Alexandre Tharaud - Cinema (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. Main Theme (From "Otto E Mezzo")
2. Mia and Sebastian's Theme (From "La la Land")
3. Mouvement Perpetuel (From "Les Palmes de M. Schutz")
4. La Valse D'amelie (From "Amelie")
5. Love Theme (From "The Godfather")
6. Ballade de L'elephant (From "Un Elephant Ça Trompe Enormement")
7. Main Theme (From "Schindler's List")
8. Beau-Pere (From "Beau-Pere")

Disc: 2

1. The Force Theme (From "Star Wars")
2. Promenade Sentimentale (From "Diva")
3. Medley (From "Yentl")
4. L'illusionista (From "Le Notti Di Cabiria")
5. Valzer Del Commiato (From "Il Gattopardo")
6. The Poet Acts (From "The Hours")
7. Main Theme (From "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence")