Hélène Grimaud applies her virtuoso strength and particular sense of expression to the second piano sonatas of Chopin and Rachmaninov in this 2005 recording. The idea of a life story is often attached to Chopin's Sonata No. 2 because the character of each movement seems to paint the picture of an energetic hero, who is tragically mourned at death in the third movement Marche funèbre . In a way, as Grimaud sees it, Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata No. 2 is also about life and death. Rachmaninov stripped material out of his ...
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Hélène Grimaud applies her virtuoso strength and particular sense of expression to the second piano sonatas of Chopin and Rachmaninov in this 2005 recording. The idea of a life story is often attached to Chopin's Sonata No. 2 because the character of each movement seems to paint the picture of an energetic hero, who is tragically mourned at death in the third movement Marche funèbre . In a way, as Grimaud sees it, Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata No. 2 is also about life and death. Rachmaninov stripped material out of his original 1913 version -- the overall mood of which she calls being "mired in darkness" -- to create a more compact and sharply defined sonata in 1931. Grimaud has restored certain passages that she felt added to the emotional story of the work. These two major and well-known works are not pretty piano pieces, and in her hands, while there are tender moments, the main thrust of them is the vitality -- and often the grand size -- of the Romantic spirit that is found in life and, at...
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