Hélène Grimaud - Beethoven - Piano Sonata Nº31 Op110

[@RichardFeynmanRules]

I've been listening to recordings of Beethoven's Late Piano Sonatas for over 45 years now, and this is without a doubt one of the finest live performances I've ever heard. I couldn't agree more with an earlier comment: "Beautiful touch! Pure tone produced. Orchestral sound. Well articulated. Great dynamic contrast. Expressive interpretation with full technical control."

[@bobbyfischer9420]

hello fellow physicist... best wishes from zürich

[@bobbyfischer9420]

i like your works by the way...

[@tomlinsrep]

This is the first time I have heard it. I look forward to listening to it again

[@paulhersch4787]

QED

[@renaudpontier]

Une sensibilité extraordinaire, une compréhension profonde de cette sonate si complexe avec son adagio et sa fugue entremêlés. Hélène Grimaud est une des plus grandes pianistes de notre époque.

[@barbaraglynn1531]

Agree 100%!!

[@riccardo50001]

Her fingers flow across the keys as if they were part of the instrument. What a wonder we humans can be!!! Glad I came across her beautiful artistry and the beauty of this Beethoven.

[@lachouettedeminerve1694]

sans doute un des sommets du piano et de la musique joué avec grâce et force par une pianiste merveilleuse ,merci d'exister ,Helene grimaud

[@panprezes1993]

Very a very great!!! Yes!!!

[@daniellecomte1655]

Oh comme tout est bien dit... Merci d'exister Hélène Grimaud, Madame Hélène Grimaud... 🌹🌹🌹

[@beethoven2351]

This sonata is really subtle and deep, requiring the performer to play expressively and with a style that is more or less the opposite of "bravura"...and she pulls if off amazingly well. This performance captures the wistful and melancholic mood that I believe Beethoven intended. Bravo!

[@HelenaWilliams8696]

H. Grimaud plays like she is reading a poetic epic from the past. The phrasing, the tempo, the radiant sparkles in the melody and the rhythmical effect resonates to the listener what Beethoven is feeling and thinking while he recites his verse.

[@honeysoi]

For me, Hélène Grimaud is the greatest pianist of her time. From Bach to Rachmaninov, whatever she plays is pure emotion !

[@pianolady516]

Her performance embodies who SHE IS.....genuine...not a phony influenced by external voices. Her voices are from a purity found in nature...They influence her musical gesture....tonal quality....exceptional pianism. She is RARE like Glenn Gould was rare. He followed a voice that speaks to us because it is eternal. Helene Grimaud knows that voice, too. She is a gift from the DIVINE! Merci!

[@sixkatz]

"her voices are from a purity found in nature." Gush like this rather overlooks the fact that this is a human being, not a "gift from the DIVINE!" It's a fine performance; can't that be enough?

[@cathalobriain1627]

Yes she is rare like Gould

[@davidmehnert6206]

I agree.

[@koichitagawa6133]

pianolady516

[@yoshuke007]

Yes I agree.

[@josefranciscosanchezsanche1768]

Undoubtedly, she has the power to move people with her way of interpreting and gesturally accompanying each one of the notes, taking us by the hand to that world that we can only imagine through the beauty of music...

[@marksmale827]

The last movement is played more convincingly than any I have ever heard.

[@malcolmabram2957]

Grimaud is not just technically exceptional, she brings in an extra dimension in her interpretations. She usually is a preference of pianist when I listen to my favourites, especially Beethoven.

[@francoziliani7631]

je trouve cette interprétation et tous les autres des Concerts de Mozart que j'ai trouvé sur You tube de Madame Grimaud d'un niveau vraiment rare à ces jours. Grande technique, absolue, impéccable, mais sourtout de la vraie poésie, une sensibilité merveilleuse qui me fait penser à l'inoubliable Clara Haskil, mieux qu'à la fantastique Marta Argerich. J'aimerais écouter cette très jolie femme de Aix en Provence interpreter Schubert, que j'adore, et surtout les dernières trois Sonates D 958, D 959 et D 950. Je suis persuadé, elle as seulement 51 ans, que Hélène Grimaud nous donnera encore pour plusieurs années les trésor de son art de l'intepretation et un facon de jouer le piano superbe et unique. Monsieur et Mesdames chapeau!

