Mme. Grimaud has distanced itself ...

... But this CD is my favorite of all my shots! As soon as she recorded the second sonata by Rachmaninoff and to the Études tableaux, they discovered nothing but mistake after mistake in every respect. Mistakes that I still do not perceive after endless listening as such. On the contrary, this interpretation of pieces by Rachmaninoff is me by far the favorite. Even later recordings of Mme. Grimaud personally do not reach the audible here brutality reminiscent second example of rock music. No other artist, the arches spanned so consistently and big as the time of shooting only fifteen years Hélène. Nowhere I have a softer, more moving than this recording belongs. For me, Rachmaninoff had these pieces themselves can not play better.

Anyone who thinks very academic, will keep the exuberant feeling on this recording for corny. For me, it is what Rachmaninoff would want to say, if he had found the courage to such original sentimentality.

In her autobiography, "Wolf Sonata" distances itself Mme. Grimaud from this recording. Nevertheless, the CD has now collector's value. Speaking autobiography: Anyone who has read the "Wolf Sonata", knows about the indomitable force of this pianist, their absolute autonomy, their artistic anarchy. In each paragraph, in any metaphorical word creation is visible: Hélène Grimaud is a radical, naturally. You can not help it. It is a miracle! Listening to this CD in the most natural and wildest form :)