The album features a world premiere recording of Poulenc's 'Valse' from Musiques de soie, a miniature originally printed on a silk scarf by the Pierre Balmain fashion house.
Recording & Production
Alexandre Tharaud's recording sessions are described as dramatic, involving tears, screams, and laughter, resembling a 'dramatic opera in five acts'.
Performer Biography
Alexandre Tharaud's first album, recorded in 1992 and dedicated to his favorite composer Ravel, is now out of print and he refers to it as his 'ghost record'.
Recording & Production
The album includes several previously unreleased tracks, some of which were recorded spontaneously for pleasure during studio sessions.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Alexandre Tharaud is also a composer, and extracts from his unfinished collection 'Corpus Volubilis' (Body in motion), which will comprise 100 dance-inspired pieces, are featured on this album.
Performer Biography
Alexandre Tharaud, the pianist on this album, was born into a family of artists; his father was a singer, director, and writer, and his mother a dance teacher and choreographer.
Recording & Production
The improvisations on The Beach Boys' songs 'Barbara Ann' and 'Good Vibrations' were recorded on the final day of the Rachmaninov sessions in 2016.
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