More By Artist: Helene
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN / FRANK BRIDGE
Britten/Bridge: Works for Viola & Piano Hélène Clément (viola), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Alasdair Beatson (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Aug/2022 ] Hélène Clément, violist with the Doric String Quartet, is the current holder of the viola previously owned by both Frank Bridge and Benjamin Britten. Her ambition, quickly formed once she first played this instrument, has been to create a testament... |
ANDRE MATHIEU
André Mathieu: Concerto de Québec & Works for 2 Pianos Hélène Mercier, Alain Lefèvre (pianos) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] Canadian pianist Alain Lefèvre has long championed the music of pianist-composer André Mathieu (1929-1968). As a child prodigy, Mathieu caused a sensation as 'the Canadian Mozart' in New York and Paris (where he studied with Yves Nat and Arthur... |
JOHN CORIGLIANO / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / ARVO PART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Corigliano / Beethoven / Part: Credo Helene Grimaud (piano) / Swedish Radio Choir Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Jan/2004 ] "An auspicious DG debut that opens up the possibilities for creative listening." Gramophone (Feb 2004) |
CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / SATIE / SILVESTROV / SAWHNEY
Hélène Grimaud: Memory Hélène Grimaud (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Dec/2019 ] "I think of the album as a sequence of crystalline miniatures capturing time" - Hélène Grimaud |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT
The Dawn of Romanticism Juliette Hurel (flute), Hélène Couvert (piano) [ Naive / CD - released 2/Sep/2013 ] One of the most established European flute players, Juliette Hurel presents her third album on naïve, dedicated to masterpieces by Beethoven and Schubert. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Piano Duets Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Regular duet and two-piano partners Hélène Mercier and Louis Lortie have returned to the studio for this all-Debussy programme. The album features duets written by the composer himself -such as the Petite Suite, the Six Épigraphes antiques and the... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and other works Truls Mørk (cello) Louis Lortie (piano), Hélène Mercier (piano) & Alasdair Malloy (glass harmonica) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2016 ] "This is one of those recordings where it seems invidious to look for faults and which just encourages you to sit back, relax, listen and wallow. Mørk brings his characteristic incisiveness and mountain-spring tone to the concertos" (Gramophone) |
RACHMANINOV / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / RAVEL / GERSHWIN
Helene Grimaud: The Romantic Piano Helene Grimaud (piano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner / Erato Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "Grimaud has never quite fulfilled the blazing promise of her early career, but her fiery personality ensures there is not a dull moment in concertos by Rachmaninov, Beethoven, Schumann and Ravel." (BBC Music) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 23 Helene Grimaud (piano) / Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/Nov/2011 ] This album marks two 'firsts' for Hélène Grimaud - her first live DG recording and her first ever Mozart concerto recording - the Piano Concertos Nos. 19 in F, and 23 in A. |
SCHUMANN / BRAHMS
Reflection Helene Grimaud (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Truls Mørk (cello) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Jan/2006 ] "If you've heard this lovely work [the Concerto] once too often in a merely average performance, then drink deeply at Grimaud's spring, for you'll leave refreshed...not an overblown romantic gesture, and no cloying sentimentality; instead a strong, s |
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RAVEL
Piano Concerto in G (with works by Richard Strauss) [recorded in Paris in January 2009] Helene Grimaud (piano) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Vladimir Jurowski [ EuroArts / DVD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Jurowki conjures up some fine playing in this, encouraging his section leaders to play up the humour of the score, but the best of the disc is the opening work, an impassioned, heartfelt account of Strauss's Metamorphosen." (Gramophone) |
ALBENIZ / BERIO / DEBUSSY / FAURE / JANACEK / LISZT / RAVEL / SAWHNEY / TAKEMITZU
Water Helene Grimaud (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] One of the world's most celebrated pianists, renowned for the emotional intensity of her interpretations, Hélène Grimaud presents a beautiful, haunting call to nature |
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SCHUMANN / STRAUSS / BRAHMS / RACHMANINOV / BEETHOVEN / etc
Helene Grimaud: The Warner Recordings [6 CD set] Helene Grimaud (piano) / Various orchestras & conductors [ Erato / Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2014 ] With a flawless technique, a delicate touch and playing of poetic expressivity, the French pianist Hélène Grimaud has quickly become one of the most important musicians of her generation. Virtuosic gifts aside, her deep commitment to human rights and... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: A Portrait (LP) Helene Grimaud (piano) Renaud Capucon (violin) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) / Rotterdam Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, etc [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 2 LP - released 12/Jul/2024 ] Maurice Ravel's music reflects the cultural and creative ferment of his times, as the heady sensuality of the Belle Époque made way for neo-classicism, the Jazz Age and modernism. Strikingly diverse in mood and scale, his works assert his distinctive... |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No 5 Emperer / Piano Sonata No 28 Helene Grimaud (piano) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Vladimir Jurowski [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] "Grimaud potentially is one of the finest pianists in the business, and let's hope this release signals for her a new level of maturity and artistic depth. The sonics, by the way, are also very good, with Grimaud's piano particularly well-caught, and... |
BACH / BEETHOVEN / BARTOK / RACHMANINOV / BRAHMS / etc
Perspectives: The Art Of Helene Grimaud Hélène Grimaud (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 14/Apr/2017 ] "A truly remarkable artist, capable of transcending the piano's essentially percussive nature to create magical worlds of tonal half-lights and ecstatic vocal metaphors." (International Record Review) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Pieces Op 116-119 Helene Grimaud (piano) [ Erato / CD - released 1/Jun/2004 ] "The very opening Capriccio of Op.116 really is presto energico, and Grimaud makes the most of the tricky, syncopated accents. The recording is good" MusicWeb (March 2004) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Hungarian Dances & Waltzes Katsaris Cyprien, Hélène Mercier (piano) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2018 ] "Exceedingly satisfied with our musical collaboration on our Brahms/Schumann recording, I suggested to Hélène Mercier that we take on the complete cycles of Brahms's 21 Hungarian Dances and 16 Waltzes, Op.39, which, unlike me, she had already played... |
J. S. BACH
Peaceful Bach Martha Argerich, Avi Avital, Lisa Batiashvili, Rafal Blechacz, Helene Grimaud, Murray Perahia, Hilary Hahn, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2019 ] A 2CD album of Bach's most relaxing melodies played by legendary artists and upcoming stars like Murray Perahia, Giuliano Carmignola, Rafal Blechacz, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, etc |
100 BEST CLASSICS
100 Best Classics Martha Argerich, Helene Grimaud, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Alexandre Tharaud, Maurice Andre, Andre Previn, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jose Carreras, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 2/Aug/2016 ] One hundred of the very best popular classics performed by Daniel Barenboim, Leif Ove Andsnes, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Maria-João Pires, David Fray, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Philippe Jaroussky, Angela Gheorghiu, Rolando Villazón, José Carreras,... |
