{"product_id":"jean-rondeau-gradus-ad-parnassum-cd","title":"Jean Rondeau - Gradus ad Parnassum (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eAspiring to Parnassus, the mythological mountain home of the Muses, Jean Rondeau explores the possibilities of the harpsichord in music composed over more than 400 years - much of it for the piano. He pays tribute to the Austrian composer Johann Joseph Fux, who in 1725 published the original Gradus ad Parnassum, an influential treatise on counterpoint, and to Muzio Clementi, whose similarly titled collection of piano studies came a century later. The theme continues with Debussy's Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, an affectionate parody of Clementi from the Children's Corner suite. The album's scope extends to the renaissance (Palestrina) and to works conceived for the piano by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Rondeau's Gradus ad Parnassum sensitizes us to what repertoire written for the piano can reveal about the harpischord - and to what the harpsichord can reveal about repertoire written for the piano.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRicercare del primo tuono - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Harpeggio and Fuga in G Major: Harpeggio - Johann Joseph Fux - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major Hob. XVI:46 \"Divertimento\": I. Allegro moderato -  Franz Joseph Haydn - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major Hob. XVI:46 \"Divertimento\": II. Adagio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major Hob. XVI:46 \"Divertimento\": II. Adagio -  Franz Joseph Haydn - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major Hob. XVI:46 \"Divertimento\": III. Finale. Presto - Franz Joseph Haydn - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gradus ad Parnassum Op. 44: No. 45 in C Minor Andante malinconico (Transcr. Rondeau) - Muzio Clementi - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2 Preludes Op. 39: No. 2 in C Major (Transcr. Rondeau) - Ludwig van Beethoven - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Children's Corner CD. 119 L. 113: I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Transcr. Rondeau) - Claude Debussy - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prelude in F Minor WoO 55 (Transcr. Rondeau) - Ludwig van Beethoven - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gradus ad Parnassum Op. 44: No. 14 in F Major Adagio sostenuto (Transcr. Rondeau) - Muzio Clementi - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fantasia No. 3 in D Minor K. 397 -  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major K. 545 \"Semplice\": II. Andante - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ciaccona in D Major K. 403 - Johann Joseph Fux - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ricercare del secondo tuono - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Jean Rondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50446070513938,"sku":"5054197416170","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/4193523.jpg?v=1729705328","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jean-rondeau-gradus-ad-parnassum-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}