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GRIMAUD PLAYS BEETHOVEN
concerto no. 5
(in rehearsal - excerpt from
Adagio - 2nd movement)
GRIMAUD on BEETHOVEN
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Track 1
Excerpt from the 1st movement
(Allegro)
- Track 3 Excerpt from the 3rd movement
(Rondo)
Sonata no. 28:
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Track 4
Excerpt from the 1st movement
(Allegretto, ma non troppo)
- Track 7 Excerpt from the 4th movement
(Allegro )
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BEETHOVEN
concerto no. 5 "emperor"
a
video excerpt from the 2nd movement
"adagio
un poco mosso"
| CLICK BELOW TO HEAR AUDIO EXCERPTS: | |
| from
Piano Concerto no. 5-
Track 1
Excerpt from the 1st movement (Allegro)
- Track 3 Excerpt from the 3rd movement (Rondo) |
from Piano Sonata no. 28 |
The
fascinating HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD brings her contemporary sensibilities
to Beethoven's majestically towering work that effectively pays homage
to the battle-weary heroism of the early 19th century.
Although the grandeur of his fifth and last piano concerto evokes
the image of an "Emperor" of Napoleonic dimensions, Beethoven
never gave the work that title (just as he never named two of his most
famous piano sonatas "Moonlight" or "Apassionata"),
and certainly could not have associated it with Napoleon. The concerto
was completed in 1809 during the Napoleonic occupation of Vienna, years
after Beethoven's admiration of Napoleon (to whom he first dedicated
his third symphony, "Eroica") had turned to bitter disillusion
at the erstwhile republican's metamorphosis into imperious dynast.
It is interesting to note that the score published in 1811 was dedicated
to the Emperor Rudolph, Archduke of Austria, and therefore whoever was
responsible for the sobriquet in fact had a basis for doing so.
But so much for placing the work in its historical context of "blood,
sweat and tears", of cannonades and galloping war horses so evident
in the first movement. To Grimaud, Beethoven and his music transcend
time. Thus, the sobriquet is apt even today - the grand music
of the "Emperor" communicates in a most powerful and beautifully
direct way Beethoven's hard-won triumphs over the battles of his life;
and Grimaud's carefully thought-out yet intuitive and pianistically
sensitive interpretation extrapolates this personal battleground to
our own chaotic time, to a world that strains comprehension, "in
which confusion exceeds our grasp of its overriding complexities."
To the degree that we can overcome these in our own way, we each become
our own "emperor", just as Beethoven became one by composing
the most beautiful music in his attempt to "repair the fissures
and flaws" of his own existence.
CLICK HERE to
hear Hélène Grimaud's own take on Beethoven and the "Emperor"
concerto.
The album "Hélène
Grimaud - BEETHOVEN (concerto no. 5 "emperor" / piano sonata
no. 28) was a FanFaire
- Deutsche Grammophon CD Giveaway.
* In 2005, Ms. Grimaud wrote another
book Leçons Particulières
an English translation of which is not
yet available.
Credit
- images: copyright © Mat Hennek - courtesy and with permission of Deutsche
Grammophon.
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