Couperin: Tic Toc Choc
Alexandre Tharaud
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 2: Les Baricades Mistérieuses (6e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 1:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 3: Le Tic-Toc-Choc Ou Les Maillotins (18e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 2:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 4: La Couperin (21e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 3:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 3: Les Calotines (19e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 2:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 4: Les Ombres Errantes (25e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 4:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 3: Les Tricoteuses (23e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 2:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 3: Le Carillon de Cithére (14e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 3:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 3: Muséte de Taverni (à 5 Mains) (15e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 2:24 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 3: Les Rozeaux (13e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 2:48 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 3: L'Atalante (12e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 1:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 2: Passacaille (8e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 5:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 4: La Muse Plantine (19e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 2:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 4: Les Tours de Passe-passe (22e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 2:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 2: Bruit de Guerre (extrait de la Triomphante) (10e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud & Pablo Pico | 2:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 3: Le Dodo Ou L'Amour Au Berceau (15e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 3:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 4: La Visionnaire (25e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 3:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 1: La Logivière (5e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 4:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 3: Les Juméles (12e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 5:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pieces de clavecin, Book 3: Les Chérubins Ou L'aimable Lazure (20e Ordre) | Alexandre Tharaud | 3:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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La Pothouïn (4e Livre de Pièces Pour Clavecin) | Alexandre Tharaud | 5:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Songs |
Customer Reviews
piece to musics
came across Tharaud's Bach recording by chance... a revelation; now his selection of Couperin pieces which is the same; I knew them only as a purist ie played on period harpsichords ;loved it from the first listen;fine fingered without being gooey-soppy, full of moods you can feel even without looking at the name of the piece;all in finesse and mastered delicacy without foppishness. a delight to the ears
Beautiful!
Beautiful Couperin pieces played on the piano. Love this collection. Alexandre Tharaud is an outstanding, accomplished pianist.
Absurd
I agree with tora-bi that Couperin's music simply does not and cannot work on the piano. Consider the title piece of the album. Le Tic-Toc-Choc is a "piéce croisée" meaning one hand on the upper keyboard and one on the lower, playing at the unison. The contrast of timbre between the two different strings sounded by the keyboards is an essential effect of the music. The piano simply cannot create this effect. Playing Couperin on the piano is as ridiculous as playing Chopin on the harpsichord. In fact, I wish someone would make such an attempt; perhaps it might illustrate how much one does injustice to the music to play it on an instrument for which it was neither conceived nor intended. M. Tharaud's abilities as a pianist are impressive, especially in playing Le Tic-Tic-Choc on one keyboard. But the effort does indeed fall flat. I am reminded of Louis XIV's comment after hearing a one man band perform: "What this man does is very difficult, but it is not pleasing." Voila!
