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…even if her Schumann Concerto had come out on its own… I'd still strongly recommend it. From her first two forte chords it is clear this is going to be something special. Every single phrase,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Jan 2006
Catalogue No: 4775719
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 79 minutes

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February 2006

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December 2006

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February 2006

Editor's Choice

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Work length31:10

$3.30

$4.50

Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Recorded: 2005-05-04
Recording Venue: Lukaskirche, Dresden

I. Allegro affettuoso

Track length15:02

$1.10

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II. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso)

Track length5:41

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III. Allegro vivace

Track length10:27

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Schumann, Clara: 3 Lieder Op. 12

Work length4:30

$2.20

$3.00

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Recorded: 2005-09-12
Recording Venue: Scoring Stage, Berlin

I. Er is gekommen in Sturm und Regen

Track length2:19

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III. Warum willst du and're fragen?

Track length2:11

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Schumann, Clara: Am Strande

Work length2:17

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Hélène Grimaud (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Recorded: 2005-09-12
Recording Venue: Scoring Stage, Berlin

Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38

Work length25:22

$3.30

$4.50

Truls Mørk (cello), Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Recorded: 2005-05-04
Recording Venue: Lukaskirche, Dresden

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length13:40

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II. Allegretto quasi minuetto

Track length5:26

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III. Allegro - Più presto

Track length6:16

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Brahms: Rhapsodies (2), Op. 79

Work length16:04

$2.20

$3.00

Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Recorded: 2000-06-05
Recording Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin

No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 79 / 1

Track length8:59

$1.10

$1.50

No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 79 / 2

Track length7:05

$1.10

$1.50

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February 2006

…even if her Schumann Concerto had come out on its own… I'd still strongly recommend it. From her first two forte chords it is clear this is going to be something special. Every single phrase, change of mood or colour, sounds as though it has been lovingly rediscovered.

7th March 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, straightforward reading where every note seems just so, yet without feeling calculated.

February 2006

Hélène Grimaud presents us with a second lovingly themed gift, this time mirroring the entwined love of Robert and Clara Schumann and their adored protégé, Johannes Brahms. Grimaud's performance of Robert's Piano Concerto is a superbly bracing riposte to more indulgent and sentimental readings. Brilliantly partnered by Esa-Pekka Salonen, who conducts with all the joy of first discovery, she launches the work with fierce authority before playing the principal theme with a rare sense of its expressivo and affetuoso character. She is no less bold and impassioned partnering Anne Sofie von Otter, an ideal match for a singer whose intensity and vision leave you in no doubt that Clara was a more-than-gifted composer as well as a great pianist. ...joins Truls Mørk in the E minor Cello Sonata, where you get an almost palpable sense of the artists lifting each other to heights they might find hard to achieve alone. Few performances on record have a more robust eloquence and fervour.

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