LoginHélène Grimaud ~ Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2
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The Canadian pianist Hélène Grimaud displays ample keyboard brilliance on this all-Rachmaninov release. The Second Concerto has been recorded often, and she doesn't challenge the versions of Richter, Rubinstein, Wild and Janis, among others. Her clean, hard-edged brightness detracts from the Romantic spirit of the first movement, pedestrian winds and dreamy tempos vitiate the Adagio sostenuto, and Ashkenazy's fussy conducting and the muddy sound don't help either. In the short pieces, Grimaud offers subtle shadings of light and colour, but without the quicksilver dash and brio we hear from past masters such as Moiseiwitsch. Th
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Manufacturer: Teldec
Release date: 15 May 2001
EAN: 0685738437627 UPC: 685738437627
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Release date: 15 May 2001
EAN: 0685738437627 UPC: 685738437627
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