Jean-Christophe Keck

In 1847, Offenbach wrote a large-scale concerto of no less than 45 minutes' duration for 'his' instrument, the violoncello. It combines the classical symphonic structure with the liveliness and elegan...

Jacques Offenbach was not only one of the most successful composers of his time, but also an incomparable virtuoso on the cello - his ravishing playing in the salons of Paris caused many a swoon among...

After the extraordinary successes of La belle Hélène (1864) and La Vie Parisienne (1866), the triumvirate Offenbach/Meilhac/Halévy reached the zenith of its fame in 1867 with its Grand Duchesse de Gér...

After the extraordinary successes of La belle Hélène (1864) and La Vie Parisienne (1866), the triumvirate Offenbach/Meilhac/Halévy reached the zenith of its fame in 1867 with its Grand Duchesse de Gér...

After the extraordinary successes of La belle Hélène (1864) and La Vie Parisienne (1866), the triumvirate Offenbach/Meilhac/Halévy reached the zenith of its fame in 1867 with its Grand Duchesse de Gér...

Die Wiederentdeckung der Opéra-comique Fantasio für die Opernbühne ist eine der Großtaten der Offenbach Edition Keck OEK: Die Titelfigur ist ein berührendes Selbstporträt des Komponisten als melanchol...

Romantic Offenbach. The title may come as a surprise, as the image of Offenbach as a composer of satirical operettas still dominates. With the Romantic Offenbach series, we want to focus on the other...

The expanded new edition includes the parts of Offenbach's probably most popular work that have become accessible since 1999. The quartet La Barque à Caron (Charon's Boat), the entr’acte for scene 3 a...

Diese sechs gefühlvollen Walzer sind Teil einer ganzen Reihe von Tänzen für Klavier aus der Feder des jungen Offenbach. Es ist sehr wahrscheinlich, dass sie ihre Entstehung unterschiedlichen Anlässen...

Offenbach, who came to Paris at the age of 14, gave concerts as a cello virtuoso and composed for salons and dance halls before achieving world fame as the inventor of the "Offenbachiade". However, wr...

Within the OEK, the first two volumes of the six-part edition of Jacques Offenbach's progressive duos for two violoncellos Op. 49-54 are available now. The compositions created by Offenbach, who was a...

Jacques Offenbach was not only a composer of inexhaustible imagination, but also a virtuoso cellist. Even after his first years in Paris, he liked to perform as a musician again and again. To mark his...

Jacques Offenbach was not only a composer of inexhaustible imagination, but also a virtuoso cellist. Even after his first years in Paris, he liked to perform as a musician again and again. To mark his...

Definitive performing edition newly published in the Offenbach critical edition. Awarded with the German Musikeditionspreis 2004.

Die Prière et Boléro, auch unter dem Namen Grande Scène espagnole bekannt, komponierte Offenbach 1840 als Paradestück für den eigenen Gebrauch. Es begleitete ihn auf seiner Karriere als Cello-Virtuose...

Die Unbekanntheit dieses wunderbaren Zyklus kontrastiert seltsam mit der Berühmtheit seiner letzten Nummer, den Larmes de Jacqueline (Tränen Jacquelines), die tatsächlich zu den schönsten melodischen...

Dass Offenbach in seiner Jugend als Cellist Furore machte, dass man ihn sogar als 'Paganini des Cellos' bezeichnete, ist angesichts seiner epochalen Bedeutung als Bühnenkomponist in Vergessenheit gera...

Jean-Christophe Keck ist ein Musikwissenschaftler und Dirigent, geboren Briançon, Frankreich im Jahre 1964. Er ist besonders als Spezialist für die Werke bemerkt Jacques Offenbach und ist der Direktor...

A remarkable song-cycle by the young Offenbach, set to poems by the most distinguished poets of the time, among them Théophile Gautier, Alfred de Musset and Jules Barbier who was supposed to become th...

Pariser Leben' ist eine französische Opera buffa (Operette) in fünf Akten der Komponisten Jacques Offenbach und der Librettisten Henri Meilhac und Ludovic Halévy. Ihre Uraufführung erlebte diese Opere...

Offenbach, who came to Paris at the age of 14, gave concerts as a cello virtuoso and composed for salons and dance halls before achieving world fame as the inventor of the "Offenbachiade". However, wr...

This piece by the French conductor, singer, composer and editor of the new Offenbach edition (OEK) displays three minutes of refined excellence and enthusiasm which certainly is suitable for more than...

La Prière de Moïse is in fact a fantasy on various motifs from Rossini's opera Moïse, in particular the famous Prayer in Act 3. Offenbach and Rossini admired each other's works very much, despite Offe...