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,... |
100 BEST RELAXING PIANO
100 Best Relaxing Piano (6 Discs) Various artists incls Daniel Barenboim, Bertrand Chamayou, Aldo Ciccolini, Georges Cziffra, Samson François, Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Kovacevich, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2018 ] The collection gathers the best relaxing tunes from the piano repertoire performed by most eminent musicians from the catalogues of Warner and Erato. |
50 BEST RELAXING PIANO
50 Best Relaxing Piano (3 Disc) Various artists incls Piotr Anderszewski, Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Barenboim, Bertrand Chamayou, Aldo Ciccolini, Samson François, Hélène Grimaud, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] The collection gathers the best relaxing tunes from the piano repertoire performed by the most eminent musicians from the catalogues of Warner and Erato. |
JOHN ADAMS / SAMUEL BARBER / GEORGE GERSHWIN / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / STEVE REICH / etc
American Classics Hélène Grimaud, Renaud Capuçon, Labèque Sisters, Peter Donohoe, John McGlinn, Paavo Jarvi, Christopher Warren-Green, Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Under Rattle the foxtrot from The Chairman Dances has unabated energy" (Rosette Penguin Stereo) |
JEAN CASSANEA DE MONDONVILLE
Mondonville: Le Carnaval du Parnasse Alexis Kossenko; Hasnaa Bennani; Hélène Guilmette; Mathias Vidal; Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie; Choeur de Chambre de Namur; Gwendoline Blondeel [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2024 ] The cornucopia of delights confirms why Le carnaval du Parnasse appealed instantly to mid-18th-century Parisian audiences. -Gramophone |
SIVAN ELDAR
Like Flesh (Live) Florent Baffi; Le Balcon; René Ramos Premier; Sean Clayton; Adèle Carlier; Juliette Allen; Hélène Fauchère; Guilhem Terrail; Maxime Pascal; Helena Ras [ B Records / CD - released 4/Jul/2025 ] Suffering in an unhappy marriage, Woman yearns for a world beyond the boundaries of flesh and an existence outside of the conventions of human society. A secret young Lover's desire instigates an explosive metamorphosis, and Woman finds perfect... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d'argent (complete opera) Yu Shao (tenor), Jodie Devos (soprano), Edgaras Montvidas (tenor), Hélène Guilmette (soprano) / Les Siècles, Accentus, François-Xavier Roth [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 28/Aug/2020 ] International Classical Music Awards 2021 Winner - Opera |
PER NORGARD
Nørgård: The Will-o'-the-Wisps in Town Helene Gjerris (mezzo soprano) / Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen [ Dacapo / 2 CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] "It's a fascinatingly approachable piece, sometimes recalling Pierrot Lunaire or The Soldier's Tale, but more often conjuring up its own, rather quirky fairytale world, full of typical Nørgård gestures and slithering harmonic allusions." (Guardian) |
LERA AUERBACH
Auerbach: Tatiana (a ballet by John Neumeier) BLU-RAY Hamburg Ballet / Helene Bouchet, Edvin Revazov, Leslie Heylmann, Alexandr Trusch / Simon Hewett (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Aug/2016 ] In choreographic episodes, combining dream, memory, premonition and reality, John Neumeier's ballet Tatiana brings to life the story of Tatiana, a young girl brought up in the Russian countryside and her first great love. When considering Pushkin's... |
LERA AUERBACH
Auerbach: Tatiana (complete ballet recorded in 2014) Hamburg Ballet / Helene Bouchet, Edvin Revazov, Leslie Heylmann, Alexandr Trusch / Simon Hewett (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] In choreographic episodes, combining dream, memory, premonition and reality, John Neumeier's ballet Tatiana brings to life the story of Tatiana, a young girl brought up in the Russian countryside and her first great love. When considering Pushkin's... |
MACHE / OHANA
Music for Two Pianos Helene Bellanger (Piano) / Christine Chareyron (Piano) / Leonor Lopez Cossani (Piano) / Clotilde Ovigne, piano / Martine Vialatte (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] François-Bernard Mâche has been the recipient of many awards for his compositions, more than eighty in number, ranging from the Paris Prix de la Biennale in 1963 to the Sacem Grand Prix for symphonic music in 2002. |
BACH / COUPERIN / SOLER / RAMEAU / HAYDN / MOZART / DEBUSSY
Portrait (10CD) Helene Boschi [ Profil / CD Box Set ] The Francophone Swiss pianist Hélène Boschi was born in Lausanne on August 11, 1917. She studied at the École Normale de Musique de Paris with Yvonne Lefébure, and with Alfred Cortot. Throughout her life, Boschi pursued a twin career as teacher and... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila (complete opera, recorded in 1946) Helene Bouvier / Jose Luccioni / Louis Fourestier (cond) [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Orchestra of the National Opera of Paris, Chorus of the National Opera of Paris, Louis Foureslier |
BARTOK / BERG / MOZART / LISZT
Resonance Helene Grimaud (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/2010 ] "The French pianist's concept album is her strongest yet. At the core are two sonatas - Liszt's monument of romantic rhetoric, humanised as only Grimaud can, and Alban Berg's one-movement sonata from 1910." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
SCHUMANN
Piano music (incls 'Kreisleriana Op 16) Helene Grimaud (piano) [ Portrait Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'And through the endearing naturalness, truthfulness and immediacy of her response to the printed text, you fall in love with the young Schumann all over again.' (Gramophone of Kreisleriana) |
BRAHMS
Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 Helene Grimaud (piano) [ Portrait Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] 'a splendid urgency and commitment' Gramophone of Sonata No. 2 / 'This account of the Third Sonata is also distinguished' Gramophone of Sonata No. 3 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: The Last Romantic Hero (2LP) Helene Grimaud (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Martin James Bartlett (piano), Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Borodin Quartet, Berliner Philharmoniker, e [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Sergei Rachmaninov was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor renowned for his emotive and virtuosic music. His works, characterized by lush harmonies and sweeping melodies, include the iconic Piano Concerto no.2 and the hauntingly beautiful... |
RAVEL
The Best Of Ravel (Incls Bolero, Gaspard de la Nuit & Piano Concerto in G) Helene Grimaud, Paul Crossley (piano)/ Orchestre National de France under Eliahu Inbal / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2007 ] Ravel’s Boléro has become an evergreen. These 2 CD’s provide material for those who would like to hear more by this typically French composer. |
HANDEL
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne / Dixit Dominus Helene Guilmette (sop) Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Malcolm E.Bennet (ten) Andreas Wolf (bass) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "The choral work is excellent, stylistically apropos, and executed with requisite flair and energy. With these two pieces such an interesting coupling...the clear and spacious sound is only an added incentive." ***** Five stars AudAud.com (Oct 2009) |
J.S. BACH
Pieces for violin & basse continue Helene Schmitt (violin) Alain Gervreau (violoncello) Jan Willem Jansen (clavecin) [ Alpha / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Hélène Schmitt (violin), Alain Gervreau (cello), Jan Willem Jansen (harpsichord) |
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Helene Tysman
Chopin: Piano Sonata No 2/24 P [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] |
