Alexandre Tharaud - Pianosong - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Johannes Moser's acclaimed interpretation of Elgar's profoundly elegiac and lyrical Cello Concerto and of Tchaikovsky's elegant Rococo Variations returns to the market in an affordable stereo edition. The programme also contains Tchaikovsky's Nocturne and Morceau de Concert for Cello and Orchestra, as well as an arrangement of the famous Andante cantabile from his First String Quartet. Performed together with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under the baton of Andrew Manze, Moser's rendition was praised by Gramophone as Inchone of the finest we've had in years.Inch Album Tracks 1. Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85~Adagio - Moderato 2. Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85~Lento - Allegro molto 3. Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85~Adagio 4. Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85~Allegro, ma non troppo 5. Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33~Moderato assai quasi Andante 6. Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33~Thema - Moderato simplice 7. Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33~Variation 1 - Tempo della Thema 8. Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33~Variation 2 - Tempo della Thema 9. Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33~Variation 3 - Andante 10. Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33~Variation 4 - Allegro vivo 11. Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33~Variation 5 - Andante grazioso 12. Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33~Variation 6 - Allegro moderato 13. Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33~Variation 7 - Andante sostenuto 14. Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33~Variation 8 & Coda - Allegro moderato con anima 15. Nocturne, Op. 19/4 16. String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11~Andante Cantabile 17. Pezzo Capriccioso Op. 62, Morceau de Concert for Cello and Orchestra

Alexandre Tharaud's new album features three world premieres on record - three piano concertos written for & dedicated to him by three of the most exciting contemporary composers active today. A deeply engaging, virtuosic tour-de-force of an album. Album Tracks 1. Cara Bali Concerto I. Vivace 2. Cara Bali Concerto II. Vivace 3. Mare Marginis 4. Luz de Lejos I. Preludio 5. Luz de Lejos II. Toccata I 6. Luz de Lejos III. Anunciación - Juego 7. Luz de Lejos IV. Canción de Amor 8. Luz de Lejos V. Toccata II 9. Luz de Lejos VI. Luz de Lejos

This album brings together world premiere recordings of three aesthetically diverse piano concertos that were written for Alexandre Tharaud. They are Left, alone by the Dane Hans Abrahamsen (b. 1952), Future is a faded song by the Frenchman Gérard Pesson (b.1958) and Kuleshov by the Argentian-born Frenchman Oscar Strasnoy (b.1970). Strasnoy has said that his concerto was Inchinspired by Alexandre Tharaud's unique and inimitable phrasing and clarity of playing.Inch No doubt those words could apply to all three works on the album. Album Tracks 1. Left, Alone I. Very Fast 2. Left, Alone II. Slowly Walking 3. III. Presto Fluente 4. Left, Alone IV. Slowly 5. Left, Alone V. Prestissimo Tempestuoso 6. Left, Alone VI. in a Tempo from Another Time - in a Time for a Slow Motion - Suddenly in Flying Time, InchFairy Tale TimeInch 7. Future Is a Faded Song 8. Kuleshov