Hélène Grimaud - The Messenger (Extended Version) (2020/2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

For her most recent concept album, The Messenger, Hélène Grimaud created a fascinating pianistic dialogue between Mozart and the Ukrainian-born contemporary composer Valentin Silvestrov. The recording sessions for The Messenger took place at the start of this year at an historic Mozart site in Salzburg, the Great Hall of the University, where Hélène Grimaud was joined by the Camerata Salzburg. The album includes three works by Mozart: the unfinished Fantasia in D minor K 397, the famous Piano Concerto in D minor K 466, and the Fantasia in C minor K 475. They are presented in chronological order of composition and all three are among the relatively small number of works in Mozart’s vast output written in minor keys.

On this new Extended Edition, Grimaud adds another work from Valentin Silvestrov with the third movement of "3 Bagatelles, Op. 1"!

“In times of uncertainty, humanity will often seek paths of least resistance. I believe, however, our time needs, as Rimbaud called it, a ‘more intense music’, conveying the introspection and effort to create a space to live in truth, a time to love beyond the many current miseries, and to strive for greater harmony with each other – and our planet. If nothing else, Mozart and Silvestrov can help remind us of the mellifluous beauty of harmony – and that we always have the possibility to modulate.”
- Hélène Grimaud

TRACKLIST

1. Hélène Grimaud - Mozart: Fantasia No. 3 in D Minor, K. 397
2. Hélène Grimaud - I. Allegro (Cadenza Beethoven)
3. Hélène Grimaud - II. Romance
4. Hélène Grimaud - III. Rondo. Allegro assai (Cadenza Beethoven)
5. Hélène Grimaud - Mozart: Fantasia No. 4 in C Minor, K. 475
6. Hélène Grimaud - Silvestrov: The Messenger (For Piano and Strings)
7. Hélène Grimaud - I. Wedding Waltz
8. Hélène Grimaud - II. Postlude
9. Hélène Grimaud - III. Morning Serenade
10. Hélène Grimaud - Silvestrov: The Messenger (For Piano Solo)
11. Hélène Grimaud - III. Moderato



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