[@William1942-t2w]

Her passion and her intellect is real, unmistakable.

[@georgeslalande]

C'est tout le romantisme de Beethoven qui est contenu dans cette sonate. Mais encore il faut une interprète de grande sensibilité pour l'exprimer. Hélène Grimaud est cette interprète qui tout en suivant la ligne parvient à mettre en évidence la beauté de l'âme du créateur. Elle est une artiste rare que j'aime beaucoup!

[@ivankaramasov]

One of my all time favourite pieces of music beautifully interpreted by a sublimely beautiful Helene Grimaud. What's not to like.

[@abodeobogde5227]

most natural interpretation of a rather intellectually difficult piece. Late Beethoven is a true challenge for every musician. A true gem

[@erikgardetemps]

"most natural interpretation"... what fuck means that?

[@boglarkaandras6565]

Gyönyörű!!

[@АндрейЕременко-о6ж]

Бриллиант

[@АндрейЕременко-о6ж]

@@erikgardetemps У ВАС НЕ ХВАТАЕТ ФЭНТАЗИ

[@digipieman-1]

She's an angel on earth. I could spend a lifetime watching over her.

[@tommytonguyen4227]

I hear eternity, i can hear also sounds of ever-ending suffering, enjoyment, hope and fear, everything, a finest piece of truest art representing what humans experience, all in this Beethoven's 31th sonata,Helene Grimaud, beautiful hands

[@quaver1239]

Exquisitely played. She is a true musician, not just a pianist.

[@Jinigamii]

Such a magical performance, can't stop watching every single piece

[@jimsymons2178]

Aside from being an outstanding musician, she is incredibly beautiful!

[@ardritcolette5899]

Une pianiste exceptionnelle , un "toucher" remarquable , sublime interprétation ! merci

[@sanderson9515]

Indeed. Sublime touch. Being an accomplished musician must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

[@antoinettebotsford3202]

A profoundly sincere and passionate performance. I DO think Beethoven would approve.

[@mariaceciliamaringonidecar904]

Helene, Sie sind fantastisch! Selten sieht man eine ueberaus begabte Pianistin wie Sie!!! Vielen herzlichen Dank und liebe Gruesse aus São Paulo, Brasilien! Ich hoffe sehr, dass Sie bald zu uns kommen koennen. Es wird eine unheimlich grosse Freude, Sie "live" zu hoeren!

[@JulieT026]

Beautiful! Your playing is always so spiritual to me. Transformative. Thank you.

[@bloodshedandemeralds]

Two words: Helene Grimaud! If these conjure in your mind words like "divine", "phenomenal", "out of this world" and/or "I can't stop listening," you are on the right track! Bravo, bravo, bravo Ms. Grimaud!--and THANKS.

[@philipcameron4759]

The four great pillars of classical music, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms find their expression in Helene Grimaud.

[@oresteluiscarlino924]

Mezcla exquisita de belleza, fortaleza, fineza, precisión, emoción e inspiración.

[@whatsupdom]

Sublime performance! You can tell she poured her heart and soul into this work. Bravissima!

[@denisgauvin5675]

La fugue de cette magnifique sonate me transporte . Merci Hélène de nous donner une si belle interprétation de l’œuvre de Beethoven.

[@charliekim2939]

This sonata, especially the 1st movement, has been my (most) favorite piano piece quite a while - along with several of Schubert's emotional pieces. It brings back old memories of loss and failure which I, regretfully, let happen. At the same time, it stirs some yearning still left in me. This feeling, or sentiment, is usually vague but Helene makes it pretty strong and vivid. A fantastic piano playing!

