søleils blancs Jean-Baptiste Doulcet

• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907):Holberg Suite, Op. 40:
• 1 Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: I. Praeludium 02:39
• 2 Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: II. Sarabande 03:52
• 3 Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: III. Gavotte 02:55
• 4 Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: IV. Air 04:52
• 5 Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: V. Rigaudon 03:30
• Johan Sibelius (1865 - 1957): 6 Impromptus, Op. 5:
• 6 Sibelius: 6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Impromptu No. 1 02:04
• 7 Sibelius: 6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Impromptu No. 2 01:48
• 8 Sibelius: 6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Impromptu No. 3 03:09
• 9 Sibelius: 6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Impromptu No. 4 02:40
• 10 Sibelius: 6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Impromptu No. 5 02:58
• 11 Sibelius: 6 Impromptus, Op. 5: Impromptu No. 6 07:40
• Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1957): A Dream about 'Silent Night' CNW 85:
• 12 Nielsen: A Dream about 'Silent Night' CNW 85 02:02
• 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 59:
• 13 Nielsen: 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 59: No. 1, Impromptu. Allegro fluento 02:31
• 14 Nielsen: 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 59: No. 2, Adagio 02:54
• 15 Nielsen: 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 59: No. 3, Allegro non troppo 04:45
• Edvard Grieg: Ballade in G Minor, Op. 24:
• 16 Grieg: Ballade in G Minor, Op. 24 17:54
• Johan Sibelius: The Trees, Op. 75:
• 17 Sibelius: The Trees, Op. 75: I. When the rowan blossoms 01:58
• 18 Sibelius: The Trees, Op. 75: II. The Solitary Pine 02:53
• 19 Sibelius: The Trees, Op. 75: III. The Aspen 02:13
• 20 Sibelius: The Trees, Op. 75: IV. The Birch 01:21
• 21 Sibelius: The Trees, Op. 75: V. The Spruce 03:28
• Total Runtime 01:20:06

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Jean-Baptiste Doulcet showcases three fascinating facets of Nordic piano music, from the epic Romanticism of Edvard Grieg (Ballade) and his incursion into neo-classicism (Holberg Suite), to the remarkable purity of Jean Sibelius’s Six Impromptus and ‘The Trees’, and the fierce modernism of Carl Nielsen’s Three Pieces op.59. Three contrasting visions of authentic music of the North.

It was not until Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) that Scandinavian and Nordic music freed itself from the omnipresence of Germany and its two titans, Brahms and Wagner. As is well known, the eminent Danish composer Niels Gade (1817-90), whose life spanned the nineteenth century, was trained in Leipzig, the temple of a certain Romantic ‘conservatism’; an assistant of Mendelssohn and a friend of Schumann, who admired him, he had a far-reaching influence on Grieg. It was thanks to Gade that links were forged between a number of composers from northern Europe and that Romanticism permeated the art of Scandinavian creators, with folklore and nature as recurring themes. However, the treatment of the latter differed between German and Nordic composers, the latter seeming to bring it to life from within, while the Germans, however lofty their art, were content to describe the natural world and make it the privileged witness and reflection of their states of mind – Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin is one of the perfect masterpieces of this idealised vision. ...

Jean-Baptiste Doulcet, piano

Jean-Baptiste Doulcet
Born in 1992 in Paris, Jean-Baptiste Doulcet is a pianist, improviser and composer.

He won in 2019 the 4th prize and the audience prize of the Long-Thibaud competition (presided by Martha Argerich), and the Modern Times' prize in Clara Haskil 2019 (pres. Christian Zacharias). He is also laureate of the 2nd prize of the 8th Piano Nordic Competition and laureate of the Charles Oulmont's foundation.

Considered as one of the rising stars of french piano alongside Alexandre Kantorow and Rémi Geniet (Classica Magazine), he released his first CD (from a live concert) on Beethoven, Schumann and his own improvisations on audience's themes (Les Spiriades, 2017). His second album (Schumann and Liszt), has been released in 2022 with the label Mirare.

We heard him these last years in France (Paris Philharmony, Pleyel, Gaveau, Cortot, La Folle Journée, La Roque d'Anthéron, Nohant, Lisztomania...), in Denmark, United States, China, Italy, Germany... Known for his musical personality as much as a soloist than a chamber music partner (he played alongside the Oistrakh String Quartet, Augustin Dumay, Marc Coppey, Quatuor Hermès, Quatuor Arod...), but also for his improvisation concerts, Jean-Baptiste is a complete artist.

After studying in Paris Conservatory (CNSMdp) with Claire Désert (piano and chamber music), Thierry Escaich and Jean-François Zygel (improvisation), he has worked with great names of piano pedagogy : Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist who follows and works with him since two years, Dmitri Bashkirov, Hortense Cartier-Bresson, Epifanio Comis, Alexey Lebedev...

As a composer, he wrote more than twenty works for soloist instruments, chamber music or larger ensemble. The Gewandhaus commissioned him a second string quartet, premiered in 2018 in Leipzig ; his Piano Trio has been played in Paris' Le Petit Palais, and artists as Raphaël Pidoux from the Trio Wanderer, or Mona Quartet, are playing his works.

His Trilogy of passion for 12 cellos - from Goethe's poems - is edited and printed at Alfonce Productions.

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