Alexandre Tharaud: Autograph
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Composer or Director: Camille Saint-Saëns, François Couperin, (Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Christoph Gluck, Sergey Rachmaninov, Gabriel Fauré, Georges Bizet, Fryderyk Chopin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Federico Mompou, Ignacio Cervantes (Kawanag), Francis Poulenc, Erik Satie, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Alexander Scriabin, Germaine Tailleferre, Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Domenico Scarlatti, Oscar Strasnoy, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Felix Mendelssohn
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Erato
Magazine Review Date: 01/2014
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 69
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 934137-2
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Prelude |
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Composer |
| (3) Romances sans paroles, Movement: Andante moderato |
Gabriel Fauré, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Gabriel Fauré, Composer |
| (Les) Indes galantes, Movement: (Les) Sauvages |
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer |
| Orfeo ed Euridice, Movement: Ballet in D minor (Dance of the Blessed Spirits): (flute solo) |
Christoph Gluck, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Christoph Gluck, Composer |
| Nocturne |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer |
| Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Movement: No. 6, Wedding day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag pagn) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
| Valse triste |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Jean Sibelius, Composer |
| (2) Pieces for the left hand, Movement: Prélude, C sharp minor |
Alexander Scriabin, Composer
Alexander Scriabin, Composer Alexandre Tharaud, Piano |
| Lieder ohne worte, Movement: Op. 67/2 Romance sans paroles |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Felix Mendelssohn, Composer |
| (3) Waltzes, Movement: D flat major 'Minute' |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer |
| (Le) Carnaval des animaux, 'Carnival of the Animals', Movement: The swan |
Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer |
| Livres de clavecin, Book 3, Movement: 18th Ordre (F minor-major) |
François Couperin, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano François Couperin, Composer |
| Album Leaf |
(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer
(Alexis-)Emmanuel Chabrier, Composer Alexandre Tharaud, Piano |
| Sonatas for Keyboard Nos. 1-555, Movement: D minor (L422) |
Domenico Scarlatti, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Domenico Scarlatti, Composer |
| (L')Arlésienne - Suites, Movement: Adagietto |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Georges Bizet, Composer |
| Dances and Portraits, Movement: Farewell to Cuba |
Ignacio Cervantes (Kawanag), Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Ignacio Cervantes (Kawanag), Composer |
| Le Tourbillon de la vie of Georges Delerue, Movement: Tourbillon |
Oscar Strasnoy, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Oscar Strasnoy, Composer |
| Mélancolie |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Francis Poulenc, Composer |
| Paisajes, Movement: El lago (1947) |
Federico Mompou, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Federico Mompou, Composer |
| Valse lente |
Germaine Tailleferre, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Germaine Tailleferre, Composer |
| (3) Gymnopédies, Movement: No. 3, Lent et grave |
Erik Satie, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Erik Satie, Composer |
| (16) Concertos, Movement: B minor, BWV979 (source unknown) |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Alexandre Tharaud, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
Author: Bryce Morrison
His way with Chopin’s ‘Minute’ Waltz is scintillating and individual, blessed with subtle pedalling, and if Saint-Saëns’s ‘Le cygne’ is less teasing and mercurial than Cherkassky in his legendary recording, he is hardly less musical in his more clear-cut way. Couperin’s ‘Le tic-toc-choc’ could hardly be more exuberant and he captures all of Poulenc’s stylised nostalgia in his Mélancolie. Strasnoy’s Tourbillon, with its wild, off-beat thunderclaps, is a marvel of timing, wit and precision, and Fauré’s Third Romance sans paroles is played with a dynamic range that would have won the approval of a composer who dreaded his music being played ‘with the shutters down.’
So, whether in Rameau or Scriabin, Tchaikovsky or Tailleferre, this is a box of delights. As Semprini, the popular TV pianist of the Sixties, had it, ‘old ones, new ones, loved ones, neglected ones’, crooned against the background of his own Mediterranean Concerto. Erato’s sound is as bright as a button.
Alexandre Tharaud: Autograph
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