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Debussy: Clair de lune
Alexandre Tharaud & Yoann Bourgeois
Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye, M. 60: V. Le jardin féérique
Alexandre Tharaud & Bertrand Chamayou
Bach, JS: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude
Alexandre Tharaud
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 "Alla Turca": III. Allegretto. Turkish March
Alexandre Tharaud
Liebeslied Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud
Jean-Guihen Queyras & Alexandre Tharaud
Piazzolla: Libertango (Arr. Yamamoto)
Alexandre Tharaud & Beatrice Rana
John Williams: Main Theme (From "Schindler's List")
Alexandre Tharaud
Fauré: Dolly, Op. 56: I. Berceuse
Alexandre Tharaud & Nicholas Angelich
Main Theme (From "Cinema Paradiso")
Alexandre Tharaud, Antonio Pappano & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Royer: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin: VI. L'Aimable
Alexandre Tharaud
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Crisp, supple pianism and an imaginative approach make Tharaud a thrilling keyboard master.
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Artist Biography
Alexandre Tharaud is a French pianist of wide interests who has made his reputation in music ranging from the Baroque to ‘20s Parisian cabaret. Born in Paris in 1968 to an artistic family, he entered the city’s Conservatory at the age of 14. His earliest recordings were of 20th-century French masters—Chabrier, Milhaud, Poulenc—but Tharaud’s breakthrough recording came in 2001 with Rameau: Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de clavecin, 1728, which was a huge success in France and began a new trend of playing this genre of music on the piano. In 2007, Couperin: Tic Toc Choc confirmed Tharaud’s sensitivity and imagination in the French Baroque repertoire. As well as acknowledging the influence of harpsichordists Blandine Verlet and Christophe Rousset, Tharaud cites Marcelle Meyer—who also recorded Rameau on the piano in the ‘50s—as his idol. Well-received recordings of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, and Ravel followed, while his albums of jazz-inspired swing (Le Boeuf sur le toit, 2012) and the French singer/songwriter-indebted Barbara (2017) reveal the adventurous spirit and eclectic taste of this highly individual musician.