"Every artist aspires to the absolute, this universal horizon towards which Mozart opens the way. To interpret Mozart is to hope to share this music that embraces the world and reveals the infinite mysteries of the human soul. This recording is also a human and artistic encounter, that of the conductor Jean-François Verdier, whose "breathing" of the same Mozart I sensed from the very first rehearsals.
François Chaplin
1-3 Piano Concerto no.23 in A major, K.488
4-6 Piano Concerto no.24 in C minor, K.491
Released on October 27, 2017 by Aparte/Harmonia Mundi
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François Chaplin, piano
Victor Hugo Franche-Comté Orchestra
Jean-François Verdier, conductor
Artamag « Tout du long, cet art de la suggestion change drastiquement le visage de l’œuvre. Cette manière de jouer dans le retrait du son, de laisser tout suggérer, de ne rien souligner, […]c’est François Chaplin qui dans nos pianistes français aura le premier tenté cette réappropriation par le tendre, cette éclaircie par le sensible, vertus éminemment mozartiennes qu’on ne voulait plus voir, surtout plus faire entendre. »
Froggy's delight "Here the interpretation of François Chaplin and the Victor Hugo orchestra under the direction of Jean-François Verdier is full of finesse, balance, phrasing and dynamics, giving meaning to the musical drama.
Opus High Definition "The Victor Hugo orchestra, conducted by Jean-François Verdier, offers François Chaplin an ideal setting to let his poetic playing, marked with the seal of delicacy, flourish.
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