classical music: Jean-Yves Thibaudet

classical music: Jean-Yves Thibaudet

classical music:

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Ernest Bloch, Johannes Brahms, ...

Decca, 2005

So I'm just learning violin...
and I can not play like Joshua Bell. For this, he better consider himself damn lucky as the world could not handle two of us Joshua Bells. This was my first exposure to this phenom. Sorry, I had never heard of him until I got my first issue of STRINGS magazine and ...

Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music

Erik Satie, Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Decca, 2003

Yes, its worth five discs
Each disc averages about 75 minutes of music. Over six hours of Satie? Definitely yes. If you have an affinity for Satie's classic pieces you should not pass up this set. There are so many standout pieces in so many wonderful styles you can only leave this set with ...

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5

Cesar Franck, Camille Saint-Saens, ...

Decca, 2007

Glittering, glamorous, exciting
The dapper Thibaudet doesn't swim in deep waters, but when presented with glittering pieces that suit his own sophistication (he's the only pianist who comes onstage in coutrue), the results can be delightful. So it proves here. The two Saint-Saens concertos are ...

Movie Adagios

Janos Starker, Julian Lloyd Webber, ...

Decca, 2001

One of the best CDs you'll ever own
This is an excellent selection of music. I listen to it every chance I get. It is great just to put in your CD player on "repeat" and allow it to soothe and inspire you for a few hours, for an evening, or an for entire day. One reason I chose it was that I was looking ...

The Magic of Satie

Thibaudet, Satie

Decca, 2002

Quite... simply...a joy!
Extraordinary, eloquent, intimate and impassioned performances. Each time I listen, I get taken deeper into Satie, yes, but also into *music* itself. Satie's music is really meant for the performer (note his comments on the score), intimately. I also think Satie used ...

Romantic Adagios

Jascha Silberstein, Lynn Harrell, ...

Decca, 2000

A great, great collection!
I was stunned to see only two and a half stars for romantic adagios. I don't know how much you get to know by listening to only one "song" out of so many in this collection, but in my opinion this CD collection deserves a lot of credit. I had heard of Samuel Barber's ...

Rachmaninoff for a Rainy Day

Nina Kotova, Sergey Rachmaninov, ...

Philips, 2001

Rainy day, boy what an appropriate title
I don't know what it is about the second Rachmaninoff concerto , but it inevitably reminds me of rain dripping off the leaves of trees. Not that I don't love it, I really do, but it is so evocative of rain that I was very amused by the CD title. Ashkenazy is ...

Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Debussy · images, études ~ complete works for piano, vol. 2

Claude Debussy, Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Decca, 2000

Superior recordings and performances
The Penguin Guide to CDs and DVDs has Thibaudet's sets of the complete Debussy solo piano music at the top of the digital recordings, and this is certainly high quality. We have several recordings of the Preludes and some other works, but there is nothing to come ...

Jean-Yves Thibaudet ~ Debussy - complete piano works, vol. 1

Claude Debussy, Spoken Word, ...

Decca, 1996

Superior recordings and performances
The Penguin Guide to CDs and DVDs has Thibaudet's sets of the complete Debussy solo piano music at the top of the digital recordings, and this is certainly high quality. We have several recordings of the Preludes and some other works, but there is nothing to come ...

The Most Relaxing Cello Album in the World Ever

Han-Na Chang, Jacqueline du Pré, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

Beautiful Cello Music
Different than what other people say, this is an extremely beautiful Cello CD; check it out for yourself.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet ~ Warsaw Concerto ~ romantic piano classics from the silver screen
Richard Addinsell, George Gershwin, ...

Decca, 1999

Cecilia Bartoli - Live in Italy / Jean-Yves Thibaudet

George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, ...

Decca, 1998

Exquisite
"Her natural command of messa di voce phrasing, willingness to shade the voice away to the quietest pianissimo and acute sensitivity to the words of Caccini's love songs proved irresistible, attracting a generous mix of applause and foot stamping." Such was the ...

Aria: Opera without Words

Vincenzo Bellini, Percy Grainger, ...

Decca, 2007

Not Liszt
Jean-Yves Thibaudet's new recording is very pleasant to listen to. As expected, his playing is flawless and endlessly romantic in style; very poetic performances. His selection of repertoire is nice; however, the transcriptions themselves cannot compare to those by ...

Reneé Fleming & Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Night Songs (Fauré, Debussy, Marx, Strauss, Rachmaninov)

Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy

Decca, 2001

Night Songs, Day Songs, whatever...this album is a must have!!
This is a CD that every household should have. Masterful piano playing and even more masterful singing make this CD exquisite. Yes, I'm quite partial to Diva Fleming, but let's face it, America hasn't had a soprano with such skill in an awfully long time. Listen to ...

The Romantic Violin

Samuel Barber, Johannes Brahms, ...

Decca, 2004

Joshua Bell's playing is breathtaking!
Joshua's recordings of these various pieces are absolutely beautiful and breathtaking--technical perfection from a true virtuoso. His playing evokes warmth and emotion without going to the extremes. However, this is a compilation album, and that is where the problem ...