[@PawsAndKeys]

Observe your mind: where is the "I" that lets things happen? There is no "you" there to blame, we each do what we do and what happens happens. Piano music helped me realize this fundamental zero-center: playing a piece like this, I have literally hovered above myself looking down at my hands, doing nothing, just observing the body making music without me. Now where is the "I" in this experience we call life?

[@vince2x2]

Her passion for the music is what stands out! So beautifully played! Her own interpretation of Bach's passion is inebriating! The base note accents 14:18-14:30 is stunning, a mixture between Bach's baroque and heavy metal's Led zeppelin. All all of this is done sans sheet music! Thank you lady Grimaud for your stunning performance!

[@binacaman]

A very convincing performance, thoughtful, with unbroken concentration and real musicality. Grimaud has artistic integrity and approaches Bruno Walter's famous advice to make it as if it is new, even though we have heard and played it many times, without seeming artificial or seeking for effects. Very nice. And I think she does not forget that the music is by Beethoven, not by her, heh... Surely it is a different approach from the magnificent straightforwardness of a Schnabel, but Schnabel was from a different time and place. I think it is needlessly ungenerous to dismiss an approach like this which has much to offer, and shines in it's own unique way. These comments are so full of little amateur critics who think something is to be gained by putting in their cramped and crabby (and often embarrassingly uninformed and uneducated) two cents worth, sigh... In other words, "Lighten up for chrissakes..."

[@PeterACasanave]

Thank you for putting this in context. As for the critics, I wish they would reply with a video of their own.

[@andrewkennaugh6329]

"Its"in the possessive doesn't require an apostrophe as it's a pronoun...😕

[@WalterSAllen]

your comment is accurate but hardly necessary. folks type quickly... errors happen! please offer your thoughts on the sonata or the performance. perhaps you have something insightful to say. and yes, sentences start with a capital letter.

[@ruthchipperfield3061]

Fusspot - I saw it too of course, but there's a time and a place ... generally inaccuracies like this hurt like a stone in the shoe!

[@georgeboeck1298]

Yes, thanks. The performance was riveting. It flowed beautifully, the bass and treble volume matched wonderfully. While she's a handsome and pleasantly expressive woman, I'd just as soon had more camera on her hands and less on her face, but that's a quibble. I'll go listen to Schnabel now.

[@suegha]

There is a clarity of note to her performances which is extraordinary! And she achieves it with great fluidity and panache! Simply beautiful!

[@TobonDavid]

Glimpses of genius and beauty together

[@mallasfoch356]

j'adore ce pianiste francaise. J'ai fait sa connaissance il y a 7 ans, et, dés le premier momento, elle m'a seduit par sa facón de jouer le piano, son expressivité et par le repertoire qu'elle choisit chaque fois qu'enregistre un disque. Elle est merveuilleuse !!

[@ceciliastracke]

Oui !!!

[@stefanocordaro8462]

Lo spirito di Beethoven, e' con lei! Sublime pianista!!

[@panprezes1993]

Yes, very Yes! She is real great performer of sonatas #Beethoven, too!!!!!!!

[@fclausglobig6399]

Playing with emotional intensity at its best! Beautiful.....

[@antoinetteduplan8424]

bravo pour cette magnifique sonate de Beethoven qui associe a merveille la puissance de ce compositeur au suptil et lege phrase des doigts sur le clavier, tout en douceur. merci d exister.

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

I'm overwhelmed. The is peerless, sublime. She has understood this work and played it to absolute perfection. What a wonderful pianist, and such a dignified personal presentation. No crappy affectations and nonsense. Bravo! :-)

[@khalidcr9]

there is no such thing as playing to perfection.

[@marcjames3487]

@@khalidcr9 But these is such a thing as listening to it lol

[@jorgealfredogonzalezgonzalez]

... todo en ella es genuino, su estilo, su sentimiento y esa profunda identificación con la obra. Es todo un talento, una pasión hecha amor ...

