{"product_id":"alexandre-tharaud-versailles-french-baroque-music-cd","title":"Alexandre Tharaud - Versailles (French baroque music) (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eWho but Alexandre Tharaud would follow an album devoted to Beethovens formidable final three piano sonatas with a recital of compact pieces by Lully, Rameau, Franois Couperin and other composers associated with the French court in the 17th and 18th centuries I've always been attracted by French music of this period, explains Tharaud, whose wide-ranging Erato catalogue embraces Bach, Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, Rachmaninov, Satie, the music of Jazz Age Paris and the work of French singer-songwriter Barbara. I see this album as a bouquet of short pieces by different composers of that time. It is a tribute to the composers of Versailles. They were active during the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI and the youngest of them, Claude Balbastre, died in 1799, 10 years after the outbreak of the French Revolution. A number of the pieces have not, to the best of Tharauds knowledge, previously been recorded on the modern piano he mentions the music of Balbastre, Jacques Duphly and Pancrace Royer. As he explains, Lully did not write for solo keyboard, but his orchestral Marche pour la crmonie des Turcs from Le bourgeois gentilhomme has been transcribed for piano a number of times. For this album Tharaud has made his own arrangement of the piece, aiming to capture the full richness of it's sonorities and to emphasise it's dancing nature. Some of the pieces Tharaud considered for inclusion felt immediately comfortable on the piano keyboard; others sounded cumbersome and thus unsuitable for the album. For instance, the highly ornamented writing of Jean-Henry dAnglebert (1629-1691) can be tricky on the modern instrument, which has a heavier action and sonority than a 17th century harpsichord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePremier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin RCT 1: I. Prélude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Second Livre de Pièces de Clavecin Suite en Mi RCT 2: V. Le Rappel Des Oiseaux\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Livre de Pièces Pour la Guitare Suite No. 9 in D Minor: IV. Sarabande (Transc. Tharaud for Piano)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Second Livre de Pièces de Clavecin Suite en Mi RCT 2: VIII. Tambourin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin: VI. L'aimable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin Suite en la RCT 5: VII. Gavotte Et Six Doubles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pièces de Clavecin: Sarabande \"Dieu Des Enfers\" (After Lully's la Naissance de Vénus)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin: XIV. La Marche Des Scythes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Les Indes Galantes RCT 44 Act 1: \"Viens Hymen\" (Phani)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin: IV. Premier Et Deuxième Tambourins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Quatrième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin Vingt-Cinquième Ordre: V. Les Ombres Errantes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Quatrième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin: V. La Pothouïn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin Suite en Sol RCT 6: XIV. Les Sauvages (Arr. Roques for Piano-4 Hands)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chaconne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pièces de Clavecin: Ouverture de Cadmus Et Hermione de Lully\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Second Livre de Pièces de Clavecin Huitième Ordre: IX. Passacaille\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pièces de Clavecin: Fugue Grave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Troisième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin: VIII. La de Belombre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme LWV 43: Marche Pour la Cérémonie Des Turcs (Transc. Tharaud for Piano)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin: XII. La Suzanne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Variations Sur Les Folies D'espagne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50445666058514,"sku":"190295386429","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/3747274.jpg?v=1729703312","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/alexandre-tharaud-versailles-french-baroque-music-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}