Release Date: 18 October 2024
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Erato
£24.99
Alexandre Tharaud Bach Tharaud Limited 180gram Vinyl LP
Overview:
The protean French pianist brings a programme concentrating on Bach on the piano – in this instance mostly in his own transcriptions such as the Lute Suite BWV 996, the Johannes-Passion BWV 245 and many others. The album also features Sicilienne BWV 1031, the famous Bach/Gounod Ave Maria and the Adagio from the Keyboard Concerto BWV 974, after Alessandro Marcello’s Adagio.
Featured Tracks:
Side: 1
1 Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio (After Marcello's Oboe Concerto)
2 Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV 996: V Bourree (Transcr Tharaud for Piano)
3 Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 1: No. 1, Chor. "Herr unser Herrscher" (Transcr. Tharaud for Piano)
4 Flute Sonata in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano (Transcr. Tharaud for Piano)
5 Keyboard Suite in A Minor, BWV 818a: Prelude
6 Keyboard Suite in A Minor, BWV 818a: Sarabande
7 Keyboard Suite in A Minor, BWV 818a: Menuet
8 Keyboard Suite in A Minor, BWV 818a: Courante
9 Keyboard Suite in A Minor, BWV 818a: Allemande
10 Keyboard Suite in A Minor, BWV 818a: Gigue
Side: 2
1 Matthaus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt 2: No 49, Aria "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben" (Transcr Tharaud for Piano)
2 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air (Transcr. Tharaud for Piano)
3 Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 906: I. Fantasia
4 Organ Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: III. Largo e spiccato "Siciliano" (Transcr. Tharaud for Piano)
5 Flute Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013: I. Allemande (Transcr. Tharaud for Piano)
6 Ave Maria (Meditation After Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846)