[@fumiokikuchi8482]

彼女の奏でるピアノの響きはなんて美しいのだろ♪ このSonata31番もしかり、他の演奏も特出して美しい♪素晴らしい演奏です♪♪

[@anasmohamed5390]

It's difficult to decide which one is more beautiful here: Hélène Grimaud's beauty or Beethoven's Sonata no.31

[@laj2240]

Bravissima!! Marvellous pianist, and such an orginal writer, as well.

[@klausschick8842]

Love Helene Grimauds personality, Integrity & Authenticity. She is trying to express the true meaning of the Truth and Emotion the way Beethoven might have felt about it - is a work of Love. Wonder how Beethoven loves her interpretation.

[@anthonyhazlewood5788]

Helene well played... You always have such a beautiful smile at the end too....

[@onigirimagmag]

最後のフーガの歌い方が特に素晴らしいです。愛の溢れる素敵な演奏です。

[@lorneweaver7568]

I am completely in love with this magnificent woman! Her playing stirs my soul. She makes me want to be a better person

[@SlyFox616]

This piano sonata is Beethoven doing what he does best: walking us into the darkest of depressions, and then showing us the way out "poi a poi di nuovo vivente." To my ear, Grimaud's performance here more than does this magnificent piece justice. What a treasure.

[@derekallum2362]

Andrew Magyar z

[@wrigleyx]

Bravo Hélène, merci, c'est magnifique :)

[@roomb9499]

The best 2nd Movement I've ever heard!

[@Nogah100]

The Princess of the Piano. Helene Grimaud. Princess in looks and in musical, pianistic performance.

[@augustotorijano1860]

Amo la música de Beethoven, para mí está será la sonata Ofelia, pues describe los profundos sentimientos que compartí con mi esposa ahora ausente, es la música de se perenne presencia conmigo.

[@johnlucas9947]

Éblouissante Hélène dans le talent, preuve d'une grande intelligence. Bref magnifique œuvre.

[@Claude1Rochon]

For 21 minutes... my brain had tastebuds. Somewhere along the way...i think i also developed a third ear. Ludwig and Hélène falling in Love. Thank you for uploading.

[@soulechene]

quelle belle page de musique offerte par une si belle et si talentueuse interprète. On ne se lasse pas de l'écouter

[@pierredomjunior]

Votre interprétation est aussi belle que votre âme. Il faut être un ange pour jouer comme ça.

[@bennettmarkel7724]

As good as it gets, beautiful woman, beautiful heart-felt playing, beautiful Beethoven.

[@lizclegg7556]

+Bennett Markel Why does it matter whether she is beautiful or not? Would it mean any less if it were played by an ugly woman?

[@prabhudhasivanson7110]

Marvelous rendition - Thanks for the upload.

[@mariaceciliamaringonidecar904]

Helene! Pianista de extraordinário talento!!! Que alegria poder ouvi -la!!! (Saudações de São Paulo/Brasil).

[@チャミママ]

何度拝聴しても、素晴らしい‼️🎶

[@alcidesvilhena2366]

Bravo, Hélène! Você é magnífica!

[@ivankaramasov]

The music is extraordinarily beautiful, she must be one of the most beautiful musicians in the world, and she plays to perfection. What's not to like?

[@sandplus5048]

ivankaramasov She is, she is one of the most beautiful musicians in the world. She is an introvert, likes to be in the presence of wolves. However, if she knows you, she can be very chatty. Sometimes when you talk to her, and you are bombarded by her beauty, you will/we will loose our chain of thought.

[@TobonDavid]

Beethoven dedicated this intimate and pure piece to the divinity (Divinitá). Hélene Grimaud seems the fairest and more beautiful proof of this....

[@kevinrei7502]

Was it a coincidence that he completed the work on 25th of december (Christmas)?

[@ruifanxuan640]

Omg.... I am very impressed about her control.... incredibly natural

[@gerardbegni2806]

Very difficult to render the changing moods of this exceptional sonata. Helene GRIMAUD is awesome here. ