{"id":7117,"date":"2023-05-25T11:36:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T10:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=7117"},"modified":"2023-05-25T11:36:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T10:36:15","slug":"cds-may-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=7117","title":{"rendered":"CDs May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCRIABIN RECITAL<\/span>
\nYOOJUNG KIM, piano<\/span>
\nBRIDGE 9578 69\u201904<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0A lovely release of fine performances of this often intense but deeply satisfying music which deserves to be so much better known. Much of the music is on the grand scale but there are also more intimate movements including the first of the Deux poems, Op 32<\/em>. Alongside further Poemes<\/em> and Morceaus<\/em> are Sonatas 2, 3 & 4<\/em>. The CD is bookended by the adventurous Fantaisie in B minor<\/em> and Vers la flamme.<\/em><\/p>\n

WILLIAM BLAND \u2013 PIANO SONATAS VOL 2<\/span>
\nKEVIN GORMAN, piano<\/span>
\nBRIDGE 9580 71\u201900<\/span><\/p>\n

Wiliam Bland draws on a variety of influences including classical, romantic and more popular styles, demonstrated here with the Nouveau Rag<\/em>. Two piano sonatas (9 & 10)<\/em> make up the bulk of this CD of Kevi Gorman\u2019s excellent performances, all of which is very absorbing.<\/p>\n

JOHN CORIGLIANO \u2013 COMPLETE SOLO PIANO MUSIC<\/span>
\nPHILIP EDWARD FISHER, piano<\/span>
\nALBANY SYMPHONY, DAVID ALAN MILLER, conductor<\/span>
\nNAXOS 8.559930 1\u2019\u201921\u201904<\/span><\/p>\n

Another very welcome release in the American Classics strand, here is music from another composer I did not know. Despite the title, this CD of fine performances of wonderful music begins with Corigliano\u2019s Concerto for piano and orchestra<\/em>. Three extended works follow \u2013 Fantasia on an Ostinato, Etude Fantasy<\/em> (including a Left Hand movement) and the brilliantly titled, Winging It!<\/em>. This last piece displays some lovely contrasts between movements, as does the inclusion of the short, reflective Prelude for Paul<\/em>, the newest work here (2021).<\/p>\n

SCRIABIN \u2013 VISIONARY & POET<\/span>
\nDANIELA ROMA, piano<\/span>
\nDYNAMIC CDS7984 64\u201910<\/span><\/p>\n

There seems to be a current resurgence of interest in the music of Scriabin, now being recognised as a musician ahead of his time. Open to all sorts of influences and with virtuosic talent and seemingly limitless imagination his music transports the listener to other realms. His spiritual influences and convictions are poured into this music. It certainly deserves to be more widely performed and experienced. Preludes, Etudes<\/em> and Impromptus<\/em> sit here alongside the Allegro de Concert<\/em> and the CD opens with the wide-ranging Fantasy Op 28 in B minor.<\/em><\/p>\n

LIGETI \u2013 ETUDES & CAPRICCIOS<\/span>
\nHAN CHEN, piano<\/span>
\nNAXOS 8.574397 62\u201927<\/span><\/p>\n

Another visionary composer is showcased here with sensitive and meticulous performances by Han Chen. Three books of Etudes<\/em>, spanning just over 15 years, make up the bulk of this recording with two short Capriccios<\/em> in amongst them. Much of this is music that is rarely heard. Some of the Etudes<\/em> remind me of the studies for player piano by Nancarrow, here, of course, not reproduced by a mechanism but played by a virtuoso!<\/p>\n

MESSIAEN \u2013 VINGTS REGARDS SUR L\u2019ENFANT-JESUS<\/span>
\nKRISTOFFER HYLDIG, piano<\/span>
\nOUR Recordings 6.220677-78 (2CDs) 61\u201929 & 76\u201942<\/span><\/p>\n

A beautifully presented edition of fine performances of this substantial deeply spiritual work.<\/p>\n

LOUISE FARRENC \u2013 SYMPHONIES 1-3; OVERTURES IN E minor & Eb<\/span>
\nINSULA ORCHESTRA, LAURENCE EQUILBEY, conductor<\/span>
\nERATO 5054197522109 (2CDs) 113\u201930<\/span><\/p>\n

The music of this 19th<\/sup> Century composer continues to be uncovered and more widely known as we continue to improve our recognition of the substantial body of work by women composers which has been ignored for so long. It is good to have Louise Farrenc\u2019s 3 Symphonies<\/em> collected together, together with the two Overtures<\/em>, in these recent excellent recordings.<\/p>\n

NIKOS SKALKOTTAS \u2013 VIOLIN CONCERTO; CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA & WIND ORCHESTRA<\/span>
\nGEORGE ZACHARIAS, violin<\/span>
\nALEXANDER KOUSTAS, viola<\/span>
\nLONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, MARTYN BRABBINS, conductor<\/span>
\nBIS 2554 57\u201957<\/span><\/p>\n

During his short life the Greek composer, who had studied with Schonberg, wrote some arresting music. These two works, dating from the late 1930s are good examples of his inventive and characterful writing. The second work here particularly shows evidence of some lighter jazz-infused influences, fused with the prevailing more angular constructions of the then current art music trends. A lovely production.<\/p>\n

PAUL CHESNOKOV \u2013 SACRED CHORAL MUSIC<\/span>
\nST JOHN\u2019S VOICES & SOLOISTS<\/span>
\nCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY CHAMBER CHOIR, GRAHAM WALKER, conductor<\/span>
\nNAXOS 8.574496 65\u201942<\/span><\/p>\n

This welcome CD of new recordings made in Cambridge of music by this prolific composer of \u00a0Russian Romantic liturgical music includes one of two of the composer\u2019s settings of the All-Night Vigil (Op 44)<\/em>. Included with other shorter works is a version of the Cherubic Hymn ( Op 7 No 1)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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