Alexandre Tharaud – Bach Tharaud (Release date: 18.10.2024)

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Alexandre Tharaud – Bach Tharaud (Release date: 18.10.2024)

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Bach Tharaud

Alexandre Tharaud

 

Transcriptions for piano – Alexandre Tharaud’s Bach album Alexandre Tharaud is one of the most versatile pianists, who repeatedly transcends the boundaries of the most diverse genres.
With the album Bach Tharaud, the world-class French pianist is now following in the footsteps of one of the most famous composers of all time.
However, Alexandre Tharaud transcends genre boundaries even with this classic.
The pianist took pieces such as a choral movement from Bach’s St. John Passion, a Siciliano from a flute sonata or a Bourrée from a lute suite and transcribed them for his instrument.
In doing so, Tharaud is following Bach’s own tradition; after all, as an admirer of Antonio Vivaldi, the composer transformed his orchestral works into organ concertos.
Alexandre Tharaud also included existing piano arrangements in the program, such as the chorale “Erkenne mich, mein Hüter” from the St. Matthew Passion.
Bach must not have let go of the longing, intimate melody of the original hymn for some time, as he incorporated it into other works.
Admired by music connoisseurs more than almost any other composer, Bach’s works were also adapted by other composers.
Charles Gounod, for example, developed his popular “Ave Maria” from Bach’s Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, merging two different musical eras.   Johann Sebastian Bach / transkr.
for piano by Alexandre Tharaud and others: Bourrée from: Suite for Lute in E minor BWV 996 ?
Siciliano from: Sonata for Flute in E flat major BWV 1031 ?
Chorus “Our Sovereign” from: St. John Passion BWV 245 ?
Air from: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 ?
a.o. Alexandre Tharaud (piano)    Release datesSingles:
July 26, 2024 Single 1 + Video Track 25 – Bach / Gounod: Ave Maria (after Bach’s Prelude No. 1 in C Major BWV 846) August 9, 2024 Single 2 + Video Track 1 – Bach: Concerto in D minor BWV 974 – II. Adagio (after Alessandro Marcello) August 23, 2024 Single 3 + Video Track 6 – Bach: Suite in A minor 818a – II. Sarabande September 6, 2024 Single 4 Track 22 – Bach: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 – Chorus “Erkenne mich, mein Hü-ter” September 20, 2024 Single 5 + Video Track 12 – Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major BWV 1068 – II. Air (Transcr. Tharaud for Piano) October 4, 2024 Single 6 Track 3 – Bach: St. John Passion BWV 245, Pt.1 – No. 1: Chorus.
“Herr unser Herrscher” (Transcr. Tharaud for Piano) October 18, 2024 Focus Track + Video Track 14 – Bach: Organ Concerto in D Minor BWV 596 – III. Largo e spiccato ‘Siciliano’ (Transcr. Tharaud for Piano)