Helene Grimaud - Perspectives (2017)

2 CD compilation featuring highlights from Grimaud's DG recordings developed in close collaboration with the artist. One album is devoted to solo pieces, the other one to concerto movements.

For each successive Deutsche Grammophon release to date, Grimaud has created carefully considered (and occasionally provocative) contexts. For Hélène, this collection is a retrospective offering new perspectives through a very personal choice of repertoire which creates enlightening new echoes between works.

From Bach to Rachmaninov, Mozart to Chopin, Hélène Grimaud's own selection of highlights from her albums reflects her artistic journey through the piano's most famous solo and concerto repertoire in a series of interpretations that never fail to offer new perspectives on even the most familiar music.

Perspectives offers the very best of Grimaud s recordings so far with a broad mainstream appeal.

Perspectives features new pictures of Grimaud as a child and teenager, while others focus on her very special relationship with nature and animals, thus painting a complete portrait of the artist.

TRACKLIST
01. J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 2, BWV 870-893 – 1. Prelude In D Minor BWV 875 (1:30)
02. J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 2, BWV 870-893 – 2. Fugue In D Minor BWV 875 (1:48)
03. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.17 In D Minor, Op.31 No.2 -"Tempest" – 3. Allegretto (6:04)
04. Bartok: 6 Roumanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56 – 1. Stick Dance (1:09)
05. Bartok: 6 Roumanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56 – 2. Sash Dance (0:29)
06. Bartok: 6 Roumanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56 – 3. Stamping Dance (1:05)
07. Bartok: 6 Roumanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56 – 4. Dance of Buchum (1:23)
08. Bartok: 6 Roumanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56 – 5. Roumanian Polka (0:30)
09. Bartok: 6 Roumanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56 – 6. Fast Dance (0:57)
10. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.28 In A, Op.101 – 1. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Allegretto ma non troppo) (4:09)
11. Mozart: Piano Sonata No.8 In A Minor, K.310 – 3. Presto (2:59)
12. Chopin: Berceuse In D Flat, Op.57 (4:52)
13. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op.28 – 15. In D Flat Major "Raindrop" (5:57)
14. Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2 In B Flat Minor, Op.35 – 1. Grave – Doppio movimento (7:34)
15. Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No.2 In B Flat Minor, Op.36 – 1. Allegro agitato (9:50)
16. J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 1, BWV 846-869 – 1. Prelude In C Minor BWV 847 (1:30)
17. J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 1, BWV 846-869 – 2. Fugue In C Minor BWV 847 (1:43)
18. Debussy: Preludes / Book 1, L.117 – 10. La cathedrale engloutie (Live) (6:01)
19. Liszt: Annees de pelerinage / 3eme annee, S. 163 – 4. Les jeux d’eau a la Villa d’Este (Live) (7:39)
20. J.S. Bach: Prelude And Fugue In A Minor, BWV 543 – Transcribed For Piano By Franz Liszt – Prelude And Fugue (9:29)
21. J.S. Bach: Partita For Violin Solo No.3 In E, BWV 1006 – Arr. For Piano By Rachmaninov – 1. Preludio (3:38)
22. Brahms: 16 Waltzes, Op.39 – 15. In A-Flat Major (Live) (1:53)
23. J.S. Bach: Concerto For Piano No. 1 In D Minor, BWV 1052 – 1. Allegro (7:37)
24. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.19 In F, K.459 – 3. Allegro assai (Live) (7:37)
25. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat, Op.83 – 2. Allegro appassionato (Live) (9:23)
26. Bartok: Piano Concerto No.3, BB 127, Sz. 119 – 1. Allegretto (7:28)
27. Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23 In A, K.488 – 2. Adagio (Live) (7:42)
28. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major Op.73 -"Emperor" – 3. Rondo (Allegro) (10:03)
29. Schumann: Piano Concerto In A Minor, Op.54 – 1. Allegro affettuoso (15:00)
30. Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 In D Minor, Op.15 – 3. Rondo (Allegro non troppo) (Live) (12:01)
31. Gluck: Melodie From "Orfeo ed Euridice", Wq30 – Arr. Giovanni Sgambati – Melodie de Gluck (3:50)