The magic of Hélène Grimaud, is that she is a mixture of very high intelligence, incredible sensitivity, and a big amount of talent. Not one single note isn’t lived, thought, and felt. She lives the present moment like no other. And the orchestra is fabulous…
Incidentally the qualities you attribute to Hélène are characteristic of a good portion of the native French population high intelligence and sensitivity. This is counter balanced by French flaws such excessive dialectism (everything is a discourse of words), and a lack of lyricism (replaced by feeling and impressionistic sound). You are right she has talent who wouldn't at that level but she is also not among the top virtuosi her technique allows her to get through this but not always with good tone and articulation. Mainly she has a flat finger technique and that always lead to that result. Overal her technique is her biggest weakness. It limits her expressivity a lot of notes go soft and even student like at times for pure technical reasons. Oh.. and i am French or i wouldn't have written about the French characteristic traits.
@@ericastier1646 Well your biggest strength is obviously that you're French, and her biggest strength is that she can do all variations of piano scales in the major and minor, as well as all the fortifying Baroque pieces, as well as playing the essence of all Romantic composers, and even revealing to us, some hidden times, the highly competent rendition of all 32 Beethoven Sonatas... And so what on Earth can we hope to offer? I don't think we can offer criticism, but critique--perhaps. But as a very basic piano player, I really hesitate to offer even a critique. I know nothing, really. How do we know when we know enough to offer even a mere critique, let alone criticism? I'm always hesitant to offer either. But I love reading critiques as well as criticism. Hmmm.
@@briananderson8428 You are very presumptuous in your comment. First, why do you assume that my only area of competency to have a right to comment on her pianism is because i am French ??? I am a pianist, i play all 24 Chopin Etudes and have studied music all my life and heard many world class pianist live or in masterclasses. Second there is no significant difference between a 'critique' and a criticism. The first word is borrowed from the French, the second is an anglicism. Third you seem to imply only pianists who have similar renown as her are authorized to criticize her interpretation. You are wrong from A to Z. I have heard enough professional pianists many of them my personal friends asking me for my inputs to their interpretation to know my input is not far off the mark. This a common trope on UA-cam people reply to critiques assuming the person who wrote it has no competency and probably knows nothing about the subject and then suggest them to shush up. Guess what you are trespassing in a field you do not know and think you can define rules ? It's you who needs to refrain before making wild assumptions about other people that you do not know. Last, anyone has the right to make a critic even those without special competency.
Two days ago I saw Ms. Grimaud perform this live with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Sitting in the fifth row I watched in awe this piano virtuoso play with incredible emotion and technical prowess that without question puts her at the top of all modern day pianists. I have been listening to her play for many years but nothing compares to seeing her perform live. I feel blessed to have witnessed such perfection!
The first and so far only time I saw her live was also with the Cincinnati Symphony 9 years ago, playing Brahms' first concerto. I will never forget the magic that it was. You're right- nothing compares to seeing her live. I miss Cincinnati and the CSO so much. I studied there for two years.
Richard meth, and I had the privilege of seeing and hearing Helene at Carnegie Hall in NYC two weeks ago. She was incredible…..five curtain calls and four encores. I agree with you that she is indeed near or at the top of today’s classical pianists
And just last week, 4/19/23, I again had the privilege of seeing her live at the Disney Center in Los Angeles. It was one of those rare transcendent experiences. Helene and the audience were at one for the entire program, but most completely for the finale of Bach’s Chaconne. When the last note sounded, the audience, as one, rose to their feet with thunderous applause and shouts of acclimation. This continued through four curtain calls and three encores. There is no doubt that even as Helene gets older, she continues to bring her unique musical interpretation to all the pieces of her repertoire. In my opinion, she continues to be one of the top pianists in the world.
Your comment surprises me a bit. I don't want to start a argument, i have studied in conservatory and seen and heard many many virtuosi pianists. It should be obvious that although she is a great musician her technique is not that of a virtuosi, her technique is wrong, she plays with flat fingers and looses tone constantly and it's easy to hear her struggling in slightly difficult passages and her endurance is also not great. Now i am aware that 99.9% of the general audience will not notice these things but when you've spend most of your life at the piano and with other pianists, this does not need much debate, it's obvious.
Hélène Grimaud, my favorite pianist. Beautiful woman. An angel of delicacy and grace with God's spark. Mrs. Hélène, please play until the end of the world if you have enough strength. Thanks to your music, the world becomes better and faith in people returns.
I only choose to listen to Hélène’s recordings. I find that her playing the piano touches me deeply and I am better for it. Thank you. I have my favorite pieces and I listen to them over and over again.
The more I watch and Listen to Ms Grimaud play, the more I enjoy her interpretations, this lady has enough talent for 6 people, please post more wonder performances by this talented woman
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
Helene, Ihre Interpretation ist erhaben!!! Unuebertrefflich! Sie sind die faszinierendste Pianistin, die es je gegeben hat. Jeden Tag hoere ich mir dieses Konzert an, herrlich gespielt durch Helene Grimaud. Dies ist fuer mich einfach lebensnotwendig. Merci beaucoup, liebe Helene! Herzliche Gruesse aus São Paulo/Brasilien.
Ich gebe Ihnen da recht und vermute, daß Sie vielleicht die legendäre Einspielung von Fleisher/Szell aus den 60igern vielleicht nicht kennen. Denn diese Konzert ist dem genannten extrem ähnlich. Die gleich Dynamik und Transparenz wobei ich der Fleisher/Szell Aufnahme wegen des überragenden Klavierspiels den Vorzug gebe und auch das Orchester ist noch mal ein Tick perfekter. Aber dieses Konzert ist wirklich ganz großartig und das zweitbeste, was ich je gehört habe. Aber das ist natürlich meine ganz subjektive Meinung.
@@manfredkoller9354 Ja, bei UA-cam.sogar mehrere.Sie wird Ihnen bestimmt gefallen. ich würde mich freuen, wenn Sie mal kurz sagen würden, wie Sie Ihnen gefällt. Liebe Grüsse
So also ich habe mir jetzt beide Versionen noch mal hintereinander angehört. Die von Ihnen erwähnte Fassung gefällt mir auch gut, aber trotzdem liegen für mich Welten dazwischen. Ist natürlich immer auch zu einem Teil Geschmackssache. Das fünfte Klavierkonzert von Beethoven habe ich mir früher häufig mit Wilhelm Kempff angehört als Kind, aber bei Daniel Barenboim singt der Flügel halt
meine Seele wird berührt so gefühlvoll spielt Helene Grimaud. Kann es kaum abwarten bis Sie am 31.05.19 in die Kölner Philharmonie kommt. Ich freue mich so riesig Helene Grimaud Hannah erleben zu dürfen. BRAVO
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
Few pieces are more iconic of Romanticism than Schumann’s Piano Concerto. So lively and full of emotion yet simultaneously so agile and bright. A great rendition of an iconic piece.
