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I am glad you like them.
No point in gilding the lily with Sibelius - he produced a lot of incredibly boring piano trifles. Apparently it paid the bills, if little else. But some of his cycles like this and the Op.75 set rise way above that level, and are true gems in the best Scandinavian tradition of nostalgic, song-inspired character pieces.
The Kyylikki (spelling... ?) are also good, and next on my Sibelius list. Glenn Gould used to play these - of all people.
_________________ I don't know whether I like it, but it's what I meant. -- Ralph Vaughan Williams, on his 4th Symphony Chris Breemer
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