François Couperin: Les Ombres Errantes Iddo Bar-Shaï

• 1 Les Ombres Errantes 03:49
• 2 Soeur Monique 03:08
• 3 Le Tic-Toc-Choc, ou Les Maillotins 02:19
• 4 La Muse-Plantine 02:20
• 5 Le Rossignol-en-Amour 02:37
• 6 Double du Rossignol 02:45
• 7 Les Petits Âges - La Muse Naissante 02:22
• 8 Les Petits Âges - L’Enfantine 01:45
• 9 Les Tambourins 01:26
• 10 La Misterieuse 04:11
• 11 La Petite Pince-Sans-rire 01:54
• 12 La Logivière 03:51
• 13 Le Dodo, ou L’Amour au Berceau 03:16
• 14 La Commére 01:26
• 15 Les Langueurs Tendres 03:06
• 16 Les Vergers fleüris 02:48
• 17 Les Rozeaux 03:09
• 18 L’Engageante 02:42
• 19 L’Âme-en peine 04:26
• 20 Les Moissonneurs 01:59
• 21 La Bandoline 02:11
• 22 Les Fauvétes Plaintives 05:28
• 23 Le Turbulent 01:30
• 24 La Couperin 04:01
• 25 Les Baricades Mistérieuses 02:10
• Total Runtime 01:10:39

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Die graziösen Cembalostücke des François Couperin (1668 –1733) auf dem modernen Klavier zu spielen, mag wie ein Sakrileg erscheinen; – schon deshalb, weil es kaum vorstellbar ist, dass es einem Pianisten überzeugend gelingen kann, die Fülle der vom Komponisten als obligatorisch ausgewiesenen Verzierungen korrekt zu exekutieren, ohne ihren musikalischen Charakter des duftig-quecksilbrig Akzidentellen in Richtung einer unangemessenen Dominanz zu verfälschen.

Nun aber hat der 1977 in Nazareth geborene Pianist Iddo Bar-Shaï beim Label MIRARE eine wunderbar geschmackvolle Einspielung von insgesamt 25 dieser Miniaturen vorgelegt, die alle Zweifel zu zerstreuen geeignet sind. Sein Anschlag ist schlank, sinnlich und akkurat. Im Filigran der Stimmen beginnt unter seinen Fingern jede Phrase einzeln zu atmen. Und wo der barocke Satz motorisch in Gang kommt, geschieht dies gestisch voller Anmut belebt, wie durchflutet vom Wellenschlag einer subtilen Agogik. (Dass Bar-Shaï auch schon mit hochgelobten Haydn- und Chopin-Aufnahmen von sich reden gemacht hat, wirkt wie eine Bestätigung.)

Aus dem riesigen Fundus der über 240 Pièces de Clavicin (erschienen in vier Büchern 1713, 1717, 1722, 1730 und nach Art von Suiten gefasst in insgesamt 27 'Ordres') hat sich Iddo Bar-Shaï sehr frei ein stimmiges Programm zusammen gestellt – ein Verfahren, das man sich freilich bei den Bachschen Partiten oder beispielsweise den Englischen Suiten nicht vorstellen mag. Aber es handelt sich bei Couperins Stücken um autonome Perlen, die ihren individuellen Schimmer durchaus auch in wechselndem Licht und Kontext entfalten. Unter den eingespielten Kleinodien finden sich einige der schönsten jener fein gezeichneten Studien zum Wesen junger Damen: L’Engageante (Die Anmutige), La Muse-Plantine (Mademoiselle de La Plante) oder La Mistérieuse (Die Geheimnisvolle); – musikalische Liebeserklärungen vielleicht?

