Composer
Sibelius
2albums in the catalogue
1loose cut
1979–2026years covered
3jazz artists
Valse triste began as theatre music for a scene in Arvid Järnefelt’s Kuolema in which a woman rises from her deathbed to dance with spectral partners. That unease between ballroom grace and approaching death gives jazz musicians more than a pretty waltz to swing, while Sibelius’s clipped motifs and dark pedal points offer other ways into his music.
Appears on these albums
Records where Sibelius shares the programme with other composers.
Appears on these Loose Cuts
1 cut from 1 record – singles, and extracts from records that only sprinkled in a few classical tunes.
