Intenso, pero desigual, recital de Alexandre Tharaud

By Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 19 October 2022

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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 18 October 2022

Schubert, Four Impromptus, D.899

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 1: Danseuses de Delphes

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 3: Le Vent dans la plaine

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 6: Des Pas sur la neige

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 10: La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 7: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest

Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Transc. de Alexandre Tharaud)

Ravel, Miroirs

Alexandre Tharaud, Piano

Cinematic Shostakovich and jazz-tinged Ravel in Hong Kong

Christopher Halls, 4th November

A memorable evening with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, who are joined by pianist Alexandre Tharaud for Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.

****1

Early Mozart and Britten proves the ultimate refreshment in Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 4th May

In its spic and span, acoustically resonant concert venue in Zurich, the superb Zürcher Kammerorchester returned to live performances with an audience with pianist Alexandre Tharaud.

*****

Two arresting new works in Cleveland season opener

Timothy Robson, 22nd September

Pantheon, by Cleveland Orchestra oboist Jeffrey Rathbun, and Hans Abrahamsen’s Left, alone with pianist Alexandre Tharaud in his TCO debut showed the ensemble’s strengths.

****1

Shostakovich 4 glows with passion in Rotterdam

Marc Kalf, 9th December

Shostakovich proves the highlight of a variable programme in Rotterdam.

***11

RLPO joins the dance at Sage Gateshead

Jane Shuttleworth, 21st October

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasiliy Petrenko make a guest visit to Sage Gateshead, bringing their contributions by Ravel and Rachmaninov to this year's concert theme of Dance.

***11

A fitting cabaret to celebrate Erik Satie's 150th

Nick Boston, 1st August

Alistair McGowan, Alexandre Tharaud and Jean Delescluse bring together the humour, intimacy, pathos and occasional profundity of the enigmatic Erik Satie in the 150th year of his birth.

****1

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Jorge Baeza Stanicic

Jorge Baeza es Profesor Superior de Piano y ha trabajado enseñando a tocar este instrumento en las Escuelas de Música Ayensa y Santa Cecilia, ambas en Madrid. Ha perfeccionado su técnica pedagógica con diversos maestros y ha complementado su formación con estudios sobre las aplicaciones de la Técnica Alexander a la interpretación musical. De forma paralela es autor del blog Tritono Music News (www.tritonomusicnews.com) orientado a la explicación pedagógica de contenidos musicales. En Bachtrack colabora redactando reseñas de conciertos desde el 2016 y actualmente desempeña su labor como Bibliotecario en el Ayuntamiento de Madrid.

Intenso, pero desigual, recital de Tharaud en el ciclo Grandes Intérpretes