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Given the freedom to select music he had never previously recorded, Thibaudet created a wide-ranging program that brings together works by Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Gershwin, Poulenc, Granados, Villa-Lobos, Elgar and other composers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album also features a new piano arrangement of Dario Marianelli’s \u003cem\u003ePride \u0026amp; Prejudice\u003c\/em\u003e Suite, along with Thibaudet’s own transcriptions of “When You Wish Upon a Star” from Disney’s \u003cem\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/em\u003e and Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings. Combining familiar classical repertoire, film music, popular melodies and personal favorites, \u003cem\u003eCarte Blanche\u003c\/em\u003e offers an intimate portrait of the music that has accompanied Thibaudet throughout his life and career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded in May 2021 at the Colburn School in Los Angeles and released by Decca Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Universal Music Group (UMGD) — 11244","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46535640973508,"sku":"210000063632","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/7014\/9060\/files\/x9rgsrnm39dajpl8jkog.jpg?v=1786986712"},{"product_id":"bernstein-symphonies-nos-1-2-alsop-cd","title":"Bernstein: Symphonies Nos. 1 \u0026 2, Alsop (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1 (\u003cem\u003eJeremiah\u003c\/em\u003e) and Symphony No. 2 (\u003cem\u003eThe Age of Anxiety\u003c\/em\u003e). 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Thibaudet and Feinstein also perform Vincent Youmans’ “Tea for Two” in a Gershwin-inspired setting, and the album features Earl Wild’s virtuoso transformation of “Embraceable You.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA particular highlight is the inclusion of four world-premiere recordings of rediscovered Gershwin songs: “Graceful and Elegant,” “Dance of the Waves,” “Sutton Place” and “Under the Cinnamon Tree.” Released by Decca Classics, \u003cem\u003eGershwin Rhapsody\u003c\/em\u003e offers both a fresh look at familiar standards and a rare opportunity to hear previously overlooked music by one of America’s most celebrated composers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Universal Music Group (UMGD) — 11244","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46780046966980,"sku":"210000067239","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/7014\/9060\/files\/ymag72bo4yhq4ax8fvpi.jpg?v=1790004368"},{"product_id":"khachaturian-piano-concerto-thibaudet-cd","title":"Khachaturian: Piano Concerto, Thibaudet (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJean-Yves Thibaudet joins Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Aram Khachaturian’s Piano Concerto in D-flat Major, a brilliant and highly virtuosic work that combines sweeping Romantic gestures, vivid orchestral color and musical influences rooted in the composer’s Armenian heritage. Once championed by pianists including William Kapell and Oscar Levant, the concerto receives a dynamic performance from Thibaudet, whose long-standing advocacy has helped return the work to wider attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album extends beyond the concerto with solo piano arrangements of some of Khachaturian’s best-known music, including the Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from \u003cem\u003eSpartacus\u003c\/em\u003e, the Sabre Dance and Lullaby from \u003cem\u003eGayaneh\u003c\/em\u003e and the complete \u003cem\u003eMasquerade\u003c\/em\u003e Suite. 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