Hélène Grimaud - Mozart: Sonata No. 8 K310 - *LIVE*

Hélène Grimaud playing Mozart Sonata No. 8 in A Minor on the 23rd November 2010 at the Royal Festival Hall in London :D

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• Hélène Grimaud
• Mozart
• K310
• Royal Festival Hall
• London
• Live
• Piano recital

[JacobFreeze]

Apparently some people just aren't hip enough to appreciate this freaky Mozart mash-up. All it really needs is more cowbells!

[jimicheesecake]

Bleh!!!! Where is Uchida when you need her. The REAL Mozart interpreter.

[citzie]

I love this. Just like I love Gould's - it's fresh and great conterpoint. Preconceived notions be damned. Music lives. If you think any great artist, whether Mozart, Beethoven, etc., who were both composers AND performers would play the same piece of music the same way just because there's only one published version of it means you don't know what creativity is and/or are not a CREATIVE artist yourself. Be grateful, not hateful.

[InLovewithBach]

@divonnais exactly!!

[InLovewithBach]

This constant rushing and slowing down and doing something "sprecial" in every bar is really irritating, too much pedal in my opinion and all the sixteenth passages sound very clumsy. Not impressed at all.

[divonnais]

On reflection I think her playing of the second movement is exquisite. I stiill maintain my reservations for the first movement

[divonnais]

I would like to say I enjoyed this, because I admire Hélène Grimaud. But she mangles the tempo, and adds so much rubato (especially in the second movement) that Mozart's lucidity is obscured by the pianist. I did not hear a profound work, I heard Ms Grimaud saying I am different.

[circa1907czec]

Beautiful. She is one of the few musicians who can bring the tired old music alive, and grab your heart in her bear hand.

Her control of the dynamics is unbelievable. i love this performance better than the album. Thank you for posting this.

[Snufkin999]

@iedsri

Je suis tout a fait d'accord avec vous. Il y a des aspect tres passionne meme aggressif et philosophique ici qui me rappellent plutot la musique de Beethoven, et je vois aussi ce que vous dites de la deuxieme section de l'andante cantabile. C'est tres emouvant et inspirant, mais en meme temps je ne sens pas l'innocence et la sensualite que j'associe avec la musique de Mozart. Cependant, cela n'a pas trop d'importance, comme la musique ici est tellement vivante et emotionelle.

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

My favourity Mozart sonata. Very differently played, but impossible to not just love the music for its own sake. Lovely!