BACH / GLASS / SCHUBERT / TCHAIKOVSKY / GRIEG / RACHMANINOV / PIAZZOLLA
Alexandre Tharaud & Friends - Four Hands Alexandre Tharaud (piano), with Nicolas Angelich, Mariam Batsashvili. Gautier Capucon, Bertrand Chamayou, Beatrice Rana, Vikingur Olafsson, etc [ Erato Classics / CD - due 3/May/2024 ] "This was something I'd had in mind for a long time…to put together an album for the sheer pleasure of it, in collaboration with dear friends and paying tribute to the wonders of the piano duet repertoire." - Alexandre Tharaud |
BARBARA STROZZI / ISABELLA LEONARDA / FRANCESCA CACCINI / ANTONIA BEMBO
Christina Pluhar - Wonder Women Christina Pluhar / L'arpeggiata [ Erato Classics / CD - due 3/May/2024 ] Christina Pluhar leads her ensemble L'Arpeggiata in the multi-faceted Wonder Women. The culture-crossing album pays special homage to Italian female composers of the 17th century (notably Barbara Strozzi und Francesca Caccini), but also to women of... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 30, 31 & 32 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) [ Erato CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 8/Oct/2018 ] Alexandre Tharaud records Beethoven for the first time! Beethoven's last three sonatas, Nos. 30, 31, 32, composed 1820-22 and are considered some of the most difficult works in the repertoire. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Tharaud Plays Rachmaninov Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Alexander Vedernikov, with Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) [ Erato / CD - released 14/Oct/2016 ] "After the famous introductory bars - following the score rather than the composer's recording - the sweeping first subject enters faster, thankfully, than Richter's celebrated account but with the same majestic assurance" Gramophone Award Nomination |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D899 / Moments Musicaux, D780 / Rosamunde transcriptions Alexandre Tharaud (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 22/Oct/2021 ] When Tharaud performed the Impromptus at London's Wigmore Hall in 2014, The Guardian wrote: "He got to the heart of the beauties and abysses of this music." |
RAMEAU / ROYER / COUPERIN / D'ANGLEBERT / DUPHLY
Versailles Alexandre Tharaud (piano), with Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Justin Taylor (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2019 ] "His sense of characterisation and fine detailing is everywhere apparent… Even for aficionados of this repertoire there are surprises to be had" Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2020 |
JANACEK / LISZT / LYAPUNOV / GRIEG / etc
Bertrand Chamayou - Good Night! Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "The danger with this kind of CD is that you end up with so much slow, quiet music that you find yourself drifting off into the most pleasant slumber…But not here, for the programme is full of surprises. A treasure-trove of an album." Gramophone |
ERIK SATIE / JOHN CAGE
Letter(s) to Erik Satie Bertrand Chamayou (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 8/Dec/2023 ] "Erik Satie and John Cage are UFOs in the world of music, because they envisioned music through a completely different prism," says pianist Bertrand Chamayou. "They are pioneers in the sense that, for many people, they changed the very idea of what... |
ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stradella: San Giovanni Battista (Oratorio in two parts) Catherine Bott, Christine Batty, Gerard Lesne / Les musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Erato / CD - released 1/May/1992 ] Penguin Stereo Guide Rosette Recording |
DARIUS MILHAUD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milhaud: Le Carnaval d'Aix / Le boeuf sur le toit / la creation du monde / Concertos Claude Helffer (piano) Frederique Cambreling (harp) / Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon [ Warner Classics Erato / 2 CD - released 16/Nov/1998 ] Distinctively French, yet cosmopolitan in his personal and artistic horizons, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was adventurous, prominent, and prolific. A pupil of Dukas and d'Indy, he became a member of Les Six and a distinguished teacher in the USA and... |