Hélène Grimaud - Schumann & Brahms (2023)

Hélène Grimaud is a French-born virtuoso pianist known for her fearlessly individual interpretations of standard and lesser-known piano repertoire. Also a devoted wildlife conservationist, in 1999 she founded the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York. Grimaud was born in Aix-en-Provence in 1969, and both of her parents worked as teachers. She began exploring the piano when she was seven years old, and she studied with Jacqueline Courtin. Later, she studied with Pierre Barbizet in Marseille, and when she was 13, she was accepted into the Paris Conservatory, where she studied with Jacques Rouvier. After three years at the conservatory, Grimaud won the premier prix in piano performance. She sought further refinement at the conservatory and enrolled in the cycle de perfectionnement under Rouvier; she also received instruction from György Sándor and Leon Fleisher.

Tracklist
[2:04] 1. Hélène Grimaud - 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: No. 1, Capriccio in D Minor
[4:04] 2. Hélène Grimaud - 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: No. 2, Intermezzo in A Minor
[3:03] 3. Hélène Grimaud - 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: No. 3, Capriccio in G Minor
[4:16] 4. Hélène Grimaud - 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: No. 4, Intermezzo in E Major
[3:31] 5. Hélène Grimaud - 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: No. 5, Intermezzo in E Minor
[3:39] 6. Hélène Grimaud - 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: No. 6, Intermezzo in E Major
[2:10] 7. Hélène Grimaud - 7 Fantasias, Op. 116: No. 7, Capriccio in D Minor
[4:36] 8. Hélène Grimaud - 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 1 in E-Flat Major
[4:25] 9. Hélène Grimaud - 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
[6:06] 10. Hélène Grimaud - 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
[1:53] 11. Hélène Grimaud - 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 1, Intermezzo in A Minor
[5:51] 12. Hélène Grimaud - 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2, Intermezzo in A Major
[3:31] 13. Hélène Grimaud - 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 3, Ballade in G Minor
[2:34] 14. Hélène Grimaud - 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 4, Intermezzo in F Minor
[3:53] 15. Hélène Grimaud - 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 5, Romance in F Major
[4:43] 16. Hélène Grimaud - 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 6, Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor
[2:45] 17. Hélène Grimaud - 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1, Intermezzo in B Minor
[4:48] 18. Hélène Grimaud - 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 2, Intermezzo in E Minor
[1:51] 19. Hélène Grimaud - 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 3, Intermezzo in C Major
[5:06] 20. Hélène Grimaud - 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 4, Rhapsody in E-Flat Major
[14:50] 21. Hélène Grimaud - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro affettuoso
[5:05] 22. Hélène Grimaud - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: II. Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso
[10:37] 23. Hélène Grimaud - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: III. Allegro vivace
[23:50] 24. Hélène Grimaud - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: I. Maestoso
[13:28] 25. Hélène Grimaud - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: II. Adagio
[12:05] 26. Hélène Grimaud - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo