Ibert: Orchestral Works / Jarvi, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
April 29, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      IBERT, JACQUES
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
    • PERFORMER
      Jarvi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 29, 2016
    • UPC
      095115516829
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHSA 5168
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Film And TV Music
    Works ⌄

    1. Rome - Palerme

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    2. Tunis - Nefta

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    3. Valencia

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    4. Don Quichotte: Sarabande pour Dulcinée

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    5. Ouverture de fête

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    6. Féerique

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    7. No. 1. Introduction

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    8. No. 2. Cortège

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    9. No. 3. Nocturne

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    10. No. 4. Valse

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    11. No. 5. Parade

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    12. No. 6. Finale

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    13. Hommage à Mozart

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    14. I. Le Métro

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    15. II. Faubourgs

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    16. III. La Mosquée de Paris

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    17. IV. Restaurant au Bois de Boulogne

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    18. V. Le Paquebot Île-de-France

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    19. VI. Parade Foraine

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi

    20. Bacchanale

      Composer: Jacques Ibert

      Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

      Conductor: Neeme Järvi




This fourth album from Neeme Jarvi and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande explores the music of Jacques Ibert. Although Ibert’s work is starkly contrasting from piece to piece, all of his compositions show his deftness with their strong melodic lines and vigorous ostinato patterns. These recordings were taken in Geneva’s Victoria Hall, and the outstanding acoustics are easily heard on this recording.

Review:

Järvi gives us a darker Divertissement than usual. The humor is mordant rather than breezy, the tone at times acerbic. But the shimmering Nocturne, with its poised piano solo, transports us into a sensual world more fully explored in Escales…, and the latter gets one of its finest performances on disc, superbly nuanced, and quite exquisitely played.

It’s the rest of the CD, though, that makes it special. The Suite symphonique, ‘Paris’ swerves garishly between the mechanism of Pacific 231 and the classiest of foxtrots and waltzes. The sad, haunting Sarabande pour Dulcinée comes from the soundtrack for George Pabst’s 1933 film Don Quichotte. Ibert was also a master of the pièce d’occasion, and Järvi includes the riotous Bacchanale and the grandiose Ouverture de fête.

Ibert emerges from it all as a fine composer, whose unity lies in his almost impudent diversity, and who is often far from frivolous as some have maintained. And the disc allows Järvi to show off his Swiss orchestra to perfection. Very fine.

– Gramophone