Hélène Grimaud est une pianiste extraordinaire et unique. Elle représente aujourd'hui, la quintessence du piano et de l'expressivité musicale de notre temps.
She is my top piano player together with Horowitz. Both talented beyond any limits, Grimaud more sophisticated, Horowitz more spontaneus. Grimaud is Bach, Horowitz was Scarlatti. The third one is Marta Argerich. Marta is like Liszt on steroids. The queen of the piano sound. She can rip the whole orchestra apart with her pinky finger alone. She can play sweet as the first flower in the spring. And she can switch one to another in less then second. And people love it. There are many other very good piano players in the world but these three are the most inspiring musical personalities for me.
Ich, dankbar, horche vieler Kompositionen, vieler Wiedergaben, und immer wieder mal komme ich auf Schumann Grimaud Hengelbrock Elbphilharmonie zurück. Für mich eine musikalische Sternstunde. So viele ergreifende Wiedergaben gibt es, ja, doch was die Musiker hier gewoben haben, das ist für mich...da fehlen mir die Worte. Zum Beispiel die Oboe! Himmlisch. Die Celli, wie sie Bögen gestalten. Alles innig liebevoll durchgestaltet. Danke, danke, danke!
I had the immense privilege to attend her performance at Théatre des Champ Elysées in Paris a few years ago. She played the second Brahms concerto. I couldn't refrain my tears. And she was so tiny in front of this enormous Steinway. So tiny, but so strong, and so driven by the music, by Brahms himself, it seemed.
That's great Eric. Once about 5 years ago I had the privilege to drink a cup of coffee with Helene in Amsterdam where she gave a concert I should go. I met her in the bar of a hotel a few hours before the concert, we did have a nice conversation in french about music, Rachmaninoff. 3 hours later I was present in her concert. It was great. Greetings from the Netherlands, les Pays Bas
Schumann is often faulted for his orchestration, but this piece is masterfully orchestrated. It is probably one of my five favorite concerti. Also, Ms. Grimaud is one of the finest pianists in the world.
Wunderschöne Aufführung dieses romantischen Konzerts mit gut artikulierten Töne des Soloklaviers und perfekt kontrollierten Töne anderer Instrumente. Der erfahrene Maestro dirigiert das perfekt trainierte Orchester im gut phrasierten Tempo mit effektiver Dynamik. Echt erstklassig!
Madame Grimaud, Sie liefern die sensibelste Einspielung des fantastischen Schumann- konzertes fuer Klavier und Orchester. Ich gratuliere Ihnen vom Herzen. Aus São Paulo/Brasilien
DIE WELT Klassik inszenierung von Axel Brüggemann Das Haus des Buches in Dresden ist ein sehr aufgeräumter Laden. ... Hier erklärt die Belletristik - Buchhändlerin: "Ja, die Grimoud, die finden Sie in der Biologie, sie ist doch eine Wolfsforscherin." ... Die Odyssee im Dresdner Haus des Buches verrät viel über den Wandel der Klassik. Vorbei die Zeit, in der ein Musiker allein durch seine Interpretation des zweiten Satzes der Mondscheinsonate oder die exzentrische Analyse des "Wohltemperierten Klavieres" Erfolge feierte. Heute reicht es nicht einmal mehr, nur schön zu sein. ... Inzwischen müssen die Jung - Stars aber noch mit einer Abenteuergeschichte hinter ihrer Hochglanzfassade aufwarten, um Beachtung in der auf Fortissimo gestimmten Klassik - Nische zu finden. Krankheiten, Affären und Sex sells. Also wird vor dem Singen, Streichen und Klimpern freimütig über Eßstörungen und Männerphantasien geplappert. Und davon, dass Wölfe und ungezähmte Frauen den gleichen Ruf hätten und gegen beide die gleiche feindselige Gewalt ausgeübt würde. ...Daß der Klassik - Zirkus wunderbare Bücher hervorbringen kann, hat die Krimi - Autorin Thea Dorn vorgemacht. In ihrem Roman "Ringkampf" karikiert sie Diven, Rivalen und Opern - Fetischisten. Villeicht findet sich jemand, der die nackte Tatsachen als Autobiographie erzählt. Das ganz normale Leben: ungeoutete Schwule, verknallte Intendanten, weltweite Netzwerke, die unter Hotelbettdecken geflochten werden. Diese Geschichte würde das Haus des Buches sicher als Belletristik in die Regale räumen - weil die Klassik der beste Roman ist.
Same here ! I had the immense privilege to attend her performance at Théatre des Champ Elysées in Paris a few years ago. She played the second Brahms concerto. I couldn't refrain my tears. And she was tiny in front of this enormous Steinway. So tiny, but so strong, and so driven by the music, by Brahms himself, it seemed.
@@skydream4869 Plays "in the moment from the heart", not many dare "let go" like she does! Wonderful what life can be when we give it freedom to be 100% present.
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
I visited Robert and Clare Schumann's house in Leipzig to pay my respects to the great maestro. This piece of music is very special to me. I have listened to it all my life and can remember each note and bar. Grimaud's rendering is superb with a fine sensitive touch. Schumann was already suffering from mental illness when he was composing this. The ability to master his depression and sufferings and turn this into a master piece speaks wonders of human achievements.
I enjoyed your comment and am on a similar path, to me Schumann IS the greatest composer of all and i need to go to Leipzig too to pay my homage to him. I have a different perspective than you however on Schumann's mental problems late in his life. I think that he did not have to overcome his so called depressions to compose and like Chopin i take a serious bet that both would never have matured to genius composers as they have without their health problems. It's because the disease itself pushes the mental to extreme sensitivity it develops an ability for hypersensibility and a modified state of conscioucness that becomes propice for reacting to polyphonic music. The stereotype of the sick genius artist has often been detracted but there is a truth to it. Pascal one of the biggest French thinker and mathematician had a bulb in his brain. Mendelsohn had a rare genetic disease, Beethoven had wathever disease it was that turned him deaf (possibly mercure poisoning), :Mozart health couldn't have been the best to die at 37. Glen Gould was autistic or Asperger syndrone. There are composers that seem to have lived perfectly healthy long lives ( Haydn) but they're much less common than they should, there is a correlation.
Lockdown pressure / stress relief, enjoying one of my favourite performers. wishing You and Matt good health and plenty joy. With lots of love from South Africa......Dennis
Kein einziger langweiliger Ton! Solistin und Orchestermusiker loten aus und bringen dar auf unnachahmliche Weise. Dank an alle! Sonderblumen für Thomas Hengelbrock, auch für Toningenieur und Kameramann. Hélene? Eine der Göttlichen auf den Tasten
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
I have listened to this piece at least once a week forever! Magnificent! Words cannot say enough about Hélène. She is my favorite pianist by far. She is truly gifted.
