French jazz accordionist Richard Galliano's records his first classical album ever His first album on deutsche grammophon is devoted to a composer with whom he has always felt close: 'i began and continued my studies with bach. I played a good many of the preludes and fugues from the well-tempered clavier, the Italian concerto and many other works. But as far as recording is concerned, i didn't 'start' with bach, it's true. For me, this disc represents the culmination of 45 years of 'all-terrain' musical experience. ' for this album Richard Galliano has chosen works originally written for cello, oboe, violin, keyboard and for flute, arranged them for accordion with the accompaniment of five collaborators: violinists jean-marc phillips and sébastien surel, the viola player jean-marc apap, cellist raphaël pidoux and the double-bassist stéphane logerot.