{"product_id":"ibert-orchestral-works","title":"Ibert: Orchestral Works","description":"\u003cimg src=\"\/graphics\/features\/gramophone_choice.jpg\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  This fourth album from  \u003cb\u003eNeeme Jarvi\u003c\/b\u003e and the  \u003cb\u003eOrchestre de la Suisse Romande\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  Review:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  – Gramophone","brand":"Chandos","offers":[{"title":"SACD","offer_id":49704227111192,"sku":"095115516829","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3341028_fc99efd9-be78-4e30-961c-78f165b2e50e.jpg?v=1777819324","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/ibert-orchestral-works","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}