Anyone who does not mention Grimaud among the top pianists of her generation is simply ignoring the easily apparent. What a moving performance here, the orchestra is superb, and a beautiful production (filming and recording).Thanks for this upload !
@@1940limited On the contrary, the filming was excellent, especially the shots from above which showed us what wonderful hands and fingers Ms Grimaud has (des mains tres fines) which goes a long way to explaining why she is such a great pianist.
la plus belle, la plus extraordinaire, la plus merveilleuse pianiste du monde entier. On ne peut pas ne tomber amoureux de cette femme d'une beauté absolue (une déesse) et d'une intérpréte si sensible avec une tecnique formidable et une energie qui laisse sans mots. Adorable Hélène Grimaud
Si vous la croisiez, ce qui m'est arrivé, vous tomberiez raide dingue, en lévitation pour le restant de vos jours. Depuis 2007 je plane, j’ai vu une comète de ce temps.
wunderbare aufführung und ich freue mich um so mehr, so viele der musiker wieder zu sehen, die schon unter dem unvergleichen günter wand gespielt haben. und erst helene grimaud, einzigartig, entschlossen, kraftvoll und sensibel. ein musengenuss außer gleichen! danke!
It's difficult to sum up Grimaud's performance succinctly but I feel her respect for this great piece shining through which she interprets with velvet power. Super orchestra
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
She is a gift, beautiful, talented and exudes a passion for the music that leaves me with a depth of emotion that is overwhelming. I can listen to her all day and all night. Thank you for sharing your love for music.
This is one of the best performance of Schumann's Piano Concerto. Grimaud plays it perfectly with best interpretation. Bravo! Thanks for sharing this video. I am from Indonesia
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
Helene is no doubt one of the greatest pianists nowadays. Her Nordic emotional and intellectual style: while she plays it could be recalling Richter’s playing. As to my own suggest she is on the pianistic Olympus along with such a legends like Richter, Gilles, Rubinschtein, Michelangeli, Gould, Gilda, Argerich.
I do agree. She is a fantastic pianist but not only. If you could listen to her talking in French or in English of her view on life. Or saying with her own words her feeling for maestro Claudio Abbado...It is pure poetry ! She is a comet, having an exigence on herself which makes me feeling so small.
@@jean-francoisbrieuc705I agree with you! She has such an exquisite personality and it is an enjoyment to listen to her, be it on the piano or in an interview etc.
My god this 30 minutes went flying fast. This is easily the best performance of this concerto for me. Thank you so much Hélène Grimaud you are a miracle and a gift to earth. Also being a Chinese, seeing her wearing a Chinese styled attire makes me so happy... This video is priceless for me. Thank you!
Oh how magical and mystical is how she is plafyiing without a piece of music in front of her. She has become my favorite pianist awesome and amazing. Thank you Helene,. Sister Beth
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
Schumanns Klavierkonzert is so unique in sound, the phrasing, the tempo, the combination with the pianist, conductor and orchestra is perfect symmetry. The Piano Concerto is a gripping silky melodic tone. WOW! Perfect video filming.
The magic about this piece by Helene is that.... you have to suppress your body from listening to it only once. I am utterly in love with this version, above all.
She took us to reach the peak of the beautiful MUSIC can be! Touching and beyond Sublime! What a joy and happiness to listen to and watch this fantastic performance! Thanks a zillion!🥰👍👍👍
Minha pianista favorita. Quanto mais ouco Helene Grimaud, mais a admiro!!! Ouvi-la e vê-la tocar é um verdadeiro deleite para mim! Sua interpretação é fantástica, uma autêntica jóia! Não me canso de ouvi-la. Muitíssimo obrigada por este presente. Sinceros parabéns por sua magnífica execução!
I love to hear and watch Ms. Grimaud play. She seems to be all about the music. I also enjoyed the camera views from directly over the keyboard which really show the complex artistry of the music. Thank you.
Hélène Grimaud est extraordinaire, la femme aux mains d'hommes est d'une sensibillité phénoménale! un cadeau du ciel!...j'imagine les milliers d'heures de répetition! sans relache...Merci!
Hold on to your hat, Horowitz, here comes Helene, and what a beauty she is - charm, poise, expression, talent and taste in one sweet bonbon. Thanks for this incredible share.
A superb video and I particularly appreciate the camera work and the shots from above, showing the keyboard and Helene Grimaud's beautiful pianist's hands; this enhances my enjoyment of her performance.
Estoy fascinado con la calidad interpretativa de Helene . También es una mujer muy bella. Estoy escribiendo una novela y ella es mi musa que me inpira con su música.
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
When you hear Schumann's only piano concerto played by these performers you KNOW that life is not fair: Schumann (always a brilliant composer) composed just one piano concerto, Brahms just two and Beethoven just five. Not fair. Then there's Hélène Grimaud: A stunningly talented, warm, and emotive pianist who is equally superbly intelligent , breathtakingly beautiful, and eloquent.... Fortunately she was selected to play this magnificent masterpiece with Thomas Hengelbrock and the NDR. The result is -- in my opinion -- the most delightful, exciting, and vivacious performance of Schumann's concerto. I wish he had written at least eight! Look on UA-cam for Hengelbrock interviewing Grimaud to complete your enjoyment.
I love the emotional response Helene Grimaud has to this wonderful concerto that enhances her pianistic skill. Thomas Hengelbrock and the NDR Orchestra are more than equal to the task of bringing the music to life for the audience to enjoy.
Wonderful music and wonderful Hélène playing this with so much inspiration and concentration at the same time. You can see it in her face, how deep into this music she is. In my point of view this must be among the best interpretations all time. Just listen to the last movemant at 20:10. What a joy and perfection! P.S. As I always have liked her dresses on stage, I have to say that I also like this one very much.
La interpretación de Hélène Grimaud es portentosa y su coordinación con Hengelbrock insuperable. Fantástica orquesta, con un sonido muy particular, perfecto para la música de Schumann. He ido escuchando otras versiones de este mismo concierto, con diversas orquestas y diversos pianistas; ninguna de ellas iguala a esta de Grimaud + Hengelbrock. ¡Les felicitamos!
Eine ganz wunderbare Produktion! Hélène Grimaud spielt so lebendig und kristallklar, voller pulsierender Energie und mit einem gradezu sinnlichem Fingerspitzengefühl. Mit einem hervorragenden Orchester. Das ganze Konzert scheint zu pulsieren - da kommt Freude auf! Und die Schönheit der Komposition zum Vorschein.
