Hélène Grimaud: Beethoven

www.deutschegrammophon.com This is the stuff from which magic is made: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major, op. 73 — known as the „Emperor” Concerto, heroic and powerful. „The piece became an incredible teacher: it helped me to look within myself and to go beyond certain limits” (Hélène Grimaud). On Hélène Grimaud’s „Beethoven” album the Concerto is coupled with a piano sonata out of Beethoven’s late compositional phase where — noticeable in the slow movement of the concerto as well — the composer’s concern for lyricism had deepened. Thus intimacy and delicacy are the features in the beautiful Piano Sonata no. 28, op. 101 chosen by Grimaud. For more information on this album please see: www.deutschegrammophon.com