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Hélène Grimaud applies her virtuoso strength and particular sense of expression to the second piano sonatas of Chopin and Rachmaninov in this 2005 recording. The idea of a life story is often attached to Chopin's Sonata No. 2 because the character of each movement seems to paint the picture of an energetic hero, who is tragically mourned at death in the third movement Marche funèbre. In a way, as Grimaud sees it, Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata No. 2 is also about life and death. Rachmaninov stripped material out of his original 1913 version -- the overall mood of which she calls being "mired in darkness" -- to create a more compact and sharply defined sonata in 1931. Grimaud has restored certain passages that she felt added to the emotional story of the work. These two major and well-known works are not pretty piano pieces, and in her hands, while there are tender moments, the main thrust of them is the vitality -- and often the grand size -- of the Romantic spirit that is found in life and, at least here, continues after death in a transformed state. The conclusion of the program with Chopin's Barcarolle and Berceuse -- played by Grimaud with a unique, but not unpleasant, way of phrasing the music -- follows that idea of transcendence of spirit.
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 35 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dagmar Birwe, Editor
℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dagmar Birwe, Editor
℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dagmar Birwe, Editor
℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dagmar Birwe, Editor
℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 36 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dagmar Birwe, Editor
℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dagmar Birwe, Editor
℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dagmar Birwe, Editor
℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Berceuse In D Flat, Op.57 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dagmar Birwe, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Barcarolle in F Sharp, Op. 60 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Stephan Flock, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dagmar Birwe, Editor
℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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Hélène Grimaud applies her virtuoso strength and particular sense of expression to the second piano sonatas of Chopin and Rachmaninov in this 2005 recording. The idea of a life story is often attached to Chopin's Sonata No. 2 because the character of each movement seems to paint the picture of an energetic hero, who is tragically mourned at death in the third movement Marche funèbre. In a way, as Grimaud sees it, Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata No. 2 is also about life and death. Rachmaninov stripped material out of his original 1913 version -- the overall mood of which she calls being "mired in darkness" -- to create a more compact and sharply defined sonata in 1931. Grimaud has restored certain passages that she felt added to the emotional story of the work. These two major and well-known works are not pretty piano pieces, and in her hands, while there are tender moments, the main thrust of them is the vitality -- and often the grand size -- of the Romantic spirit that is found in life and, at least here, continues after death in a transformed state. The conclusion of the program with Chopin's Barcarolle and Berceuse -- played by Grimaud with a unique, but not unpleasant, way of phrasing the music -- follows that idea of transcendence of spirit.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:53
- Main artists: Hélène Grimaud
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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