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Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 10 January 2020

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Friends and frequent recital partners Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud are reunited here for an album conceived as a collection of short stories, presenting both celebrated and little-known masterpieces of the repertory. If the art of transcription is the hallmark of great performers, it must be said that our two partners are past masters at it! Throughout this lyrical yet virtuosic programme, music lovers will meet one surprise after another.

Also featuring Raphaël Imbert (saxophone) & La Diane Française, dir. Stéphanie-Marie Degand.

"Queyras and Tharaud clearly enjoy the process as well as the freedom of interpretation and presentation that the encore gives. But there is a niggling feeling here of something missing, and it's not just the concert beforehand…And yet there is much that is inventive amongst all the enthusiastic ornamentation." BBC Music

"Here we have a disc of encores to hit all moods and genres...far from being a pick'n'mix standing at the ready to be chopped up into a multitude of playlists (not that I don't hope it doesn't turn up everywhere), this is a genuine, single, sublime work of art, and to achieve this from such a multi-angled selection takes unusual artistry." Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2020

Tracks:

Haydn: Baryton Trio in D Major, Hob. XI:113: Allegro di molto (Arr. for cello and piano)
Kreisler: Liebesleid
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D minor
Vecsey, F: Valse triste
Popper: Serenade, Op. 54 No. 2
Popper: Dance of the Elves, Op. 39
Tchaikovsky: Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6
Shchedrin: Im Stile von Albeniz for violin & piano
Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
Popper: Mazurka in G minor, Op. 11 No. 3
Zimmermann, B A: Four Short Studies for Cello solo: IV
Kreisler: Liebesfreud
Falla: Nana (No. 5 from Siete canciones populares españolas)
Fauré: Papillon, Op. 77
Saint-Saëns: Le Cygne (from Le carnaval des animaux)
Poulenc: Les chemins de l'amour
Coltrane: Improvisation on Bach: Alabama
Dutilleux: Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher: I. Un poco indeciso
Haydn: Symphony No. 47 in G Major (Slow movement)