Auf charakterstarke Tänze folgen aber auch innige Naturbilder wie Le Rozeaux (Das Röhricht) oder Rossignol-en-Amour (Verliebte Nachtigall). Bestechend setzt Bar-Shaï schließlich jene Stücke um, die auf Instrumenten mit nur einem Manual eigentlich kaum zu realisieren sind ('Pièces Croissées'): Absolut elektrisierend sind die springlebendig repetierten Töne in Le Tic-Toc-Choc, ou Les Maillotins! Das Stück, das der neuen CD den eigenen Namen leiht – eines der schwerelosesten des ganzen Programms – erklingt gleich zu Beginn und verströmt mit seinem Chroma den Glanz feinsinniger Melancholie: Les Ombres Errantes (Die unsteten Schatten).“ (Helmut Rohm, BR Klassik)

Iddo Bar-Shaï, Klavier

Iddo Bar-Shaï
The Israeli pianist Iddo Bar-Shai was born in 1977 in Nazareth Illit. He studied with Bracha Ornan-Margalit in Haifa and with Prof. Pnina Salzman in the piano department at the Rubin Music Academy in Tel-Aviv University, also receiving guidance from Maestro Alexis Weissenberg. At early stages he attracted attention for his playing and already at the age of 11 he was a recipient of the America - Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships.

Since then his career has taken on an international dimension: he has performed on important stages such as the Wigmore Hall (London), the Mann Auditorium (Tel Aviv), the Theatre des Champs Elysees (Paris), the Tokyo Opera City Hall, The Beijing Zhongshan Concert Hall and others in various countries among which are many European countries, Israel, The USA, Japan, The People’s Republic of China and Brazil. He first performed as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of twelve, and has subsequently played under the batons of Lawrence Foster, Aldo Ceccato, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Horia Andreescu among others with prominent orchestras in Europe and Israel such as the English Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony –IBA, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and others.

Iddo Bar-Shai is keen to enjoy all the varied possibilities offered by his instrument, and regularly performs chamber music with such ensembles as the Ysaÿe Quartet, the Aviv Quartet, the Ebène Quartet, the Modigliani Quartet and the American String Quartet.

He has been a participant of the Verbier Festival & Academy and in the “Steans Institute” program at the Ravinia Festival. In 2004 he gave his début recital in the prestigious International Piano Festival of La Roque d'Anthéron in France and since then he has been performing there every year. He has been also regularly performing in the “La Folle Journée” festival taking place in Nantes, Lisbon, Tokyo, Warsaw and Rio de Janeiro and the La Grange de Meslay festival (France). Other festivals he took part in are: Music series of the Music Festival de Sion and the Radio-France music festival in Montpellier to name a few.

The last season included taking part in playing the integral of Chopin's piano works with 5 other pianists in all La Folle Journee festivals around the globe concluding in Warsaw (where it was recorded and filmed for Mezzo television channel).

Iddo Bar-Shai is a first prize winner of various competitions among which: the Israeli Radio Broadcasting “Young Artist “ piano competition in 1997, the Tel - Aviv Chopin competition in 1998, the “Aviv Competitions”: Israel’s most acclaimed national competition for young musicians in 1999 and “The Peter Jay Sharp Competition – The Vendome Prize” in 2000.

His performances have been recorded and broadcast by French, Israeli, Swiss, German, Dutch, Irish and American radio channels and live performances of his were recorded and broadcast by "Mezzo" and "Arte" television channels. He has also taken part in the recording of a DVD “Les Pianos de Demain” (Naïve/Idéale Audience) with cooperation of Arte and France-3 television channels.

In 2006 was released a CD with his playing of Haydn piano works under the “Mirare” label which gained much praise in the press: receiving “5 diapasons” from the “Diapason” magazine, described as “one of the best ever, dedicated to the piano works of Haydn” by “Le Monde de La Musique” , as an “outstanding release – an obligatory purchase for all lovers of the Classical repertoire” by “International Piano” magazine and as a "superb recital that announces the arrival of a pianist of a grand talent who joins his predecessors, Curzon and De Larrocha in the Andante, Brendel and Gould for the sonatas" by "Classica Répertoire", and has been selected and awarded by various magazines and radio channels (notably being selected in the “Annual International Piano Awards 2006” of “International Piano” magazine as one of three best CDs in the category : “Rising star award for best debut recording”). In December 2008 came out his latest CD recording with "Mirare" of Chopin Mazurkas which has received worldwide unanimous praise receiving highest possible markings from prestigious magazines such as "Le Figaro" and German "Fonoforum" described as a "magnificent achievement which confirms a new great talent of present keyboard" (Classique-news online magazine) and as "A major and unique CD" ("Le Devoir").

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