It took him fifty years to dare to record Chopin, whose music remains forever associated in his imagination with his childhood memories, lulled by the interpretations of his father - himself an amateur pianist.
While his complete Beethoven is still in progress, François-Frédéric Guy has just half-opened the doors of this "secret garden" with a sublime double disc dedicated to the Polish composer, just released by La Dolce Volta... A garden of which he found the key thanks to the loan of an
exceptional instrument: a very rare Pleyel from 1905.
LE FIGARO.
- Why did you choose a 1905 Pleyel to record your first Chopin record?
Francois-Frederic Guy.
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I often played Chopin for me on modern piano.
I was never fully satisfied with it.
His music calls for a clear sound, a fluidity in the virtuosity that you rarely have on a modern instrument, whose basses are often too fluffy.
And at the same time a rich and powerful palette that I can't find...
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