nieuwe opnames van Bach
In de zomer van 2025 is Jan-Willem bijna 3 maanden te gast geweest in het Trappistenklooster Onze Lieve Vrouwen van Koningshoeven in Berkel-Enschot vlakbij Tilburg. In mei is zijn vleugel…
After Rozenboom released a successful recording of the Goldberg Variations in 2015, he has now made new recordings (double CD) featuring only Schubert repertoire.
Rozenboom is a huge Schubert fan; his father and grandfather, who had the composer's piano repertoire on their pianos from an early age, instilled in him this passion.
Since he was 10, he has been playing the impromptus and dances, which, after 30 years of maturation, have now acquired added depth.
These recordings are unique because Rozenboom took the time to get his instrument to sound its best in a space with excellent acoustics: the chapel of the Mariadal Monastery in Roosendaal.
From a very lyrical Schubert in Liszt's song transcriptions and a subdued Schubert in the four impromptus opus 90 to a frivolous Schubert in over 20 dances to a virtuoso, extrovert Schubert in the Wandererfantasie.
It seems like a fairy tale, and perhaps it is. Legend has it that the composer J. S. Bach wrote 30 variations on an aria at the request of a Russian count suffering from persistent insomnia. The count then had a young musician in his service, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, play the variations to ease the burden of his sleepless nights. The pieces composed by Bach, published in 1741, would henceforth bear the name of their interpreter: the Goldberg Variations. The result is a masterpiece, the performance of which also requires the hand of a master.