Today l,ve listened Helene trying to understand the source of her magic. Then l listened to katia buniatashvili, wuja yan. I like them, but they are too beautiful and lascive! Male pianists are too direct and strong. Perhaps only Murray Perahia equals Helene from the spiritual point of View. At 17 Romania,s Times I switched on the TV and on mezzo tv Guess what was on! Schumann piano concerto op 54 with Beatrice Rana. Chapeau Beatrice, chapeau, Helene!
I So Appreciate The Deep Reverence And Heartfelt Emotion, What A Treasure And Joy To Feel The Greatness Of Robert Schumann's Work In the hands Of The French Great Helene Grimaud , She Allows Me to Feel Happy And Cry Tears Of Hope,Thank You Piano Great!
Many thanks to the NDR Elbphilharmonie (institution) and people who provide "better than being there" performances for not so fortunate (to be there) classical music lovers - like me. I've just heard Beethoven's 5th. Now, this Schumann's concerto. I feel like I am in heaven. Thank you.
Magnifique interprétation ! Pleine de la sensibilité et de nuances : ce qu'exige cette œuvre parmi les plus belles pages écrites pour le piano ! Merci Hélène !
La classe des envolées, la justesse du toucher - en un seul mot, la Grâce. C'est mon image de la Belle Hélène, que je retrouve à chaque interprétation.
A superb performance of a long-time loved work. Thank you, Helen, and the whole band - I think Thomas enjoyed it as much as I did! I hope we can keep off the "League tables" of comparisons - there are so many great performers, most give us pleasure, even in different ways. 😊
Maravilhosa interpretação!!! Excelente pianista!!! Espero que você possa, em um futuro próximo, vir ao Brasil, em especial a São Paulo, algo que seus admiradores aguardamos com ansiedade!!!
The sun just came out from a drizzly day as Helene played to the climax soo beautiful each and every time what a gift fills me up with such gratitude Thank you Schuman
My favourite performance of this often overlooked piano concerto. The rondo at the end of the first movement is beautifully articulated with syncopation and emphasis on the key notes perfectly placed. It makes most other performances look second rate.
She has a tone of Russian pianists (very metalic and hard touches) but at the same time plays like Argerich , which makes her style very unique. (which is very interesting, because she started her studying in France) People often forget one can play piano in some specefic tone, like the other instruements.
Helene Grimaud ist zweifellos grossartig. Meine Bewunderung gilt ebenfalls der Elbphilarmonie und ihres hervorragenden Dirigenten Hengelbrock!
Wir danken herzlich! :)
@@NDRKlassik gerne geschehen!
The magic of Hélène Grimaud, is that she is a mixture of very high intelligence, incredible sensitivity, and a big amount of talent. Not one single note isn’t lived, thought, and felt. She lives the present moment like no other.
And the orchestra is fabulous…
Thank you, much appreciated!
Helene is huge talented! What a beauty!
Incidentally the qualities you attribute to Hélène are characteristic of a good portion of the native French population high intelligence and sensitivity. This is counter balanced by French flaws such excessive dialectism (everything is a discourse of words), and a lack of lyricism (replaced by feeling and impressionistic sound). You are right she has talent who wouldn't at that level but she is also not among the top virtuosi her technique allows her to get through this but not always with good tone and articulation. Mainly she has a flat finger technique and that always lead to that result. Overal her technique is her biggest weakness. It limits her expressivity a lot of notes go soft and even student like at times for pure technical reasons. Oh.. and i am French or i wouldn't have written about the French characteristic traits.
@@ericastier1646 Well your biggest strength is obviously that you're French, and her biggest strength is that she can do all variations of piano scales in the major and minor, as well as all the fortifying Baroque pieces, as well as playing the essence of all Romantic composers, and even revealing to us, some hidden times, the highly competent rendition of all 32 Beethoven Sonatas... And so what on Earth can we hope to offer? I don't think we can offer criticism, but critique--perhaps. But as a very basic piano player, I really hesitate to offer even a critique. I know nothing, really. How do we know when we know enough to offer even a mere critique, let alone criticism? I'm always hesitant to offer either. But I love reading critiques as well as criticism. Hmmm.
@@briananderson8428 You are very presumptuous in your comment. First, why do you assume that my only area of competency to have a right to comment on her pianism is because i am French ??? I am a pianist, i play all 24 Chopin Etudes and have studied music all my life and heard many world class pianist live or in masterclasses. Second there is no significant difference between a 'critique' and a criticism. The first word is borrowed from the French, the second is an anglicism. Third you seem to imply only pianists who have similar renown as her are authorized to criticize her interpretation. You are wrong from A to Z. I have heard enough professional pianists many of them my personal friends asking me for my inputs to their interpretation to know my input is not far off the mark. This a common trope on UA-cam people reply to critiques assuming the person who wrote it has no competency and probably knows nothing about the subject and then suggest them to shush up. Guess what you are trespassing in a field you do not know and think you can define rules ? It's you who needs to refrain before making wild assumptions about other people that you do not know. Last, anyone has the right to make a critic even those without special competency.
Hélène Grimaud is absolutely wonderful! Her skill, creative style and passionate performance are out of this world! ❤❤⭐️⭐️⭐️
Two days ago I saw Ms. Grimaud perform this live with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Sitting in the fifth row I watched in awe this piano virtuoso play with incredible emotion and technical prowess that without question puts her at the top of all modern day pianists. I have been listening to her play for many years but nothing compares to seeing her perform live. I feel blessed to have witnessed such perfection!
What a pleasure! Thanks for sharing!
The first and so far only time I saw her live was also with the Cincinnati Symphony 9 years ago, playing Brahms' first concerto. I will never forget the magic that it was. You're right- nothing compares to seeing her live.
I miss Cincinnati and the CSO so much. I studied there for two years.
Richard meth, and I had the privilege of seeing and hearing Helene at Carnegie Hall in NYC two weeks ago. She was incredible…..five curtain calls and four encores. I agree with you that she is indeed near or at the top of today’s classical pianists
And just last week, 4/19/23, I again had the privilege of seeing her live at the Disney Center in Los Angeles. It was one of those rare transcendent experiences. Helene and the audience were at one for the entire program, but most completely for the finale of Bach’s Chaconne. When the last note sounded, the audience, as one, rose to their feet with thunderous applause and shouts of acclimation. This continued through four curtain calls and three encores. There is no doubt that even as Helene gets older, she continues to bring her unique musical interpretation to all the pieces of her repertoire. In my opinion, she continues to be one of the top pianists in the world.
