just listened to impromptu in b minor for years and now I find out there is a number *4* in E minor too? I love life.

All beautiful. Thank you for posting

Thank you... is wonderfull!!1

No. 5 in B minor is my favorite!!

Thank you for posting this. So helpful.

What a beautiful interpretation

No. 5 is the most beautiful! And No 6. reminds me of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata!

No.5 for me!

Beautiful, thanks very much for uploading. One thing though, the second chord of bar 27 seems wrongly notated. I'd say it's just another DADF#? Instead of the DAD#F we see here. So the second chord of the penultimate bar before the theme.

Well played, nice dynamics! The third is in my taste a bit too fast, a "march on the double", perhaps? I think it would be even more majestic slower, losing the sense of being in a hurry especially in the last section with the arpeggiated chords in the left hand. Number five is a true gem among these otherwise quite rustic pieces, showing suddenly a more virtuoso bubbling, effervescent style. I won't complain about the last one either, it being remarkably slow, but opening a quite new sensation to the singing melody compared to faster interpretations. The only "complaint" I've got is regarding the fermatas throughout the pieces; I'd like to take the time to hear the silence at those moments!

Of course the last two desrve all the praise, but I also really like the flavor of alternating natural and raised sevenths in the first one.

All seem to be connected with one theme?

Es como si fuera la banda sonora de "Los cantos de Hyperion"

6:11 11:31

Big Grieg vibes

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I have recently recorded Op. 5 No. 6: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LXcNkExFUmc.html I do like Gimse's version a lot, although I play it quite faster.