Composer: Nimrod Borenstein
Performer: Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Nimrod Borenstein
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Somm
Catalogue: SOMMCD281
Release: 2023
Size: 2.23 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 91
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegro
04. Light and Darkness, Op. 80
Shirim, Op. 94
05. No. 1, Lune et nuages
06. No. 2, Un hérisson perdu
07. No. 3, Souvenirs de Mendelssohn
08. No. 4, Jeux dans le jardin
09. No. 5, Un moment de sérénité
10. No. 6, Les flaqus d’eau
11. No. 7, Gouttes de temps
12. No. 8, Pas sérieux
13. No. 9, Esquisse mélancolique
14. No. 10, Golem
15. No. 11, Une petite histoire
16. No. 12, Promenade sous la lune
17. No. 13, La forêt
18. No. 14, Une histoire d’amour
19. No. 15, Automne
20. No. 16, La nuit
21. No. 17, Barcarolle
22. No. 18, Dernières minutes dans le jardin féerique
SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce the label debut of composer-conductor Nimrod Borenstein with first recordings of three works showcasing the piano in separate guises: his Piano Concerto, piano quintet Light and Darkness, and Shirim for solo piano. Borenstein himself conducts pianist Clelia Iruzun and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in his Piano Concerto, while Iruzun is joined by I Musicanti on Light and Darkness, and is the soloist for Shirim. For Borenstein, who also provides booklet notes, the disc is a dual celebration: ‘of the piano, an instrument I love’, and of ‘musical friendship’, recognising his long creative partnership with Iruzun. The three-movement Piano Concerto – his Op.91 and first for the instrument, building on discoveries from his continuing series of Chopininfluenced solo etudes – was composed for Iruzun and premiered in Brazil in July 2022. It reflects Borenstein’s concept of ‘the concerto as an heroic form’, a notion informing its ‘very fast, virtuosic and full of energy’ finale. 2021’s Shirim (Op.94) takes its title from the Hebrew word for ‘poems’ or ‘songs’. Cast in 18 variegated miniatures, ‘each being a world in themselves’, they are, says Borenstein tributing Mendelssohn, ‘my own songs without words’. Light and Darkness (2018, Op.80), ‘begins and ends with pure light, but is full of melancholy, and contains sections of great despair’.