Alexandre Tharaud & Friends: Four Hands
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Label: Erato
Cat No: 5419793352
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Expected Release Date: 3rd May 2024
Contents
Works
Cantata BWV106 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' (arr. Gyorgy Kurtag) » no.2 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
Jeux d'enfants, op.22 » no.12 Le bal
Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1 (piano duet) » no.5 in F sharp minor
3+3 » no.3 The Just Average
Petite Suite » I En bateau
Slavonic Dances: Series II, op.72 B145 (piano duet) » no.2 in E minor
Dolly Suite, op.56 » no.1 Berceuse
Portraits (15) d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir » VII Fillette au chapeau bleu
Pieces (3) for four hands » no.2 Stokes
Norwegian Dances (4), op.35 » no.2 in A major: Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso
Piano Trio no.39 in G major, Hob.XV:25 'Gypsy' » Finale 'Rondo all'ongarese' (arr. Metzdorff)
Galop-marche (arr. Loon Lemoine)Sonata for piano duet in D major, K381
» III Allegro molto
Libertango (arr. Kyoko Yamamoto)Barcarolle, op.26
Sonata for piano 4 hands, FP8
» I Prelude
Morceaux (6) for piano duet, op.11 » no.1 Barcarolle
Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) » The Fairy Garden
Parade » Prestidigitateur chinois
Marches militaires (3), op.51 D733 » no.1 in D major
Stucke (6) in kanonischer Form (Studies in canonic form), op.56 (arr. Bizet for piano 4 hands) » no.4 Innig
The Sleeping Beauty: Suite (arr. Sergei Rachmaninov for piano four hands) » no.6 Waltz
Artists
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)Nicholas Angelich (piano)
Martin James Bartlett (piano)
Mariam Batsashvili (piano)
Arielle Beck (piano)
Frank Braley (piano)
Gautier Capucon (piano)
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Michel Dalberto (piano)
David Fray (piano)
Philippe Jaroussky (piano)
Juliette (piano)
Momo Kodama (piano)
Bruce Liu (piano)
Aleksandar Madzar (piano)
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Mr Nobody (piano)
Víkingur Olafsson (piano)
Beatrice Rana (piano)
Eric Le Sage (piano)
Emmanuel Strosser (piano)
Frederic Vaysse-Knitter (piano)
Vanessa Wagner (piano)
Works
Cantata BWV106 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' (arr. Gyorgy Kurtag) » no.2 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
Jeux d'enfants, op.22 » no.12 Le bal
Hungarian Dances (21), WoO1 (piano duet) » no.5 in F sharp minor
3+3 » no.3 The Just Average
Petite Suite » I En bateau
Slavonic Dances: Series II, op.72 B145 (piano duet) » no.2 in E minor
Dolly Suite, op.56 » no.1 Berceuse
Portraits (15) d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir » VII Fillette au chapeau bleu
Pieces (3) for four hands » no.2 Stokes
Norwegian Dances (4), op.35 » no.2 in A major: Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso
Piano Trio no.39 in G major, Hob.XV:25 'Gypsy' » Finale 'Rondo all'ongarese' (arr. Metzdorff)
Galop-marche (arr. Loon Lemoine)Sonata for piano duet in D major, K381
» III Allegro molto
Libertango (arr. Kyoko Yamamoto)Barcarolle, op.26
Sonata for piano 4 hands, FP8
» I Prelude
Morceaux (6) for piano duet, op.11 » no.1 Barcarolle
Ma Mere l'Oye (Mother Goose) » The Fairy Garden
Parade » Prestidigitateur chinois
Marches militaires (3), op.51 D733 » no.1 in D major
Stucke (6) in kanonischer Form (Studies in canonic form), op.56 (arr. Bizet for piano 4 hands) » no.4 Innig
The Sleeping Beauty: Suite (arr. Sergei Rachmaninov for piano four hands) » no.6 Waltz
Artists
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)Nicholas Angelich (piano)
Martin James Bartlett (piano)
Mariam Batsashvili (piano)
Arielle Beck (piano)
Frank Braley (piano)
Gautier Capucon (piano)
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Michel Dalberto (piano)
David Fray (piano)
Philippe Jaroussky (piano)
Juliette (piano)
Momo Kodama (piano)
Bruce Liu (piano)
Aleksandar Madzar (piano)
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Mr Nobody (piano)
Víkingur Olafsson (piano)
Beatrice Rana (piano)
Eric Le Sage (piano)
Emmanuel Strosser (piano)
Frederic Vaysse-Knitter (piano)
Vanessa Wagner (piano)
About
“This was something I’d had in mind for a long time …” says pianist Alexandre Tharaud, “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.” The aptly named Four Hands offers 18 tracks, each just a few minutes in length, each featuring Tharaud sharing a piano keyboard with a different partner. The repertoire ranges wide – from Bach to Glass by way of such composers as Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Fauré, Satie, Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Piazzolla. 15 of Tharaud’s fellow performers are celebrated pianists – among them the late Nicholas Angelich, Mariam Batsashvili, Bertrand Chamayou, David Fray, Víkingur Ólafsson and Beatrice Rana. The other three, all stars in their musical fields, are shown in a new, pianistic light: cellist Gautier Capuçon, countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and singer-songwriter Juliette. “The piano duet is one of life’s miracles,” continues Tharaud. “First and foremost, it is the most intimate way of playing chamber music … It was a joy to record this album … If hearing these pieces prompts people to buy some sheet music and enjoy playing duets together – just as we did in the recording studio – then I will have achieved my aim.”
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