Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nimrod Borenstein – Nimrod Borenstein: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 91, Light and Darkness, Op. 80 & Shirim, Op. 94 (2023) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nimrod Borenstein - Nimrod Borenstein: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 91, Light and Darkness, Op. 80 & Shirim, Op. 94 (2023) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz] Download

Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nimrod Borenstein – Nimrod Borenstein: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 91, Light and Darkness, Op. 80 & Shirim, Op. 94 (2023)
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SOMM RECORDINGS is pleased to announce the label debut of composer and conductor Nimrod Borenstein with premiere recordings of three works centering on the piano in various forms: his Piano Concerto, the Piano Quintet Light and Darkness, and Shirim for solo piano.Borenstein himself conducts pianist Clélia Iruzun and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in his Piano Concerto, while Iruzun is accompanied by I Musicanti in Light and Darkness and is the soloist in Shirim.

For Borenstein, who also contributes the booklet notes, the CD is a double celebration: “the piano, an instrument I love,” and the “musical friendship,” honoring his long creative partnership with Iruzun

The three-movement Piano Concerto – his Op. 91 and the first for the instrument, building on discoveries from his ongoing series of Chopin-influenced solo etudes – was composed for Iruzun and premiered in Brazil in July 2022. It reflects Borenstein’s “concept of the concerto as a heroic form,” an idea that informs the “very fast, virtuosic and energetic” finale

The title of 2021 Shirim (op. 94) derives from the Hebrew word for “poems” or “songs.” Cast in 18 colorful miniatures, “each a world unto itself,” they are, says Borenstein in reference to 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.”

Tracklist:

1. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 91: I. Moderato (09:34)
2. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 91: II. Adagio (08:37)
3. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 91: III. Allegro (09:07)
4. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Light and Darkness, Op. 80 (10:02)
5. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 1, Lune et nuages (02:05)
6. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 2, Un hérisson perdu (01:26)
7. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 3, Souvenirs de Mendelssohn (02:55)
8. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 4, Jeux dans le jardin (01:22)
9. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 5, Un moment de sérénité (02:35)
10. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 6, Les flaqus d’eau (01:16)
11. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 7, Gouttes de temps (03:05)
12. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 8, Pas sérieux (01:01)
13. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 9, Esquisse mélancolique (01:51)
14. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 10, Golem (01:20)
15. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 11, Une petite histoire (01:50)
16. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 12, Promenade sous la lune (01:44)
17. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 13, La forêt (02:32)
18. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 14, Une histoire d’amour (01:30)
19. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 15, Automne (01:29)
20. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 16, La nuit (01:58)
21. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 17, Barcarolle (01:58)
22. Clélia Iruzun, I Musicanti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Nimrod Borenstein – Borenstein: Shirim, Op. 94: No. 18, Dernières minutes dans le jardin féerique (01:29)