Four Hands Alexandre Tharaud

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897):
• 1Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor (Piano 4-Hands Version)02:08
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 2Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 "Actus Tragicus": No. 2, Chöre, Arioso und Aria. "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit" (Arr. Kurtág for Piano 4-Hands)02:20
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992):
• 3Piazzolla: Libertango (Arr. Yamamoto for Piano 4-Hands)03:47
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924):
• 4Fauré: Dolly, Op. 56: I. Berceuse02:20
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893):
• 5Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act 1 "The Spell": No. 6, Waltz (Arr. Rachmaninov for Piano 4-Hands)03:59
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937):
• 6Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, M. 60: V. Le jardin féérique02:56
• Erik Satie (1866 - 1925):
• 7Satie: Parade: Prestidigitateur chinois02:16
• Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997):
• 8Françaix: 15 Portraits d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir: No. 7, Fillette au chapeau bleu01:32
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828):
• 9Schubert: 3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D Major04:48
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907):
• 10Grieg: 4 Norwegian Dances, Op. 35: No. 2 in A Major, Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso02:17
• Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809):
• 11Haydn: Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:25: III. Rondo all'ongarese. Presto (Arr. Metzdorff for Piano 4-Hands)03:28
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904):
• 12Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, B. 145: No. 2 in E Minor, Allegretto grazioso04:35
• Albert Lavignac (1864 - 1916):
• 13Lavignac: Galop-marche à huit mains (Arr. Lemoine for Piano 4-Hands)03:23
• Charles-Henry (1799 - 1885):
• 14Charles-Henry: 3 + 3: No. 3, The Just Average00:47
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791):
• 15Mozart: Sonata for Piano 4-Hands in D Major, K. 381: III. Allegro molto03:15
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963):
• 16Poulenc: Sonata for Piano 4-Hands, FP 8: I. Prelude02:07
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918):
• 17Debussy: Petite suite, CD 71, L. 65: I. En bateau03:22
• Philip Glass (b. 1937)
• 18Glass: 3 Pieces for Four Hands: No. 2, Stokes03:31
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943):
• 19Rachmaninoff: 6 Morceaux, Op. 11: No. 1, Barcarolle06:18
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856):
• 20Schumann: 6 Studien in kanonischer Form, Op. 56: No. 4, Innig (Transcr. Bizet for Piano 4-Hands)02:51
• Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937):
• 21Pierné: Barcarolle, Op. 2603:44
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875):
• 22Bizet: Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22, WD 56: No. 12, Le bal01:43
• Total Runtime01:07:27

Info for Four Hands

Alexandre Tharaud mit 22 Freund:innen am Klavier: „Klavierduette sind die intimste Art der Kammermusik“, erzählt Pianist Alexandre Tharaud, „man nimmt sehr intensiv die verborgene innere Arbeit seines Partners am Klavier wahr“. Das Album Four Hands präsentiert auf 22 Tracks jeweils einen anderen musikalischen Partner an Alexandre Tharauds Seite. 18 der Musiker:innen sind selbst gefeierte Pianisten, darunter Mariam Batsashvili, David Fray und Víkingur Ólafsson. Das jeweilige Werk wählte Alexandre Tharaud nach dem Charakter und den künstlerischen Vorlieben seines Gegenübers aus. Und so entstand ein weitgefächertes Repertoire von Bach bis zu Glass, das Schubert genauso wie Tschaikowsky, Debussy und Piazzolla umfasst. Auch seine Freunde Gautier Capuçon und Philippe Jaroussky sowie die französische Singer-Songwriterin Juliette setzten sich im Studio mit ihm ans Klavier.

Alexandre Tharaud, Klavier
Nicholas Angelich, Klavier
Martin James Bartlett, Klavier
Mariam Batsashvili, Klavier
Arielle Beck, Klavier
Frank Braley, Klavier
Gautier Capucon, Klavier
Bertrand Chamayou, Klavier
Michel Dalberto, Klavier
David Fray, Klavier
Philippe Jaroussky, Klavier
Juliette, Klavier
Momo Kodama, Klavier
Bruce Liu, Klavier
Aleksandar Madzar, Klavier
Alexander Melnikov, Klavier
Herr Niemand, Klavier
Víkingur Olafsson, Klavier
Beatrice Rana, Klavier
Eric Le Sage, Klavier
Emmanuel Strosser, Klavier
Frederic Vaysse-Knitter, Klavier
Vanessa Wagner, Klavier

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.

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