Satie – Works with piano: Solo and Duets – Alexandre Tharaud

Eric Satie (1866-1925):

CD 1 - Piano Solo:
Gnossienne n°1
Petite Ouverture à danser
Première Gymnopédie
Véritables Préludes flasques (pour un Chien)
Gnossienne n°2
Les trois Valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté
Gnossienne n°3
Le Piccadilly
Descriptions automatiques
Gnossienne n°4
Les pantins dansent
Le piège de Méduse. Sept Pièces pour Piano
Pièces Froides
Avant-dernières pensées
Gambades
Embryons desséchés
Gnossienne n°5
Valse-Ballet
Heures séculaires et instantanées
Première pensée Rose+Croix
Poudre d'or
Gnossienne n°6

Alexandre Tharaud - piano


CD 2 - Duets:
Trois Morceaux en forme de poire, pour piano à quatre mains ∆
Je te veux, valse chantée *
Chez le docteur *
J'avais un ami *
La Diva de l'Empire *
La Belle Excentrique, fantaisie sérieuse pour piano à quatre mains ∆
Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunetttes) +
Cinéma (transcription de Darius Milhaud, à quatre mains) ∆
Daphénéo #
Ludions #
La Statue retrouvée, divertissement pour trompette en Ut et piano §
Embarquement pour Cythère +
Allons-y Chochotte

Juliette - voice *
Isabelle Faust - violin +
Jean Delescluse - tenor #
David Guerrier - trumpet §
Alexandre Tharaud - piano
Eric Le Sage - piano ∆

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Rameau, J.S.Bach, Couperin – Piano Works – Alexandre Tharaud

HAPPY 2015

CD 1:
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764):
Suite in A major
Suite in G major
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Hommage à Rameau

CD 2:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Sicilienne from Concerto in D minor BWV 596
Concerto in G minor BWV 975
Aria from Pastorale in C minor BWV 590
Italian Concerto in F minor BWV 971
Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Concerto in C minor BWV 981
Concerto in G major BWV 973
Andante from Concerto in B minor BWV 979

CD 3:
François Couperin (1668-1733):
Les Baricades Mistérieuses
Le Tic Toc Choc ou Les Maillotins
La Couperin
Les Calotines
Les Ombres Errantes
Les Tricoteuses
Le Carillon de Cythère
La Muséte de Taverni
Les Rozeaux
L'Atalante
Passacaille
La Muse Plantine
Les Tours de passe-passe
Bruit de guerre
Le Dodo ou L'Amour au berceau
La Visionnaire
La Logiviére
Les Juméles
Les Chérubins ou l'aimable Lazure
La Pothouïn

Alexandre Tharaud - piano

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Mozart, Haydn – Piano Concertos – Alexandre Tharaud

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major, K.271 "Jeunehomme"
Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A major, K.386
"Ch'io mi scordi di te?" Concert aria, K.505 *
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Piano Concerto in D major, Hob.XVIII:11

Alexandre Tharaud - piano
Joyce DiDonato - mezzosoprano *
Les Violons du Roy
Bernard Labadie - conductor

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Schubert, Webern, Berg – Works for Cello and Piano – Queyras, Tharaud

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Arpeggione Sonata (Cello) in A minor, D.821
Das Wandern, D.795/1
Ungeduld, D.797/7
Anton Webern (1883-1945):
3 Small Pieces, op.11
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Die Vögel, D.691
Sonatina for Violin and Piano (Cello), D.384
Wiegenlied, D.498
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Four Pieces, op.5 for Cello and Piano
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Nacht und Träume, D.827

Jean-Guihen Queyras - cello
Alexandre Tharaud - piano

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Fauré – Chamber Works – Le Sage

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) - complete Chamber Music with Piano (Vol.4):
Dolly op.56 for piano 4 hands
Masques et bergamasques op.112 for piano 4 hands
Souvenirs de Bayreuth for piano 4 hands
Fantaisie op.79 for flute and piano
Morceau de concours for flute and piano
Sicilienne de Pelléas et Mélisande op.78 for flute and piano
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello op.120
Après un rêve for cello and piano
Sicilienne op.78 for cello and piano

Eric Le Sage - piano
Alexandre Tharaud - piano
Emmanuel Pahud - flute
Pierre Colombet - violin
Raphaël Merlin - cello
François Salque - cello

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Thierry Pécou – L'Oiseau Innumérable – Alexandre Tharaud

Thierry Pécou (b.1965):
L'oiseau innumérable - concerto for Piano and Orchestra *
Outre-mémoire, variances - for piano
Petit livre pour clavier - for keyboard
Après Rameau, une sarabande? - for piano
Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764):
Sarabande

Alexandre Tharaud - piano, harpsichord, organ
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris *
Andrea Quinn - conductor *

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Chopin – Piano Works – Alexandre Tharaud

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Mazurka for piano No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63-3
Ballade for piano No. 1 in G minor,  Op. 23
Mazurka for piano No. 11 in E minor, Op. 17-2
Mazurka for piano No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68-2
Fantasy for piano in F minor-A flat major, Op. 49
Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doubtful), KK Anh.Ia-6
Mazurka for piano No. 6 in A minor, Op. 7-2
Ballade for piano No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Mazurka for piano No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17-4
Rondo for piano in C minor, Op. 1
3 Ecossaises for piano, Op. 72-3
Contredanse for piano in G flat major, KK. Anh.Ia-4 (B. 84) (spurious)
Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66
Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9-2

Alexandre Tharaud - piano

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Scarlatti – Piano Sonatas – Alexandre Tharaud

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757):
Sonata for keyboard in F minor, K. 239
Sonata for keyboard in A major, K. 208
Sonata for keyboard in C major, K. 72
Sonata for keyboard in G minor, K. 8
Sonata for keyboard in D major, K. 29
Sonata for keyboard in C major, K. 132
Sonata for keyboard in D major, K. 430
Sonata for keyboard in C major, K. 420
Sonata for keyboard in F minor, K. 481
Sonata for keyboard in C major, K. 514
Sonata for keyboard in D minor, K. 64
Sonata for keyboard in D minor, K. 32
Sonata for keyboard in D minor, K. 141
Sonata for keyboard in B flat major, K. 472
Sonata for keyboard in A minor, K. 3
Sonata for keyboard in E major, K. 380
Sonata for keyboard in G major, K. 431
Sonata for keyboard in D minor, K. 9

Alexandre Tharaud - piano

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Kagel – Rrrrrr..., Ludwig van, Der Eid des Hippokrates, Unguis incarnatus est, MM 51 – Various Artists

remembering Mauricio Kagel on the anniversary of his death

(December 24, 1931 – September 18, 2008)

Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008):
Brrrrrr... - for piano 2 and 4 hands *
Ludwig van - for ensemble +
Der Eid des Hippokrates - for piano 3 hands *
Unguis incarnatus est - for double bass and piano #
MM 51 - for metronome and piano

Alexandre Tharaud - piano
Eric Le Sage - piano *
Philippe Bernold - flute +
Hervé Joulain - horn +
Jean-Guihen Queyras - cello +
Ronald van Spaendonck - clarinet +
Marc Marder - double bass #

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Albert Roussel – Concertos – David Stern

remembering Albert Roussel on the anniversary of his death

(5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937)

Albert Roussel (1869-1937):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op.36
Concerto for small Orchestre, op.34
Concertino for Cello and Orchestra, op.57
Petite Suite for Orchestra

Alexandre Tharaud - piano
Jean-Guihen Queyras - cello
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
David Stern - conductor

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