This 2021 release is a reissue of a 2002 album by pianist Alexandre Tharaud, with original graphics intact but a new set of booklet notes. Reissues, in general, are less common than they used to be, and Rameau in any form remains unlikely to top the charts. So it may seem surprising to see Tharaud's album reissued, but really it is not, for few artists have explored the avenues Tharaud opened here, and his album still seems fresh and new. What was novel was not just that Tharaud played Rameau on the piano -- his inclusion ...
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This 2021 release is a reissue of a 2002 album by pianist Alexandre Tharaud, with original graphics intact but a new set of booklet notes. Reissues, in general, are less common than they used to be, and Rameau in any form remains unlikely to top the charts. So it may seem surprising to see Tharaud's album reissued, but really it is not, for few artists have explored the avenues Tharaud opened here, and his album still seems fresh and new. What was novel was not just that Tharaud played Rameau on the piano -- his inclusion of Debussy's Hommage à Rameau, from Images, Book I, reminds listeners that this had been done before -- but that he completely rethought how to go about it. His Rameau playing cannot be described either as Romantic-pianistic or as historically oriented. Rather, Tharaud is informed but not restricted by historical performance approaches, with which he begins as a basis but to which he adds pianistic touches in a successful effort to get at the essence of Rameau as it has come down to...
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Claude Debussy; Jean-Philippe Rameau. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
