Pécou, Lazkano & Nante: Piano Concertos Alexandre Tharaud

• Thierry Pécou (b. 1965): Cara Bali Concerto:
• 1 Pécou: Cara Bali Concerto: I. Vivace 11:05
• 2 Pécou: Cara Bali Concerto: II. Vivace 19:32
• Ramon Lazkano (b. 1968): Mare Marginis:
• 3 Lazkano: Mare Marginis 25:54
• Alex Nante (b. 1992): Luz de lejos:
• 4 Nante: Luz de lejos: I. Preludio 01:49
• 5 Nante: Luz de lejos: II. Toccata I 02:38
• 6 Nante: Luz de lejos: III. Anunciación - Juego 02:11
• 7 Nante: Luz de lejos: IV. Canción de amor 05:15
• 8 Nante: Luz de lejos: V. Toccata II 05:11
• 9 Nante: Luz de lejos: VI. Luz de lejos 04:36
• Total Runtime 01:18:11

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Der französische Pianist Alexandre Tharaud spielt die Weltersteinspielungen von drei Klavierkonzerten ein, die alle von zeitgenössischen Komponisten für ihn geschrieben und ihm gewidmet wurden und jeweils mit einem anderen Orchester und Dirigenten aufgenommen wurden. Der in Argentinien geborene Komponist Alex Nante sagt, sein Luz de lejos ziele darauf ab, „bestimmte interpretatorische Facetten zu erforschen, die [Tharaud] besitzt“; der französische Komponist Thierry Pécou ließ sich für sein Cara Bali Concerto vom Gong Kebyar, einem Stil der balinesischen Gamelan-Musik, inspirieren; und der französisch-spanische Komponist Ramon Lazkano beschreibt Mare Marginis als von dem Wunsch motiviert, „die Klaviatur neu zu erforschen ... um die verborgenen Resonanzen herauszuholen“.

Alexandre Tharaud, Klavier
Orchestre National de Lyon(Pécou)
Jonathan Stockhammer, Dirigent
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln (Lazkano)
Sylvain Cambreling, Dirigent
Orchestre National de Lille (Nante)
Emilia Hoving, Dirigentin

Alexandre Tharaud
For Harmonia Mundi, Alexandre made a series of successful and award winning recordings which included discs of Rameau, Ravel (complete piano works), Bach (Italian Concerti), Couperin, Satie. He has recorded a series of Chopin discs; the complete waltzes and twenty four preludes as well as a personal selection, Journal Intime, which marked his first release with EMI Classics. Subsequent, award winning releases include JS Bach’s keyboard concertos and a selection of Scarlatti’s sonatas.

In recent seasons, Alexandre has appeared at the Köln Philharmonie, Bern Casino, Essen Philharmonie, South Bank piano series, Rudolfinum in Prague, Krakow Philharmonic, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Cité de la Musique, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, John F Kennedy Centre and Hoam Art Hall in Seoul. His festival credits include ‘Piano aux Jacobins', La Roque d'Anthéron, BBC PROMS, Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, Sacrum-Profanum in Krakow, Schleswig-Holstein and the Rimini festival.

Alexandre is a Resident Artist at the MC2 in Grenoble, and was the Artistic Director of the Amadeus festival in Switzerland in 2011.

As a soloist, Alexandre has performed with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo, Umea Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken,

Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Taïwan National Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy and the Bolchoi Theatre Orchestra. Next season will see him perform Poulenc’s concerto with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

His close collaboration with cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras has led to invitations to perform at the most prestigious halls around the world and recordings of three successful CDs (Hungarian cello music, Arpeggione, Debussy/Poulenc).

Alexandre's adventurous approach to programming has resulted in a number of commissions and premières; he has toured extensively in Europe with his ‘Hommages à Rameau' and ‘Hommage à Couperin' programmes which feature works by the old masters interwoven with tributes by contemporary composers. May saw the premiere of Pianosong; a selection of contemporary works composed after popular songs from the 1960s-80s. He has also just premiered French composer Gérard Pesson’s new piano concerto, together with the Tonhalle.

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