Credits:

Philip Langridge

Description:

The "Magician of Tones" Tharaud's quintessential sensation, Rameau, is back! The popular French pianist Alexandre Tharaud's masterpiece Rameau is back, recorded in 2001, and became the first full-fledged solo album by Tharaud for harmoniamundi. The release of "Rameau with Contemporary Piano" by a label that had been focusing on French Baroque music since the 1980s, when there had been many Baroque harpsichord recordings, was also a big topic of conversation. At the time of the release of this disc, Rattle's performance of Rameau's "Les Boreades" on modern instruments and Minkowski's performance of Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" on period instruments were both sensational events. Taraud's Rameau was released to worldwide acclaim, with the pianist saying, "No other pianist has reproduced the spirit of this composer in such a fascinating way. For Tharaud, Rameau is a composer who has never left him. This performance reaffirms the essence of Tharaud's music. King International

Tracklisting:

1.Suite en La / in A~Allemande
2.Suite en La / in A~Courante
3.Suite en La / in A~Sarabande
4.Suite en La / in A~Les Trois Mains
5.Suite en La / in A~La Fanfarinette
6.Suite en La / in A~La Triomphante
7.Suite en La / in A~Gavotte
8.Suite en La / in A~Premier double de la Gavotte
9.Suite en La / in A~Deuxieme double
10.Suite en La / in A~Troisieme double
11.Suite en La / in A~Quatrieme double
12.Suite en La / in A~Cinquieme double
13.Suite en La / in A~Sixieme double
14.Suite en Sol / in G~Les Tricotets. Rondeau
15.Suite en Sol / in G~L'Indifferente
16.Suite en Sol / in G~Menuet - Deuxieme menuet
17.Suite en Sol / in G~La Poule
18.Suite en Sol / in G~Les Triolets
19.Suite en Sol / in G~Les Sauvages
20.Suite en Sol / in G~L'Enharmonique
21.Suite en Sol / in G~L'Egyptienne
22.Hommage a Rameau (Images, Premier Livre, 1905)