Already established as one of today's most individual and thoughtful pianists, Alexandre Tharaud makes his debut on Virgin Classics with this collection of pieces by Chopin, "Journal intime" (Private diary). Each of the chosen pieces -- mazurkas, nocturnes, ballades, the famous Fantaisie-impromptu and a number of other, lesser-known works --has a special importance or association for Tharaud, who cites the pianism of Vlado Perlemuter and Sergey Rachmaninov as a particular influence in the music of Chopin. Many of these pieces have been in Tharaud's repertoire since his student days: "I let time work for me. It is extraordinary enriching to study a work when you are young and then revisit it in the course of your life. It becomes part of you." Tharaud, born in Paris in 1968, takes a discerning approach to repertoire, highlighting and often juxtaposing composers such as Bach, Rameau, Couperin, Chabier, Satie, Ravel, Poulenc and Thierry Pécou (b.1965). His catalogue of recordings for Harmonia Muni has contributed substantially to his reputation.

萧邦认為，在贝多芬、舒伯特去世之后，维也纳严肃音乐的品味显著降低，维也纳圆舞曲的粗糙气氛跟他的敏锐心灵格格不入，因此乃谱写带著即兴曲、随想曲个性的圆舞曲。他一共留下十九首圆舞曲作品，各个曲子的共同特徵是，即兴序奏、调性巧妙对比和芬芳温柔的旋律，可谓将舞厅音乐提升到高贵的音乐会用曲。本辑除了这十九曲之外，还加录西班牙作曲家蒙波的《圆舞曲的召唤》当作安可，此曲跟萧邦作品一样带著被遗弃的感觉，以及令人心碎的怀旧氛围。法国当红钢琴小生亚歷山大．萨洛，2001年推出拉繆《大键琴组曲》专辑，声望一飞冲天，后续专辑也经常获得重要媒体的「满分」或「震撼」推荐。本片，他将萧邦连结到法国巴洛克作曲大师库普兰的传承，并且以前辈钢琴大师李帕第和法兰梭瓦的著名詮释為标竿，塑造出极為独特且风味绝佳的新世代名演奏。

Soprano Sabine Devieilhe’s signature operatic role, Lakmé, forms the starting point for her enticing album Mirages. A collection of opera and song in French, its theme is the exotic allure of faraway – and imagined – places and people. In addition to three numbers from Delibes’ opera, it features music by Berlioz, Debussy and Stravinsky and some rarer names: Thomas, Messager, Koechlin and Delage. Devieilhe is joined by mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa, pianist Alexandre Tharaud and the period-instrument orchestra Les Siècles under its founder, François-Xavier Roth.

An album dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach piano solo, follows Alexandre Tharaud’s very original Four Hands project
The protean French pianist Alexander Tharaud brings a programme concentrating on Bach on the piano – in this instance mostly in his own transcriptions such as the Lute Suite BWV 996, the Johannes-Passion BWV 245.
Tharaud also presents Bach's: Sicilienne BWV 1031, the famous Bach/Gounod Ave Maria and the Adagio from the Keyboard Concerto BWV 974, after Alessandro Marcello Adagio.