Brilliant Japanese pianist Mariko Terashi has loved the music of the baroque since a very early age. This new album presents her beautifully warm yet virtuosic playing on a modern piano of classics by three composers central to the development of baroque keyboard music: the French masters Couperin and Rameau, and the Portuguese Carlos de Seixas. This is truly a superlative concert program. This album was released to great success in Japan only (Nami Records) in 2016, and it is now receiving it's global release. Mariko Terashi studied in France and has lived in the UK since 1995 where she enjoys an active concert career as soloist and chamber musician. She is particularly interested in piano adaptations of harpsichord music of the 17th and 18th centuries and has been described as 'offering fresh insights into the music' and displaying 'tremendous emotional depth'.

Tracklist:

Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In C Major: I. Allegro
Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In C Major: II. Adagio
Keyboard Sonata No. 8 In C Major: III. Minuet
Keyboard Sonata No. 50 In G Minor
Keyboard Sonata No. 16 In C Minor
Keyboard Sonata No. 59 In A Major: I. Allegro
Keyboard Sonata No. 59 In A Major: II. Adagio
Keyboard Sonata No. 59 In A Major: III. Allegro
Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In A Minor, Rtc 1: No. 6, Sarabandes I & II
Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In A Minor, Rtc 1: No. 7, Vénitienne
Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In D Major, Rct 3: No. 6, L'entretien Des Muses
Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In E Minor, Rct 2: No. 7, Musette En Rondeau
Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In E Minor, Rct 2: No. 6, Rigaudons I & II
Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In E Minor, Rct 2: No. 8, Tambourin
Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In E Minor, Rct 2: No. 9, La Villageoise
Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In D Major, Rtc 3: No. 2a, Les Niais De Sologne
Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In D Major, Rtc 3: No. 2b, Doubles Des Niais I
Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In D Major, Rtc 3: No. 2c, Doubles Des Niais II
Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In D Major, Rtc 3: No. 1, Les Tendres Plaintes. Rondeau
Nouvelles Suites De Pièces De Clavecin, Suite In G Major, Rct 6: No. 16, L'egyptienne
Pièces De Clavecin, Book 3, 13th Ordre In B Minor: No. 3, L'engageante
Pièces De Clavecin, Book 3, 13th Ordre In B Minor: No. 2, Les Rozeaux
Pièces De Clavecin, Book 1, 2nd Ordre In D Major: No. 8, Canaries
Pièces De Clavecin, Book 1, 2nd Ordre In D Major: No. 22, La Voluptueuse
Pièces De Clavecin, Book 1, 4th Ordre In F Major: No. 4, Le Réveil-Matin
Pièces De Clavecin, Book 2, 6th Ordre In B-Flat Major: No. 5, Les Baricades Mistérieuses

UPC: 809730320729
Label: Athene
Release Date: 11.16.18
Format: CD

Couperin / Terashi - Mariko Terashi Plays Piano Works By Seixas (CD)