Dynastie: Bach Concertos
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THE BACH FAMILY
Dynastie: Bach Concertos
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord) with Sophie Gent, Louis Creac'h (violin) Fanny Paccoud (viola) Antoine Touche (cello) Thomas de Pierrefeu (contrabass) etc
[ Erato / Warner Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 16 March 2017
"…Rondeau is one of the most natural performers one is likely to hear on a classical music stage these days. Affectation and ostentation are not part of his makeup and, once seated at the instrument, he and the harpsichord become one." The Washington Post
Rondeau has described JS Bach, who has been part of his life since his childhood, as "daunting like a mighty mountain", but at the same time feels that "his music is so full of humility, so generous, that we have the right and the duty to play it, to share it, and to take the hand that he extends to us."
"While Rondeau does indeed take a very relaxed approach to pulse and metre at points, the effect comes over more as charming and human, along with carrying a sense of absolute connection and improvisatory ease with his harpsichord akin to that of a jazz pianist...All in all, a recording to savour." (Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2017)
"Jean Rondeau is a firecracker harpsichordist - phrasing, rhythms, ornamentation delivered with panache and intelligence. JS Bach's D minor Concerto has rarely sounded so urgent, while Rondeau delights in the impishness of JS's son CPE's own D minor Concerto. The orchestral playing is vibrant." BBC Music Award Finalist 2018 - Concerto
Tracks:
Bach, C P E:
Keyboard Concerto in D minor, Wq. 23 (H427)
Bach, J S:
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV1056
Bach, W F:
Harpsichord Concerto in F minor
Sonata in G major Falck 7: Lamento
