Alexandre Tharaud - Autograph '2013

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a
02. 3 Songs Without Words, Op.17: No. 3 Andante Moderato
03. Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite No. 5: Les sauvages
04. Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Ballet des ombres heureuses)
05. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2
06. Nocturne Op. 19 No. 4
07. 6 Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: No. 6 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
08. Valse triste, Op. 44 No. 1
09. Prelude for the Left Hand, Op. 9 No. 1
10. Songs Without Words, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 2 Allegro leggiero
11. Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1, Minute
12. The Swan (Le cygne)
13. 18ème Ordre: No. 6 Le tic-toc-choc, ou Les maillotins
14. Feuillet dalbum
15. Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 141
16. LArlésienne, Suite de Concert No. 1: III. Adagietto
17. Adiós a Cuba
18. Tourbillon (daprés le Tourbillon de la vie de Georges Delerue)
19. Mélancolie, FP 105
20. Paisajes: El lago
21. Valse lente
22. 3 Gymnopédies: III. Lent et grave
23. Keyboard Concerto BWV 979: II. Andante


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.

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