Your comment surprises me a bit. I don't want to start a argument, i have studied in conservatory and seen and heard many many virtuosi pianists. It should be obvious that although she is a great musician her technique is not that of a virtuosi, her technique is wrong, she plays with flat fingers and looses tone constantly and it's easy to hear her struggling in slightly difficult passages and her endurance is also not great. Now i am aware that 99.9% of the general audience will not notice these things but when you've spend most of your life at the piano and with other pianists, this does not need much debate, it's obvious.
I met Hélène once, such a sweetheart and sooo beautiful. Extremely friendly, too. Quite talkative. Love her.
Hélène Grimaud, my favorite pianist. Beautiful woman. An angel of delicacy and grace with God's spark. Mrs. Hélène, please play until the end of the world if you have enough strength. Thanks to your music, the world becomes better and faith in people returns.
She is adorable in every conceivable way.
I only choose to listen to Hélène’s recordings. I find that her playing the piano touches me deeply and I am better for it. Thank you. I have my favorite pieces and I listen to them over and over again.
好喜欢她的演奏
The more I watch and Listen to Ms Grimaud play, the more I enjoy her interpretations, this lady has enough talent for 6 people, please post more wonder performances by this talented woman
I agree; more full-length live performances! She's amazing!
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
Helene, Ihre Interpretation ist erhaben!!! Unuebertrefflich! Sie sind die faszinierendste Pianistin, die es je gegeben hat. Jeden Tag hoere ich mir dieses Konzert an, herrlich gespielt durch Helene Grimaud. Dies ist fuer mich einfach lebensnotwendig. Merci beaucoup, liebe Helene! Herzliche Gruesse aus São Paulo/Brasilien.
It"s interesting for me how many germans are big fans of Hélène but as a French person i don't particularly like her and prefer Yuja Wang.
Die mit Abstand schönste Fassung dieses traumhaften Konzerts, die ich kenne
Das freut uns aber sehr!! :)
Ich gebe Ihnen da recht und vermute, daß Sie vielleicht die legendäre Einspielung von Fleisher/Szell aus den 60igern vielleicht nicht kennen. Denn diese Konzert ist dem genannten extrem ähnlich. Die gleich Dynamik und Transparenz wobei ich der Fleisher/Szell Aufnahme wegen des überragenden Klavierspiels den Vorzug gebe und auch das Orchester ist noch mal ein Tick perfekter.
Aber dieses Konzert ist wirklich ganz großartig und das zweitbeste, was ich je gehört habe. Aber das ist natürlich meine ganz subjektive Meinung.
@@arthurenzo3075 Nein, die Fassung kenne ich tatsächlich nicht. Gibt es sie in einer brauchbaren Fassung irgendwo zu hören?
@@manfredkoller9354 Ja, bei UA-cam.sogar mehrere.Sie wird Ihnen bestimmt gefallen. ich würde mich freuen, wenn Sie mal kurz sagen würden, wie Sie Ihnen gefällt.
Liebe Grüsse
So also ich habe mir jetzt beide Versionen noch mal hintereinander angehört. Die von Ihnen erwähnte Fassung gefällt mir auch gut, aber trotzdem liegen für mich Welten dazwischen. Ist natürlich immer auch zu einem Teil Geschmackssache. Das fünfte Klavierkonzert von Beethoven habe ich mir früher häufig mit Wilhelm Kempff angehört als Kind, aber bei Daniel Barenboim singt der Flügel halt
Ms Grimaud plays this as if it was written for her, brilliantly played
Yes for sure! I link her with Martha e Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
meine Seele wird berührt so gefühlvoll spielt Helene Grimaud. Kann es kaum abwarten bis Sie am 31.05.19 in die Kölner Philharmonie kommt. Ich freue mich so riesig Helene Grimaud Hannah erleben zu dürfen. BRAVO
Vollkommen einverstanden!!!
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This is glorious, her rendition of the piano concerto is absolutely epic! The very best of all versions dare I say. Love hearing her all day long.
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
Few pieces are more iconic of Romanticism than Schumann’s Piano Concerto. So lively and full of emotion yet simultaneously so agile and bright. A great rendition of an iconic piece.
Thank you very much! 🤩
Hélène Grimaud est une pianiste extraordinaire et unique. Elle représente aujourd'hui, la quintessence du piano et de l'expressivité musicale de notre temps.
This pianist is "one in a million", truly. I could listen forever...even the conductor looked inspired.
There are around 8 billion of us on the planet, so I guess that means 8,000 Hélènes. :)
She is my top piano player together with Horowitz. Both talented beyond any limits, Grimaud more sophisticated, Horowitz more spontaneus.
Grimaud is Bach, Horowitz was Scarlatti. The third one is Marta Argerich. Marta is like Liszt on steroids. The queen of the piano sound.
She can rip the whole orchestra apart with her pinky finger alone. She can play sweet as the first flower in the spring. And she can switch one to another in less then second.
And people love it.
There are many other very good piano players in the world but these three are the most inspiring musical personalities for me.
@@peace-now she IS that one in a Billion....
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Never met her, never seen her, but the way she plays a piano: she is/must be one of a kind
Ich, dankbar, horche vieler Kompositionen, vieler Wiedergaben, und immer wieder mal komme ich auf Schumann Grimaud Hengelbrock Elbphilharmonie zurück. Für mich eine musikalische Sternstunde. So viele ergreifende Wiedergaben gibt es, ja, doch was die Musiker hier gewoben haben, das ist für mich...da fehlen mir die Worte. Zum Beispiel die Oboe! Himmlisch. Die Celli, wie sie Bögen gestalten. Alles innig liebevoll durchgestaltet. Danke, danke, danke!
Es ist uns eine Freude! Wir danken für diesen wundervollen Kommentar.
I had the immense privilege to attend her performance at Théatre des Champ Elysées in Paris a few years ago. She played the second Brahms concerto. I couldn't refrain my tears. And she was so tiny in front of this enormous Steinway. So tiny, but so strong, and so driven by the music, by Brahms himself, it seemed.
That's great Eric. Once about 5 years ago I had the privilege to drink a cup of coffee with Helene in Amsterdam where she gave a concert I should go. I met her in the bar of a hotel a few hours before the concert, we did have a nice conversation in french about music, Rachmaninoff. 3 hours later I was present in her concert. It was great. Greetings from the Netherlands, les Pays Bas
I'm very much jealous, Jan-Pieter :-) Lucky man you were !
Schumann is often faulted for his orchestration, but this piece is masterfully orchestrated. It is probably one of my five favorite concerti. Also, Ms. Grimaud is one of the finest pianists in the world.
The pianist is truly out of this world!! Brilliant Conductor!
She is sublime!
Wunderschöne Aufführung dieses romantischen Konzerts mit gut artikulierten Töne des Soloklaviers und perfekt kontrollierten Töne anderer Instrumente. Der erfahrene Maestro dirigiert das perfekt trainierte Orchester im gut phrasierten Tempo mit effektiver Dynamik. Echt erstklassig!
