Artist:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
75:00
Record Label:
Decca
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
February 28, 2025
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
75:00
Record Label:
Decca
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
February 28, 2025
"The Entertainment Factor is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission."
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
Product Description: Aram Khachaturian first conquered the classical music world with his Piano Concerto, a fiery combination of Armenian folk style music with the dazzling virtuosity of a Liszt concerto. Together with the “Sabre Dance” (from his ballet Gayaneh), it established Khachaturian as easily the most popular Soviet composer from the 1940s up until his death in 1978.
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, an urbane yet charismatic pianist of superb virtuoso technique, here reveals the strengths of a composer whose very direct and technicolor expressiveness has tended to make many listeners underestimate his music. For the Concerto, Thibaudet is joined by the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. They provide a vibrant yet polished and never overbearing account of Khachaturian’s brightly colored score, which ideally complements Thibaudet’s fiery yet precisely executed pianism, inspiring renewed admiration for this virtuosic showstopper. For the atmospheric slow central movement, the eerie sound of a musical saw plays a role (rather than the originally specified but rather comical sounding flexatone).
Besides the Piano Concerto, Thibaudet is our principal guide through Khachaturian’s greatest hits, with even popular works such as the Masquerade Suite presented in arrangements for piano solo. Thibaudet’s marvellous sensitivity to color and texture makes all these pieces sound absolutely idiomatic as piano works. Even in his selection from the set of original piano pieces Scenes of Childhood, he reveals Khachaturian’s range in this unassuming music, whether the delicious melancholy of “Legend,” or the playfulness of “Birthday Party.”
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, an urbane yet charismatic pianist of superb virtuoso technique, here reveals the strengths of a composer whose very direct and technicolor expressiveness has tended to make many listeners underestimate his music. For the Concerto, Thibaudet is joined by the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. They provide a vibrant yet polished and never overbearing account of Khachaturian’s brightly colored score, which ideally complements Thibaudet’s fiery yet precisely executed pianism, inspiring renewed admiration for this virtuosic showstopper. For the atmospheric slow central movement, the eerie sound of a musical saw plays a role (rather than the originally specified but rather comical sounding flexatone).
Besides the Piano Concerto, Thibaudet is our principal guide through Khachaturian’s greatest hits, with even popular works such as the Masquerade Suite presented in arrangements for piano solo. Thibaudet’s marvellous sensitivity to color and texture makes all these pieces sound absolutely idiomatic as piano works. Even in his selection from the set of original piano pieces Scenes of Childhood, he reveals Khachaturian’s range in this unassuming music, whether the delicious melancholy of “Legend,” or the playfulness of “Birthday Party.”
TRACK LIST:
1 .
Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Transcr. E. Khachaturian for Solo Piano)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian
(08:26)
2 . Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Op. 50: Sabre Dance (Transcr. Levant for Solo Piano) Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (02:27)
3 . Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38: I. Allegro ma non troppo e maestoso Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Aram Khachaturian (13:09)
4 . Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38: II. Andante con anima Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Aram Khachaturian (09:30)
5 . Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38: III. Allegro brillante Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Aram Khachaturian (08:34)
6 . Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Op. 50: Lullaby (Transcr. Levant for Solo Piano) Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (04:47)
7 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 1, A Little Song Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (01:34)
8 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 4, Birthday Party Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (01:40)
9 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 5, Study Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (01:45)
10 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 6, Legend Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (01:42)
11 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 7, The Little Horse Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (01:19)
12 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 9, A Glimpse of the Ballet (Adagio from "Gayaneh") Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (04:54)
13 . Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite, Op. 48a (Transcr. Dolukhanian for Solo Piano): I. Waltz Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (03:41)
14 . Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite, Op. 48a (Transcr. Dolukhanian for Solo Piano): II. Nocturne Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (03:36)
15 . Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite, Op. 48a (Transcr. Dolukhanian for Solo Piano): III. Mazurka Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (02:29)
16 . Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite, Op. 48a (Transcr. Dolukhanian for Solo Piano): IV. Romance Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (03:16)
17 .Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite, Op. 48a (Transcr. Dolukhanian for Solo Piano): V. Galop Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (02:54)
2 . Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Op. 50: Sabre Dance (Transcr. Levant for Solo Piano) Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (02:27)
3 . Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38: I. Allegro ma non troppo e maestoso Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Aram Khachaturian (13:09)
4 . Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38: II. Andante con anima Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Aram Khachaturian (09:30)
5 . Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 38: III. Allegro brillante Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Aram Khachaturian (08:34)
6 . Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Op. 50: Lullaby (Transcr. Levant for Solo Piano) Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (04:47)
7 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 1, A Little Song Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (01:34)
8 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 4, Birthday Party Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (01:40)
9 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 5, Study Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (01:45)
10 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 6, Legend Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (01:42)
11 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 7, The Little Horse Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (01:19)
12 . Khachaturian: Pictures of Childhood (Ed. Rowley): No. 9, A Glimpse of the Ballet (Adagio from "Gayaneh") Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (04:54)
13 . Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite, Op. 48a (Transcr. Dolukhanian for Solo Piano): I. Waltz Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (03:41)
14 . Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite, Op. 48a (Transcr. Dolukhanian for Solo Piano): II. Nocturne Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (03:36)
15 . Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite, Op. 48a (Transcr. Dolukhanian for Solo Piano): III. Mazurka Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (02:29)
16 . Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite, Op. 48a (Transcr. Dolukhanian for Solo Piano): IV. Romance Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (03:16)
17 .Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite, Op. 48a (Transcr. Dolukhanian for Solo Piano): V. Galop Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Aram Khachaturian (02:54)
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