Ireland: Piano Works Vol 3 / John Lenehan

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Release Date: 07/29/2008
Label: Naxos Catalog #: 8570461 Spars Code: n/a
Composer: John Ireland
Performer: John Lenehan

Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 1 Hours 13 Mins.

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Notes & Reviews	Back to Top

2008 brings us the long-anticipated sequel to 1999's second volume in Naxos' John Ireland piano music cycle. Since he began this project in 1995, pianist John Lenehan has grown more responsive to Ireland's impressionistic yet skillfully contrapuntal idiom, noticeably expanding his palette of nuances, colors, and articulations. Note, for example, how he focuses on On A Birthday Morning's emphatic melodic lilt and treats the thick chordal accompaniment as smooth, supportive padding. The Debussy-like passages throughout The Almond Trees and Amberly Wild Brooks (the second of the Two Pieces) are firmly etched and defined yet never at the expense of the long line, and that also applies to Lenehan's thoughtful animation of Equinox's swirling textures. As for the Piano Sonata, I waver between Lenehan and Eric Parkin. I admire Lenehan's ardent sweep and more generous pedaling in the outer movement's climaxes, yet gravitate toward Parkin's more luminous lyricism and superior legato touch in the slow movement. But that's splitting hairs. Besides, you can't disparage Naxos' price tag and first-class engineering, along with Lenehan's committed artistry. In all, a lovely release, warmly recommended. --Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com


Works on This Recording			Back to Top

1.	Greenways by John Ireland
	Performer: John Lenehan (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: England	Length: 23 Minutes 27 Secs.


2.	Sonata for Piano in E minor by John Ireland
	Performer: John Lenehan (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1918-1920; England	Length: 9 Minutes 45 Secs.


3.	Almond Tree by John Ireland
	Performer: John Lenehan (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1913; England	Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs.


4.	On a Birthday Morning by John Ireland
	Performer: John Lenehan (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1922; England	Length: 1 Minutes 56 Secs.


5.	Soliloquy by John Ireland
	Performer: John Lenehan (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1922; England	Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.


6.	Preludes (4) for Piano by John Ireland
	Performer: John Lenehan (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1913-1915; England	Length: 10 Minutes 16 Secs.


7.	Pieces (2) for Piano by John Ireland
	Performer: John Lenehan (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1895; England	Length: 7 Minutes 10 Secs.


8.	Equinox by John Ireland
	Performer: John Lenehan (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: England	Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.


9.	Ballade of London Nights by John Ireland
	Performer: John Lenehan (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: circa 1930; England	Length: 7 Minutes 6 Secs.


10.	We'll to the woods no more: Spring will not wait by John Ireland
	Performer: John Lenehan (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1926-1927; England	Length: 2 Minutes 18 Secs.


Sound Samples				Back to Top

Piano Sonata I. Allegro moderato
Piano Sonata II. Non troppo lento
Piano Sonata III. Con moto moderato
Soliloquy
Preludes No. 1. The Undertone
Preludes No. 2. Obsession
Preludes No. 3. The Holy Boy
Preludes No. 4. Fire of Spring
The Almond Tree
On a Birthday Morning
Green Ways I. The Cherry Tree
Green Ways II. Cypress
Green Ways III. The Palm and May
For Remembrance
Amberley Wild Brooks
Equinox
We'll to the Woods No More: III. Spring will not wait
The Ballade of London Nights

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