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Water Reflections: an immersive recital from Hélène Grimaud

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“Grimaud, our musical naiad, often seemed to be in her own world, swept up in the music”
Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 16 May 2015
Berio, Six Encores for piano: Wasserklavier
Takemitsu, Rain Tree Sketch II
Fauré, Barcarolle no. 5 in F sharp minor, Op.66
Ravel, Jeux d'eau
Albéniz, Iberia, Bk II: Almeria
Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Troisième année: Les jeux d'eaux à la villa d'Este, S 163 no. 4
Janáček, In the Mists (I. Andante)
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 10: La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)
Brahms, Piano Sonata no. 2 in F sharp minor, Op.2
Debussy, Etude no. 11 pour les arpèges composés
Rachmaninov, Études-tableau in C minor, Op.33 no.3
Brahms, Capriccio in D minor, Op.116 no.1
Hélène Grimaud, Piano
Grimaud’s glittering Gershwin highlights Pittsburgh Symphony program
***11
No podiums required: Camerata Salzburg and Hélène Grimaud in Berlin
****1
Unexpected delights abound with Grimaud and the Philadelphia Orchestra
*****
Hélène Grimaud splendidly unites “The Three Bs” in Singapore
*****
Hrůša, Grimaud and the Bamberg Symphony dazzle at Carnegie Hall
*****
Hélène Grimaud's delicious Mozart a highlight in Philadelphia
***11
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