Vollkommen einverstanden!
@@mariaceciliamaringonidecar904 Danke für Ihre nette Zustimmung.
Madame Grimaud, Sie liefern die sensibelste Einspielung des fantastischen Schumann- konzertes fuer Klavier und Orchester. Ich gratuliere Ihnen vom Herzen. Aus São Paulo/Brasilien
The more I hear Ms Grimaud, the bigger fan I become. BRAVO!
DIE WELT Klassik inszenierung von Axel Brüggemann Das Haus des Buches in Dresden ist ein sehr aufgeräumter Laden. ... Hier erklärt die Belletristik - Buchhändlerin: "Ja, die Grimoud, die finden Sie in der Biologie, sie ist doch eine Wolfsforscherin." ... Die Odyssee im Dresdner Haus des Buches verrät viel über den Wandel der Klassik. Vorbei die Zeit, in der ein Musiker allein durch seine Interpretation des zweiten Satzes der Mondscheinsonate oder die exzentrische Analyse des "Wohltemperierten Klavieres" Erfolge feierte. Heute reicht es nicht einmal mehr, nur schön zu sein. ... Inzwischen müssen die Jung - Stars aber noch mit einer Abenteuergeschichte hinter ihrer Hochglanzfassade aufwarten, um Beachtung in der auf Fortissimo gestimmten Klassik - Nische zu finden. Krankheiten, Affären und Sex sells. Also wird vor dem Singen, Streichen und Klimpern freimütig über Eßstörungen und Männerphantasien geplappert. Und davon, dass Wölfe und ungezähmte Frauen den gleichen Ruf hätten und gegen beide die gleiche feindselige Gewalt ausgeübt würde. ...Daß der Klassik - Zirkus wunderbare Bücher hervorbringen kann, hat die Krimi - Autorin Thea Dorn vorgemacht. In ihrem Roman "Ringkampf" karikiert sie Diven, Rivalen und Opern - Fetischisten. Villeicht findet sich jemand, der die nackte Tatsachen als Autobiographie erzählt. Das ganz normale Leben: ungeoutete Schwule, verknallte Intendanten, weltweite Netzwerke, die unter Hotelbettdecken geflochten werden. Diese Geschichte würde das Haus des Buches sicher als Belletristik in die Regale räumen - weil die Klassik der beste Roman ist.
Me too !
Right. she's one of the most extraordinary pianists :)
Same here ! I had the immense privilege to attend her performance at Théatre des Champ Elysées in Paris a few years ago. She played the second Brahms concerto. I couldn't refrain my tears. And she was tiny in front of this enormous Steinway. So tiny, but so strong, and so driven by the music, by Brahms himself, it seemed.
@@skydream4869 Plays "in the moment from the heart", not many dare "let go" like she does! Wonderful what life can be when we give it freedom to be 100% present.
It is a privilege hearing this great artist.
De acordo!
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
I visited Robert and Clare Schumann's house in Leipzig to pay my respects to the great maestro. This piece of music is very special to me. I have listened to it all my life and can remember each note and bar. Grimaud's rendering is superb with a fine sensitive touch. Schumann was already suffering from mental illness when he was composing this. The ability to master his depression and sufferings and turn this into a master piece speaks wonders of human achievements.
Who is "Clare"Schumann?
Clara Schumann, I suppose 😉
@@horsthofsass765 Clare Shumann was a cousin of Robert, they plaid harmonica together when they were young...🤣😂
I enjoyed your comment and am on a similar path, to me Schumann IS the greatest composer of all and i need to go to Leipzig too to pay my homage to him.
I have a different perspective than you however on Schumann's mental problems late in his life. I think that he did not have to overcome his so called depressions to compose and like Chopin i take a serious bet that both would never have matured to genius composers as they have without their health problems. It's because the disease itself pushes the mental to extreme sensitivity it develops an ability for hypersensibility and a modified state of conscioucness that becomes propice for reacting to polyphonic music.
The stereotype of the sick genius artist has often been detracted but there is a truth to it. Pascal one of the biggest French thinker and mathematician had a bulb in his brain. Mendelsohn had a rare genetic disease, Beethoven had wathever disease it was that turned him deaf (possibly mercure poisoning), :Mozart health couldn't have been the best to die at 37. Glen Gould was autistic or Asperger syndrone. There are composers that seem to have lived perfectly healthy long lives ( Haydn) but they're much less common than they should, there is a correlation.
Lockdown pressure / stress relief, enjoying one of my favourite performers. wishing You and Matt good health and plenty joy. With lots of love from South Africa......Dennis
Stay strong in Lockdown, music wil win from Covid 19. Wish you all the best, greetings from the Netherlands
Kein einziger langweiliger Ton! Solistin und Orchestermusiker loten aus und bringen dar auf unnachahmliche Weise. Dank an alle! Sonderblumen für Thomas Hengelbrock, auch für Toningenieur und Kameramann. Hélene? Eine der Göttlichen auf den Tasten
Vollkommen einverstanden!
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
I have listened to this piece at least once a week forever! Magnificent! Words cannot say enough about Hélène. She is my favorite pianist by far. She is truly gifted.
Anyone who does not mention Grimaud among the top pianists of her generation is simply ignoring the easily apparent. What a moving performance here, the orchestra is superb, and a beautiful production (filming and recording).Thanks for this upload !
Filming was awful. Not enough of the piano keyboard!
@@1940limited On the contrary, the filming was excellent, especially the shots from
above which showed us what wonderful hands and fingers Ms Grimaud has (des
mains tres fines) which goes a long way to explaining why she is such a great
pianist.
I know. It is all about who the managers are pushing.
Yes, she is among the top pianists of her generation. The Top 100.
Khatia Buniatishvili wird dem Schumann auch bravourös Herr.
la plus belle, la plus extraordinaire, la plus merveilleuse pianiste du monde entier. On ne peut pas ne tomber amoureux de cette femme d'une beauté absolue (une déesse) et d'une intérpréte si sensible avec une tecnique formidable et une energie qui laisse sans mots. Adorable Hélène Grimaud
Magnífica. performance 🌺👏👏👏👏Bravissimo🌺🙏
＃メリークリスマス、＃ライブ会場映像の魅力、＃楽曲の演奏速度最高です。ピアニスト奏者の演奏記号のニュアンスが素晴らしいですね感動しました。❤️またピアニストの頭上アクションカメラを含む複数のTVカメラ切り替えオペレーターの譜面が読めるスイッチャーのカメラ割り映像が素晴らしいですね感動しました。❤️視聴しています。コメント中です。2021年12月24日❤️ありがとうございました😊
Si vous la croisiez, ce qui m'est arrivé, vous tomberiez raide dingue, en lévitation pour le restant de vos jours. Depuis 2007 je plane, j’ai vu une comète de ce temps.
