Ravel: Piano Concertos; Falla: Nights In The Gardens Of Spain

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Ravel: Piano Concertos; Falla: Nights in the Gardens of SpainOpis:Product DescriptionSteven Osbornes solo Ravel for Hyperion has invited comparisons with the distinguished interpretations of the past; this new recording of the concertos is certain to win similar plaudits. The Falla is a generous and appropriate coupling, perfectly complementing these wonderful works.

ReviewHe elicits spine- tingling shadings of colour as the movement progresses, while the left hand sounds almost like a harp at times. Minor caveats aside, these are strong performances of a programme that bears repeated listening. --BBC Music Magazine, May'17... I admire Falla s craftsmanship, individuality and ability here to paint nocturnal and scented pictures. This performance is atmospheric and suggestive, Osborne and Morlot (Nights is more for orchestra with piano) conjuring an intoxicating impressionism that finds, for me, more in this three-movement score than hitherto, especially the outer ones the second always makes an immediate appeal and further recognition that this is an outstanding release in every way. /// I would go so far as to suggest that this is the finest modern recording of both concertos- and a rival to any predecessor. Osborne and Morlot catch a much more vivid and nicely drawn Iberian feel to the music. This is one to have. /// --Classical Source,June'17/// International Piano, Sept/Oct'17... he elicits spine-tingling shadings of colour as the movement progresses, while the left hand sounds almost like a harp at times, these are strong performances of a programme that bears repeated listening. /// ... I admire Falla's craftsmanship, individuality and ability here to paint nocturnal and scented pictures. This performance is atmospheric and suggestive, Osborne and Morlot (Nights is more for orchestra with piano) conjuring an intoxicating impressionism that finds, for me, more in this three-movement score than hitherto, especially the outer ones the second always makes an immediate appeal and further recognition that this is an outstanding release in every way./// When it's hot enough to spend nights in the gardens of Sidcup, you know it s time to whack Manuel de Falla's wonderfully steamy Nights in the Gardens of Spain on the turntable again. Right on cue comes a thrilling new recording of this piano-concerto-in-all-but-name from Steven Osborne and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the suave baton of the French conductor Ludovic Morlot. What I've always loved about Falla's masterpiece is its slightly askew subtlety. Yes, you can imagine the strumming of a thousand guitars under cloudless night skies, or the stamp of distant dances but the way that Falla suggests that without going into full-blown fiesta-and-siesta mode, and his way of continuously developing the music so it sounds like an improvisation, is what makes the piece so compelling. Osborne and the orchestra imbue it with fabulous drama, especially in the rambunctious third movement. My one quibble is the recording quality: a little closely miked, when a greater spaciousness might have been more atmospheric. Falla was a friend of Ravel; both belonged to the early 20th-century Paris set intent on liberating music from what they saw as stifling Germanic forms and harmonies. So it makes sense for Falla's Nights to be sandwiched here between Ravel's two Piano Concertos, even if the latter date from more than a decade later, after Europe had been shattered by the First World War and Ravel s own musical language had been much infiltrated by the harmonies of the jazz age. Broadly speaking, these performers make the great Left Hand Concerto in D seem like a traumatic postlude to the war and the much jollier Piano Concerto in G sound like the purest escapism from it. That makes sense. Ravel wrote the Left Hand Concerto for Paul Wittgenstein, whose right arm had been amputated after he was shot in the war, so the shadow of the conflict was woven into the piece from the outset. And these performers certainly turn the ominous central marAutor:Steven Osborne; Ludovic Morlot: BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: English: Original Language; EnglishData wydania: 2017-06-01Waga: 0.14 gramWysokość: 0.4 cmSzerokość: 4.9 cmDługość: 5.6 cmNew Store StockUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.