Claire-Marie Le Guay
PIANO
Que la joie demeure - Vivre avec Bach
Albin Michel, 2026‘It might be a cantata or a chorale, on a Sunday, in a church or a synagogue. Or, heard somewhere on the radio, the dancing movement of a partita, a moving excerpt from a Passion. And just like that, Bach has entered your soul and will never leave you. A pianist and a writer, recounting Bach’s life, wonder how, day after day, he changed theirs. And what is this peace, this joy, that they owe to him. Once upon a time, over three hundred years ago, in the heart of Germany, there was the descendant of a baker. Once upon a time, there was this music that has never ceased to keep us in high and fraternal company. ” – Erik Orsenna
The writer Erik Orsenna, storyteller of Vivaldi and Beethoven, and the pianist Claire-Marie Le Guay take us on a journey through Bach’s world.
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Aude Giger, Lire Magazine, avril 2026
Dans un style très fluide et un dialogue qui fait écho à l’art du contrepoint du maître, tous deux rendent ce monument de la composition plus intime et familier. Un éloge de la musique et de l’amitié, à lire en écoutant l’enregistrement de 1977 par Alfred Brendel des œuvres de Bach, autour duquel Claire-Marie Le Guay a construit le « noyau dur » de son répertoire.
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