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Fitting her reputation for interpreting the keyboard repertoire in a big way, Hélène Grimaud presents her first recording of J.S. Bach's works with transcriptions by Ferruccio Busoni, Franz Liszt, and Sergei Rachmaninov, which were all intended to update the music for the modern grand piano. Because Grimaud's style is direct and robust, reminiscent of Martha Argerich, and the transcriptions are dramatically more pianistic than the originals, Bach purists should look elsewhere for more meticulous and historically informed performances of these Baroque pieces, perhaps on fortepiano or harpsichord. Grimaud's fans, however, will feel at home with her rich and resonant playing, and if the beefed-up passagework, with all its octaves, chromatic filigree, and heavy pedaling, are deemed acceptable, then this album will surely find its audience. The preludes and fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier are not transcriptions, though Grimaud's energetic and idiosyncratic playing almost makes them seem as if they were, and the Concerto No. 1 in D minor, supported by Florian Donderer and the German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen, is delivered in a straightforward manner without embellishment or period instruments. The Busoni version of the Chaconne in D minor, Liszt's arrangement of the Prelude and Fugue in A minor, and Rachmaninov's fanciful adaptation of the Prelude in E major from the Partita No. 3 for violin seem to be the album's raison d'être, for Grimaud finds her voice in these colorful performances, and her passionate and virtuosic style is best suited to their elaborations. Deutsche Grammophon's reproduction is exceptional and well-balanced for Grimaud's sonorous playing.
© Blair Sanderson /TiVo
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Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 1, BWV 846-869 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Harpsichord Concerto No.1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Florian Donderer, Conductor, MainArtist - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Buecker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Director, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Buecker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Director, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Buecker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 2, BWV 870-893 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Partita for Violin Solo No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 - Transcr. for piano Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ferruccio Busoni, Arranger, Work Arranger - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 2, BWV 870-893 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Franz Liszt, Arranger, Work Arranger - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Arranger, Work Arranger - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 2, BWV 870-893 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Hélène Grimaud, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Unknown, Other - Stephan Flock, Producer, Editor, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jürgen Bulgrin, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ute Fesquet, Producer
℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Fitting her reputation for interpreting the keyboard repertoire in a big way, Hélène Grimaud presents her first recording of J.S. Bach's works with transcriptions by Ferruccio Busoni, Franz Liszt, and Sergei Rachmaninov, which were all intended to update the music for the modern grand piano. Because Grimaud's style is direct and robust, reminiscent of Martha Argerich, and the transcriptions are dramatically more pianistic than the originals, Bach purists should look elsewhere for more meticulous and historically informed performances of these Baroque pieces, perhaps on fortepiano or harpsichord. Grimaud's fans, however, will feel at home with her rich and resonant playing, and if the beefed-up passagework, with all its octaves, chromatic filigree, and heavy pedaling, are deemed acceptable, then this album will surely find its audience. The preludes and fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier are not transcriptions, though Grimaud's energetic and idiosyncratic playing almost makes them seem as if they were, and the Concerto No. 1 in D minor, supported by Florian Donderer and the German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen, is delivered in a straightforward manner without embellishment or period instruments. The Busoni version of the Chaconne in D minor, Liszt's arrangement of the Prelude and Fugue in A minor, and Rachmaninov's fanciful adaptation of the Prelude in E major from the Partita No. 3 for violin seem to be the album's raison d'être, for Grimaud finds her voice in these colorful performances, and her passionate and virtuosic style is best suited to their elaborations. Deutsche Grammophon's reproduction is exceptional and well-balanced for Grimaud's sonorous playing.
© Blair Sanderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:26
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Hélène Grimaud Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin This Compilation ℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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