She is so gifted, what a performance!
I could'nt agree more!
Beautiful woman, sparkling as Jade... And a great artist!
Danke Helene, du schenkst mir mit deinem Musikspielen viel, viel Liebe.
On ne peut se lasser de ce concerto où la sublime Hélène se joue de toutes les complexités. Absolument merveilleux.
5 minuti di musica e sono già in lacrime!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Giuseppe
wunderbare aufführung und ich freue mich um so mehr, so viele der musiker wieder zu sehen, die schon unter dem unvergleichen günter wand gespielt haben. und erst helene grimaud, einzigartig, entschlossen, kraftvoll und sensibel. ein musengenuss außer gleichen! danke!
Wir danken! Und freuen uns, dass es gefällt! :)
It's difficult to sum up Grimaud's performance succinctly but I feel her respect for this great piece shining through which she interprets with velvet power. Super orchestra
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
I love her interpretation from Schumann! Its my favorite and the best from her!!
She is a gift, beautiful, talented and exudes a passion for the music that leaves me with a depth of emotion that is overwhelming. I can listen to her all day and all night. Thank you for sharing your love for music.
She is sublime!
What’s a wonderful, intelligence and beautiful performance is it !
Marvellous!!!
This is one of the best performance of Schumann's Piano Concerto. Grimaud plays it perfectly with best interpretation. Bravo! Thanks for sharing this video. I am from Indonesia
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
Helene is no doubt one of the greatest pianists nowadays. Her Nordic emotional and intellectual style: while she plays it could be recalling Richter’s playing. As to my own suggest she is on the pianistic Olympus along with such a legends like Richter, Gilles, Rubinschtein, Michelangeli, Gould, Gilda, Argerich.
I do agree. She is a fantastic pianist but not only. If you could listen to her talking in French or in English of her view on life. Or saying with her own words her feeling for maestro Claudio Abbado...It is pure poetry ! She is a comet, having an exigence on herself which makes me feeling so small.
@@jean-francoisbrieuc705I agree with you! She has such an exquisite personality and it is an enjoyment to listen to her, be it on the piano or in an interview etc.
Superlative.She just lets the music the speak no distractions or drama.
True. The only distraction is her exquisite beauty.
My god this 30 minutes went flying fast. This is easily the best performance of this concerto for me. Thank you so much Hélène Grimaud you are a miracle and a gift to earth. Also being a Chinese, seeing her wearing a Chinese styled attire makes me so happy... This video is priceless for me. Thank you!
Oh how magical and mystical is how she is plafyiing without a piece of music in front of her. She has become my favorite pianist awesome and amazing. Thank you Helene,. Sister Beth
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
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So wunderschön gespielt! 😭🥰
Vollkommen einverstanden!
Schumanns Klavierkonzert is so unique in sound, the phrasing, the tempo, the combination with the pianist, conductor and orchestra is perfect symmetry. The Piano Concerto is a gripping silky melodic tone. WOW! Perfect video filming.
Elle est plus qu'une etoile, elle est une constellation. I love her. Et superbe direction de Thomas Hengelbrock
C'est vrai, elle brille plus que toutes autres étoiles.
My favourite piano concerto played by one of the best pianists. What a joy, a truly wonderful performance!
She is sublime!
Grimaud, as always, is magnificent. End of story.
Yes, she is!!!
Herzlichen Dank fuer Ihre hervorragende Interpretation, liebe Helene Grimaud!!! Viele Gruesse aus São Paulo/Brasilien!!!
The magic about this piece by Helene is that.... you have to suppress your body from listening to it only once. I am utterly in love with this version, above all.
Ms Helen is a very good musician. I like how she dresses.... She lets the music speak for itself....
On a totally different class from players like Yuja Wang 🤢
Great to see the overhead shots of Grimaud at the keyboard. And what a performance!
Je voudrais savoir pourquoi il n'y pas plus de "j'aime". Son interpretation est vraiment parfaite.
Beaucoup de gens écoutent le morceau mais oublient de le "noter" - Cela m'arrive souvent et je le regrette
My favourite piano piece and she plays it beautifully....
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (1845)
I. Allegro affettuoso 0:00
II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso 14:58
III. Allegro vivace 20:10
love the joy of the conductor--
I am happy to be able to appreciate a really good performance.
You are an inspirational pianist!
She took us to reach the peak of the beautiful MUSIC can be! Touching and beyond Sublime! What a joy and happiness to listen to and watch this fantastic performance! Thanks a zillion!🥰👍👍👍
Thank you! Much appreciated!🤩
Minha pianista favorita. Quanto mais ouco Helene Grimaud, mais a admiro!!! Ouvi-la e vê-la tocar é um verdadeiro deleite para mim! Sua interpretação é fantástica, uma autêntica jóia! Não me canso de ouvi-la. Muitíssimo obrigada por este presente. Sinceros parabéns por sua magnífica execução!
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Merci Hélène pour ces moments §
Oui!!!!Pour tout les moments romantiques
I love to hear and watch Ms. Grimaud play. She seems to be all about the music. I also enjoyed the camera views from directly over the keyboard which really show the complex artistry of the music. Thank you.
Eine derart herausragende Kuenstlerin wie Helene Grimaud ist zweifellos ein Geschenk Gottes an die Menschheit!!!
Love her way of playing, it screams of love for the music. Great find!
Hélène Grimaud est extraordinaire, la femme aux mains d'hommes est d'une sensibillité phénoménale! un cadeau du ciel!...j'imagine les milliers d'heures de répetition! sans relache...Merci!
Robert Schumann's composition is so beautiful
and brilliant. It touches
in my heart every deeper
side.
Robert Schumanns never did give - up as a result of his perseverance, we have his legacy .
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I agree with your valuable opinion.
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Hold on to your hat, Horowitz, here comes Helene, and what a beauty she is - charm, poise, expression, talent and taste in one sweet bonbon. Thanks for this incredible share.
A superb video and I particularly appreciate the camera work and the shots from above, showing
the keyboard and Helene Grimaud's beautiful pianist's hands; this enhances my enjoyment of
her performance.
Estoy fascinado con la calidad interpretativa de Helene . También es una mujer muy bella. Estoy escribiendo una novela y ella es mi musa que me inpira con su música.
Has terminado la novela?
