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Although this album was released in 2023, the music was all recorded in 2015 and 2016 in multiple locations (both sonically sharp), and there are even separate annotators for each piece or group of pieces. There is an unusually long list of encores at the end. The project has the flavor of cleaning out items from the storeroom, and at 50 minutes plus, it is a bit skimpy. This said, Ehnes is a marvelous violinist; there is never a weak spot in his playing, and individual numbers here are worth the listener's time. Primary among them is the title work by Karol Szymanowski, as Impressionist as the composer ever got, but no Debussy knock-off; both Prokofiev and Bartók admired this work, and it is a bit neglected. Each of its three tone poems depicts a Greek myth. It is filled with technical challenges, including quarter tones in the third movement, which Ehnes dispatches with his usual aplomb. The encores are quite a mixed bag, ranging from Tchaikovsky to a James Newton Howard piece composed for an all-encores project by Hilary Hahn; Ehnes' Flight of the Bumblebee is as crisply done as it has ever been, and there are some slightly disused works that will bring a smile, including the Sicilienne once attributed to Maria Theresia von Paradis and performed at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Nothing here is essential, with the possible exception of the title work, but Ehnes fans will find him in excellent form.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Karol Szymanowski, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
Karol Szymanowski, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
Karol Szymanowski, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist - Karel Szymanowski, Composer
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
George Frederick Handel, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
George Frederick Handel, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
George Frederick Handel, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
George Frederick Handel, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
James Newton Howard, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
Joseph Suk, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
Samuel Dushkin, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
Manuel Ponce, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
Percy Grainger, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist - Andrew Armstrong, MainArtist
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
Album review
Although this album was released in 2023, the music was all recorded in 2015 and 2016 in multiple locations (both sonically sharp), and there are even separate annotators for each piece or group of pieces. There is an unusually long list of encores at the end. The project has the flavor of cleaning out items from the storeroom, and at 50 minutes plus, it is a bit skimpy. This said, Ehnes is a marvelous violinist; there is never a weak spot in his playing, and individual numbers here are worth the listener's time. Primary among them is the title work by Karol Szymanowski, as Impressionist as the composer ever got, but no Debussy knock-off; both Prokofiev and Bartók admired this work, and it is a bit neglected. Each of its three tone poems depicts a Greek myth. It is filled with technical challenges, including quarter tones in the third movement, which Ehnes dispatches with his usual aplomb. The encores are quite a mixed bag, ranging from Tchaikovsky to a James Newton Howard piece composed for an all-encores project by Hilary Hahn; Ehnes' Flight of the Bumblebee is as crisply done as it has ever been, and there are some slightly disused works that will bring a smile, including the Sicilienne once attributed to Maria Theresia von Paradis and performed at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Nothing here is essential, with the possible exception of the title work, but Ehnes fans will find him in excellent form.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:46
- Main artists: James Ehnes Andrew Armstrong
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Onyx Classics
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
(C) 2023 ONYX Classics Ltd (P) 2023 James Ehnes
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