Jean Rondeau: Gradus Ad Parnassum

Klasyczna Muzyka Barokowa
premiera polska: 2023-03-03
kontynent: Europa
opakowanie: Digipackowe etui
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Editor's Info:
An intriguing new album by Warner Classics’ star harpsichordist featuring diverse composers: Palestrina, Fux, Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy…
Pushes beyond the boundaries of Jean’s favourite repertoire in the direction of Beethoven, guided along the way by two geniuses with considerable influence on his art: Johann Joseph Fux and Muzio Clementi
Both wrote fundamental works called Gradus ad Parnassum (literally “Ascent to Parnassus”), which are featured on this album. The first is a Viennese baroque work recommended to him by his master Joseph Haydn, the second an Italian classic which includes in its “Gradus” a series of piano studies (which are known to have affected Beethoven greatly), and the third “ad Parnassum” is Debussy’s famous “Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum” from Children's Corner.

BBC Music Magazine
Rondeau’s interpretations of this music suggest that for the likes of Haydn, Clementi, Beethoven and Debussy, harpsichord sonorities were very much in their mind’s ear. In particular, Rondeau’s imaginative transformations of canonical repertoire by Mozart personify the intimate alliance between instrument, text and act.

Gramophone Magazine - Critics' Choice 2023
the overriding lesson to be learnt is just what a flexible and expressive medium the harpsichord can be – perhaps more than any of us had realised before.

The New York Times
[a] quietly audacious album, a reflection on influence, transcription and re-creation.

muzycy:
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)

utwory:
Beethoven: Prelude in F minor WoO 55
Beethoven: Two Preludes, Op. 39: No. 2
Clementi: Gradus ad Parnassum, Op. 44 No. 14
Clementi: Gradus ad Parnassum, Op. 44: No. 45 in C Minor, Andante malinconico
Debussy: Docteur Gradus ad Parnassum (from Children's Corner)
Fux: Ciaconna in D major
Fux: Harpeggio
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Hob.XVI:46
Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K397
Palestrina: Ricercar del primo tuono
Palestrina: Ricercar Secondo Tono

wydano: 3rd Mar 2023
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