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Helene Grimaud & Claudio Abbado: A Russian Night | Deutsche Grammophon 0734530

Helene Grimaud & Claudio Abbado: A Russian Night

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Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Cat No: 0734530

Barcode: 0044007345306

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 5th October 2009

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This is the first-ever concert DVD of Hélène Grimaud, capturing her appearance with Claudio Abbado in a fascinating all-Russian concert programme recorded at Lucerne Festival in 2008.

Claudio Abbado has invited Hélène for a variety of programmes since they first performed together in the early 90s and this is the first document of their collaboration, about which the Neue Züricher Zeitung wrote: “Grimaud played with naturalness and chamber-musical spirit….a phenomenal orchestra inspired by its charismatic conductor.”

The repertoire of the DVD throws light on various facets of Russian life and music. Two works – Tchaikovsky’s symphonic fantasia inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Stravinsky’s concert suite from the fairytale ballet The Firebird – depict the dramatic struggle between the forces of good and evil and the ultimate triumph of the former.

And Hélène Grimaud is the soloist in a performance of one of the beloved classics of the late Romantic repertoire, Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto. For Hélène Grimaud, to perform the concerto with Claudio Abbado was “a dream”.

This DVD features behind-the-scenes material and shows Hélène Grimaud in conversation and in rehearsal.

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