# Attractiveness of live venue video, # piano solo, # performance speed of songs is the fastest. # The nuances of the symbols, including the camera division and cut division, and the strength of the 🎹 pianist's performance, are wonderful. In addition, the pianist's overhead action camera 0: 03 seconds, 1: 13 seconds, 1: 54 seconds and several places, camera division 0: 16 seconds, 0: 24 seconds, 1: 37 seconds, 8 types of dynamic symbols, dynamics Two types of symbols that change, multiple TV camera switching operators, and the camera split video of the switcher that allows you to read the score. ❤️ Thank you. 😊
When you hear Schumann's only piano concerto played by these performers you KNOW that life is not fair: Schumann (always a brilliant composer) composed just one piano concerto, Brahms just two and Beethoven just five. Not fair. Then there's Hélène Grimaud: A stunningly talented, warm, and emotive pianist who is equally superbly intelligent , breathtakingly beautiful, and eloquent....
Fortunately she was selected to play this magnificent masterpiece with Thomas Hengelbrock and the NDR. The result is -- in my opinion -- the most delightful, exciting, and vivacious performance of Schumann's concerto. I wish he had written at least eight!
Look on UA-cam for Hengelbrock interviewing Grimaud to complete your enjoyment.
Perfect. Thank you so much for uploading this for free!!
... GRACIAS por poseer ese don maravilloso, que a la par es gentileza, de acompañarme con estas preciosas gemas musicales !!! ... 💜🍁💚 ...
My favourite pianist is always so elegant !
Absolutely superb, everything! One of the greatest pianists of our times!
I love the emotional response Helene Grimaud has to this wonderful concerto that enhances her pianistic skill. Thomas Hengelbrock and the NDR Orchestra are more than equal to the task of bringing the music to life for the audience to enjoy.
Thank you!!
Splendida Grimaud ,nelle sue esecuzioni c ' e' sempre pathos e coinvolgimento emozionale.
This transported me to my childhood when my dad put this music to read before bed time....amazing music 🎶 😮
How lovely! Thank you very much for sharing! 🌟🤩🌟
Beautiful performance and interpretation 1
Tous mes compliments .........sublime interpretation .........
Wonderful music and wonderful Hélène playing this with so much inspiration and concentration at the same time. You can see it in her face, how deep into this music she is. In my point of view this must be among the best interpretations all time. Just listen to the last movemant at 20:10. What a joy and perfection! P.S. As I always have liked her dresses on stage, I have to say that I also like this one very much.
Wonderful indeed, her performance is just magic ✨
@@NDRKlassik I have learned that wonderful is short, so anyday now this will be taken away from us,
On her attire -- she dresses classy, not trashy (like a few other well-known female pianists). 👍
Such a beautiful rendition - Bravo Helene Grimaud
La interpretación de Hélène Grimaud es portentosa y su coordinación con Hengelbrock insuperable. Fantástica orquesta, con un sonido muy particular, perfecto para la música de Schumann. He ido escuchando otras versiones de este mismo concierto, con diversas orquestas y diversos pianistas; ninguna de ellas iguala a esta de Grimaud + Hengelbrock. ¡Les felicitamos!
Eine ganz wunderbare Produktion! Hélène Grimaud spielt so lebendig und kristallklar, voller pulsierender Energie und mit einem gradezu sinnlichem Fingerspitzengefühl. Mit einem hervorragenden Orchester. Das ganze Konzert scheint zu pulsieren - da kommt Freude auf! Und die Schönheit der Komposition zum Vorschein.
Wir danken vielmals!! :)
Vollkommen einverstanden!
Today l,ve listened Helene trying to understand the source of her magic. Then l listened to katia buniatashvili, wuja yan. I like them, but they are too beautiful and lascive! Male pianists are too direct and strong. Perhaps only Murray Perahia equals Helene from the spiritual point of View. At 17 Romania,s Times I switched on the TV and on mezzo tv Guess what was on! Schumann piano concerto op 54 with Beatrice Rana. Chapeau Beatrice, chapeau, Helene!
This was more like a jam session with everyone doing the very best they could. Mesmerizing! A rare performance.
Je ne connaissais Hélène Grimaud que par rapport aux loups ... Quel plaisir de découvrir une telle sensibilité musicale !
Qu'est-ce que cette histoire de loups ?
I So Appreciate The Deep Reverence And Heartfelt Emotion, What A Treasure And Joy To Feel The Greatness Of Robert Schumann's Work In the hands Of The French Great Helene Grimaud , She Allows Me to Feel Happy And Cry Tears Of Hope,Thank You Piano Great!
We are very pleased that you like our recording - thank you for listening!
Many thanks to the NDR Elbphilharmonie (institution) and people who provide "better than being there" performances for not so fortunate (to be there) classical music lovers - like me. I've just heard Beethoven's 5th. Now, this Schumann's concerto. I feel like I am in heaven. Thank you.
Wow, what a beautiful comment.
Excelente Grimaud!!!, mis felicitaciones por tan preciosa interpretación.
Una caricia para el alma. Gracias Mme. Grimaud, gracias YT.
Mon concert préféré si magnifiquemente joué par Hélène Grimaud et dirigé par Thomas Hengelbrock.
👍😊💯%!!🌺💐✨
Fleisher/Szell Schumann Klavierkonzert 2.0 ! Ganz großartig und fast so gut wie das "Original". Die zweitbeste Aufnahme, ich je gehört habe.👋👋👋👋👋
Danke, das freut uns! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Magnifique interprétation ! Pleine de la sensibilité et de nuances : ce qu'exige cette œuvre parmi les plus belles pages écrites pour le piano ! Merci Hélène !
A memorable performance of this lovely work. Thanks to all concerned.
You are very welcome! :)
Everything is said, just my gratitude for the beauty of music, thank you!
La classe des envolées, la justesse du toucher - en un seul mot, la Grâce. C'est mon image de la Belle Hélène, que je retrouve à chaque interprétation.
A superb performance of a long-time loved work. Thank you, Helen, and the whole band - I think Thomas enjoyed it as much as I did! I hope we can keep off the "League tables" of comparisons - there are so many great performers, most give us pleasure, even in different ways. 😊
Maravilhosa interpretação!!! Excelente pianista!!! Espero que você possa, em um futuro próximo, vir ao Brasil, em especial a São Paulo, algo que seus admiradores aguardamos com ansiedade!!!
The sun just came out from a drizzly day as Helene played to the climax soo beautiful each and every time what a gift fills me up with such gratitude Thank you Schuman
My favourite performance of this often overlooked piano concerto. The rondo at the end of the first movement is beautifully articulated with syncopation and emphasis on the key notes perfectly placed. It makes most other performances look second rate.
Thank you, much appreciated!
She has a tone of Russian pianists (very metalic and hard touches) but at the same time plays like Argerich , which makes her style very unique. (which is very interesting, because she started her studying in France) People often forget one can play piano in some specefic tone, like the other instruements.
Small quibble. Experts generally rate this piece among the top 5 piano concertos. Deservedly
I was looking for paradise, it is there. Je cherchais le paradis , il est la . Merci Hélène !