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Helene Grimaud on Mozart

On Tuesday's Performance Today, pianist Helene Grimaud discusses finding the delicate balance in music by Mozart. Plus we'll hear her perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 with the Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Peter Tchaikovsky: Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
New York Philharmonic; Kurt Masur, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet, etc.
Teldec 94571

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in g minor, BWV 1056b
Elmar Oliveira, violin/conductor; Arco Ensemble
Eugene Shelley Enlow Recital Hall, Kean University, Union, NJ
Live in Concert Bach Violin Concerti
Artek 0054

Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D Major; Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in A Major
Alexander Melnikov, piano
Shostakovich: The Preludes & Fugues
HMC 90201920

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 20
Till Fellner, piano
ECM 1853

Gustav Mahler: Blumine
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY

Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in d minor, BWV 1043
Elmar Oliveira, violin/conductor; Eva Gruesser, violin; Arco Ensemble
Eugene Shelley Enlow Recital Hall, Kean University, Union, NJ
Live in Concert Bach Violin Concerti
Artek 0054

Hour 2

Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue No. 4 in c-sharp minor, BWV 849, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Helene Grimaud, piano
Bach
DG 12504

Johannes Brahms: Scherzo in c minor, F-A-E
Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann, violin
Music@Menlo, The Center for the Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Atherton, CA

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K.488
Helene Grimaud, piano; Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio; Radoslaw Szulc, concertmaster
Prinzregenthentheater, Munich, Germany
Mozart Piano Concertos - Helene Grimaud
Deutsche Grammophon 47794554

Jacques Arcadelt: O felici occhi miei
Capriccio Stravagante Recorders: Julien Martin, Marine Sablonniere, Benoit Toigo, Evolene Kiener
Antico - Moderno: Capriccio Stravagante
Paradizo 0008

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Vestiva i colli
Julien Martin, recorder; Skip Sempe, harpsichord
Antico - Moderno: Capriccio Stravagante
Paradizo 0008

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