Autograph (Encores) Alexandre Tharaud

• 1 Bach, JS / Arr Siloti: Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a 03:02
• 2 Fauré: 3 Songs Without Words, Op.17: No. 3 Andante Moderato 02:25
• 3 Rameau: Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite No. 5: Les sauvages 02:04
• 4 Gluck/ Arr Siloti: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Ballet des ombres heureuses) 03:15
• 5 Rachmaninov: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 04:08
• 6 Tchaikovsky: Nocturne Op. 19 No. 4 03:37
• 7 Grieg: 6 Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: No. 6 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen 05:39
• 8 Sibelius: Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1 04:07
• 9 Scriabin: Prelude for the Left Hand, Op. 9 No. 1 02:24
• 10 Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 2 Allegro leggiero 01:59
• 11 Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D Flat-Major, Op. 64, No. 1 01:50
• 12 12 Saint-Saëns / Arr Godowsky: The Swan (Le cygne) 02:49
• 13 Couperin, Francois: 18ème Ordre: No. 6 Le tic-toc-choc, ou Les maillotins 02:33
• 14 Chabrier: Feuillet d'album 01:56
• 15 Scarlatti, Domenico: Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 141 03:34
• 16 Bizet / Arr Tharaud: L'Arlésienne, Suite de Concert No. 1: III. Adagietto 02:34
• 17 Cervantes: Adiós a Cuba 01:51
• 18 Strasnoy: Tourbillon (d'aprés le Tourbillon de la vie de Georges Delerue) 02:16
• 19 Poulenc: Mélancolie, FP 105 05:23
• 20 Mompou: Paisajes: El lago 04:14
• 21 Tailleferre: Valse lente 01:35
• 22 Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: No. 3 Lent et grave 02:48
• 23 Bach, JS / Arr Tharaud: Keyboard Concerto BWV 979: II. Andante 03:15
• Total Runtime 01:09:18

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After his intoxicating evocation of Jazz Age Paris with ‘Le Boeuf sur le toit’, French pianist Alexandre Tharaud again proves that good things come in small packages. This enticing collection of encore pieces – some very popular, others exotic – ranges across more than four centuries and comprises both original scores and arrangements. This new album contains 23 pieces that make perfect encores at the end of a recital. Reflecting Tharaud’s varied tastes in music, it comprises both original pieces and arrangements by composers from the 17th century to the present day.

Among the most popular pieces in the collection are Chopin’s delightful ‘Minute’ Waltz (D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1), Satie’s enigmatic Gymnopédie No 3, Greig’s joyous Wedding Day at Troldhaugen and Rachmaninov’s brooding Prelude in C sharp minor. The works adapted for piano include a version of Sibelius’ Valse triste, Saint-Saëns’ Le Cygne (The Swan) in a virtuosic re-imagining by Leopold Godowsky, and the haunting B minor transcription of Bach’s Prelude BWV 855a by Alexander Siloti, who was both Rachmaninov’s teacher and his first cousin; the piece is particularly closely identified with the great Odessa-born pianist Emil Gilels. Tharaud’s own skills as an arranger are shown in his versions of pieces by Bach and Bizet.

Alexandre Tharaud, piano

Alexandre Tharaud
For Harmonia Mundi, Alexandre made a series of successful and award winning recordings which included discs of Rameau, Ravel (complete piano works), Bach (Italian Concerti), Couperin, Satie. He has recorded a series of Chopin discs; the complete waltzes and twenty four preludes as well as a personal selection, Journal Intime, which marked his first release with EMI Classics. Subsequent, award winning releases include JS Bach’s keyboard concertos and a selection of Scarlatti’s sonatas.

In recent seasons, Alexandre has appeared at the Köln Philharmonie, Bern Casino, Essen Philharmonie, South Bank piano series, Rudolfinum in Prague, Krakow Philharmonic, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Cité de la Musique, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, John F Kennedy Centre and Hoam Art Hall in Seoul. His festival credits include ‘Piano aux Jacobins', La Roque d'Anthéron, BBC PROMS, Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, Sacrum-Profanum in Krakow, Schleswig-Holstein and the Rimini festival.

Alexandre is a Resident Artist at the MC2 in Grenoble, and was the Artistic Director of the Amadeus festival in Switzerland in 2011.

As a soloist, Alexandre has performed with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo, Umea Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken,

Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Taïwan National Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy and the Bolchoi Theatre Orchestra. Next season will see him perform Poulenc’s concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

His close collaboration with cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras has led to invitations to perform at the most prestigious halls around the world and recordings of three successful CDs (Hungarian cello music, Arpeggione, Debussy/Poulenc).

Alexandre's adventurous approach to programming has resulted in a number of commissions and premières; he has toured extensively in Europe with his ‘Hommages à Rameau' and ‘Hommage à Couperin' programmes which feature works by the old masters interwoven with tributes by contemporary composers. May saw the premiere of Pianosong; a selection of contemporary works composed after popular songs from the 1960s-80s. He has also just premiered French composer Gérard Pesson’s new piano concerto, together with the Tonhalle.

Dieses Album enthält kein Booklet