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Jean Rondeau, Bach, with honors

2022-01-14T05:23:51.275Z


PORTRAIT – On his harpsichord, the musician once again delivered his work. The Goldberg Variations that he has just recorded mark a first summit in the career of this thirty-something who succeeded in everything.


The cover photo of his recording of the

Goldberg Variations

, which the Erato label is about to publish, shows the harpsichordist in a light sfumato, eyes closed, hair and beard less wild than usual.

The career of Jean Rondeau - magnificently introduced to the record with this

Bach, Imagine

in 2015 which had confirmed all the hopes placed in him since a famous first prize received in Bruges in 2012 - would he take a new turn with the conquest of this summit of the repertoire - Bach, always him - and almost obligatory passage of all keyboardists since Glenn Gould?

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Not sure that the harpsichordist puts so much pressure on himself, he who learned so much from Blandine Verlet, master and inspiration in love with freedom and silence:

“We can defend less visited repertoires as I have just done with “Melancholy Grace” and go to known and much played works”

, advances the musician who answers us from the tip of Brittany where he recently settled…

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