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Gradus Ad Parnassum
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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...
Gradus Ad Parnassum
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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...
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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.
Contents and tracklist
- Transcr. Rondeau
- Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
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- Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
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- Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
- Transcr. Rondeau
- Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
- Transcr. Rondeau
- Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)
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Jean Rondeau on Gradus ad Parnassum
16th Mar 2023
The French harpsichordist discusses his new album on Erato, which takes its title from a 1725 treatise on counterpoint by Johann Joseph Fux and includes music by Palestrina, Haydn, Beethoven and even Debussy...
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMay 2023Editor's Choice
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Gramophone MagazineCritics' Choice 2023
May 2023
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.
May 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 27th April 2023
[a] quietly audacious album, a reflection on influence, transcription and re-creation.
