Alexandre Tharaud - Cinema (orchestral repertoire) (Vinyl)

Alexandre Tharaud's relationship with film music runs deep - it also ranges wide. On his double album CINEMA, the French pianist delves into 50 celebrated film scores by composers from France, Italy, the USA, Japan, Poland, Romania and Lebanon - 19 in all. Among them are Michel Legrand, John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Francis Lai, Marvin Hamlisch, Nino Rota and Philip Glass. As Tharaud says: "This album pays tribute to them with a selection of pieces for piano and orchestra and for piano solo, most in their original versions, creating a sound-world every bit as thrilling without the motion picture." The movie magic is reinforced by Tharaud's starry partners on the album: Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and making guest appearances are singers Vanessa Paradis, Camélia Jordana and Sabine Devieilhe, clarinettist Michel Portal and vioinist Nemanja Radulovic.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Concertino (From "Summer of '42")
2. Over the Moon (From "E.T.")
3. Main Theme (From "Cinema Paradiso")
4. Sirba (From "Le Grand Blond Avec Une Chaussure Noire")
5. Camille (From "Le Mepris")
6. Generique (From "Le Roi Et L'oiseau")
7. Concerto Pour la Fin D'un Amour - Final (From "Un Homme Qui Me Plaît")
8. Main Theme (From "Jeux Interdits")

Disc: 2

1. Main Theme (From "Les Choses de la Vie")
2. The Windmills of Your Mind (From "The Thomas Crown Affair")
3. Main Theme (From "L'amant")
4. Main Theme (From "Borsalino")
5. Main Theme (From "The Way We Were")
6. Main Theme (From "Sabrina")
7. Chere Marylin (From "Un Elephant Ça Trompe Enormement")