- Performer: Hélène Grimaud
- Composer: Johannes Brahms
- Audio CD (Jan 21 2011)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Erato
- ASIN: B000005E4I
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#41,262 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #89 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Fantasies
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Track Listings
| 1. Fantasien Op.116: Capriccio - Presto Energico |
| 2. Fantasien Op.116: Intermezzo - Andante |
| 3. Fantasien Op.116: Capriccio - Allegro Passionato |
| 4. Fantasien Op.116: Intermezzo - Adagio |
| 5. Fantasien Op.116: Intermezzo - Andante Con Grazia |
| 6. Fantasien Op.116: Intermezzo - Andantino Teneramente |
| 7. Fantasien Op.116: Capriccio - Allegro Agitato |
| 8. Drei Intermezzi Op. 117: Andante Moderato |
| 9. Drei Intermezzi Op. 117: Andante Non Troppo |
| 10. Drei Intermezzi Op. 117: Andante Con Moto |
| 11. Klavierstucke Op. 118: Intermezzo - Allegro Non Assai |
| 12. Klavierstucke Op. 118: Intermezzo - Andante Teneramente |
| 13. Klavierstucke Op. 118: Ballada - Allegro Energico |
| 14. Klavierstucke Op. 118: Intermezzo - Allegretto Un Poco Agitato |
| 15. Klavierstucke Op. 118: Romanze - Andante |
| 16. Klavierstucke Op. 118: Intermezzo - Andante, Largo E Mesto |
| 17. Klavierstucke Op. 119: Intermezzo - Adagio |
| 18. Klavierstucke Op. 119: Intermezzo - Andante Un Poco Agitato |
| 19. Klavierstucke Op. 119: Intermezzo - Grazioso E Giocoso |
| 20. Klavierstucke Op. 119: Rhapsodie - Allegro Risoluto |
Product Description
Chronique amazon.fr
Hélène Grimaud enregistre là les plus belles pages que Brahms a composées pour le piano. Fantaisies, Intermezzi, Klavierstücke ont pour point commun un large spectre émotionnel que peu de pianistes arrivent à développer. Derrière la technicité de ces pièces se cache l'essentiel : l'expression. La vision tourmentée d'Hélène Grimaud convient parfaitement à ces partitions romantiques dans l'âme. Tantôt pastel, tantôt vives, les couleurs du clavier de Grimaud s'exposent sous nos yeux avec conviction. L'exécution de ces pièces prouve la grande personnalité de la pianiste française. --Pierre Graveleau
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful and moving,
By A Customer
This review is from: Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 116-119 (Audio CD)
This is one of my top 2 favorite CDs from Ms. Grimaud. I really wish I could hear her perform a recital of this disc. It's great, I don't know of many recordings for these works. Too bad Brendel won't record them, that would be fun to hear. Anyway, Grimaud's playing on this disc really made me take notice of Brahms' music more than ever before, so I must thank her for this. These works from Brahms are some of the most persona;/intimate masterpieces ever written for solo piano, and that intimacy comes across very well in this recording. Much better than Grimaud's Beethoven recordings.
5.0 out of 5 stars
An honest, heartfelt success,
By CM (Marlinton, WV) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 116-119 (Audio CD)
This disc has been a favorite of mine since I bought it several years ago. The music and interpretation seem to speak to me. I play it when I need to know that there are still people of feeling and emotion out there. The disc is generously filled--well over 70 minutes--and the sound of the piano is first rate. I am not at all bothered by the occasional extraneous sound (breathing, etc.) that you would expect to hear in a performance. It actually reminds me that there is effort and desire involved in this endeavor. There is nice variety in the music of these selections, and the disc makes for rewarding continuous listening.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Never gets to the heart and soul,
By John Grabowski (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 116-119 (Audio CD)
I have to agree with the other reviewers who express reservations about Grimaud's getting to the bottom of this music, despite all the rubato, all the thrashing at the keyboard. Rather than enhancing this music, I heard all the Big Romanticism as an indication that she really doesn't know how to make these works sing on their own. Right after playing this disc I put on Julius Katchen in these same works and was amazed at the effortless, direct quality of his playing. These are really very simple pieces in the way they strike the ear. Of course, they're really not simple (certainly not techniclaly) but they are supposed to sound simple and direct. I think Grimaud miscalculates the weight each of these miniatures can bear and makes them too heavy, too overburdened. It's like playing the Brahms Second Concerto as though it were the Brahms First Concerto.This is the second time she has recorded at least some of these works. Her earlier go at op. 118, for Denon, despite already showing a tendency towards the outsizedness here, are cleaner, clearer and more expressive. Here, as in a number of her recent recordings, I feel like she's hiding behind her keyboard technique rather than using it to illuminate. Maybe she needs to spend less time with her wolves.
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