festival season, jazz and cello on the menu

Classica devotes its front page to Glenn Gould. “It’s a myth, a legend. […] He is a totally neurotic personality, he refuses to shake hands, he only lives at night, he absolutely wants to be alone”explains the journalist from France Télévisions, Michel Mompontet.

On the cello side, a highly anticipated box set was released. The complete of all the recordings of Jacqueline du Pré, at Warner. “She amazes the whole world with her talents and her gift. She is fiery, she is toned”says Michel Mompontet.

With summer comes the resumption of festivals. In Paris, there will be the Parc Floral Festivals, from June 29 to September 7. We will find there Brad Mehldau or Marion Rampal.

Finally, pianist Joey Alexander released his sixth album, Origin (Mack Avenue Records). It’s an album “with a simplicity, a restraint, a science of silences that only the most accomplished masters are capable of giving”believes Michel Mompontet.