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Le boeuf sur le toit : Swinging Paris


Reviews (5)


The guardian

d. 28. Oct. 2012

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Nicholas Kenyon

d. 28. Oct. 2012

"The versatile pianist Alexandre Tharaud has gathered some friends together to demonstrate the range and atmosphere of this hothouse ... the music is perfect late-night fare, scintillatingly played".


DR musik

2013 uge 04

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2013 uge 04

"Vurdering: Ugens cd" - "På Ugens Cd kaster den klassiske pianist Alexandre Tharaud sig over cabaretmusikken fra den legendariske kunstnercabaret. Der er melodier af Gershwin og Cole Porter, og der er fransk foxtrot, tango og blues. Og så er der et møde med en i dag glemt person, Clément Doucet ... Hør fx hans skønne foxtrotter over klassiske temaer af Chopin og Liszt ... Cd'en er skæv, men alligevel typisk for pianisten Alexandre Tharaud. Han er en vanvittig god musiker med hang til drilske koncepter".


BBC music magazine

2013 February

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Christopher Dingle

2013 February

"This is fun. Alexandre Tharaud dances out of the concert hall and into the nightclub that became synonymous with Paris in the roaring 1920s: Le boeuf sur le toit. This labour of love is also a tribute to the jazz-infused, sophisticatedly mischievous music of Clement Doucet and Jean Wiener, duo partners and regular pianists at the nightclub. Doucet's playful jazz versions of Chopin, Liszt and, most checky of all, Wagner's Liebestod ... The charms of this beautifully packaged disc are hard to resist".


The gramophone

2012 December

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Harriet Smith

2012 December

"Le boeuf sur le toit is ... one of the most famous cabaret bars in 1920s Paris ... And at the centre of it all were Les Six, Cocteau and the pianist/composer Jean Wiéner and his partner-in-crime, Clément Doucet ... 67 minutes of pure musical sunshine. Much of the delight comes from the unexpectedness of the programming ... Any caveats? Short of the addition of an audience to add some ambient sound, no ... Parisian nightlife as its headiest. A disc to charm, to delight and to chase away the winter blues".


Diapason

2012 octobre

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François Laurent

2012 octobre

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or".