Maurice Steger thrills with his virtuosic wizardry

Por Nahoko Gotoh, 06 julio 2017

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“Steger could dazzle with his virtuosity, but he could equally seduce with his pure, singing tone”

Crítica hecha desde Wigmore Hall, Londres el 3 julio 2017

Fontana, Sonata Seconda

Falconieri, Il melo

Falconieri, Il Spiritillo

Falconieri, La suave melodia

Storace, Ciaccona

Corelli, Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.5 no.8 (Arranged for recorder)

Castrucci, Sonata for recorder and continuo

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K213

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in D major, K119

Sammartini, Sonata in G major, for recorder and basso continuo, Op.2 no.4

Vivaldi, Concerto for recorder, oboe and violin in D major, RV 95 "La pastorella” (Cantabile movement only)

Maurice Steger, Flauta dulce

Jean Rondeau, Clave

Dances without movement: Couperin reconsidered by Jean Rondeau

Mengguang Huang, 31st January

Jean Rondeau’s anniversary tribute to Louis Couperin reveals a refined but inward-looking aesthetic – beautifully controlled, yet ultimately lacking the rhetorical energy, physicality, and communicative spark essential to this music.

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In at the deep end for harpsichordist Jean Rondeau in Lucerne

Stephen Pritchard, 7th February

Lucerne’s new festival “Le Piano Symphonique” showcases the orchestral qualities of the piano... and the harpsichord, with a recital in what was once a swimming pool!

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An den Rand des Universums und wieder zurück mit Jean Rondeau

Benedikt Zacher, 7th December

Der Cembalo-Virtuose Jean Rondeau verzaubert in der Münchner Allerheiligen-Hofkirche die Goldberg-Gemeinde.

*****

Le Biber étincelant de Sophie Gent envoûte les Bouffes du Nord

Philippe Ramin, 23rd May

Dans un programme qui mettait à l'honneur le compositeur autrichien, la violoniste était accompagnée de Jean Rondeau, Thomas Dunford et Myriam Rignol, donnant lieu à un concert d'une grande beauté.

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Jean Rondeau illuminates La Chaux-de-Fonds with “Melancholy Grace”

Elodie Olson-Coons, 11th November

French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau’s showcase of late Renaissance music shines.

*****

Strangers in the night: Poulenc makes a rare visit to Paris

Mark Pullinger, 10th March

Corinna Niemeyer conducts the Orchestre de Paris, which had never played Poulenc's Concert champêtre before, and had only given one performance each of the Sinfonietta and Organ Concerto. Incroyable !

***11

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.

Maurice Steger thrills with his virtuosic wizardry at Wigmore Hall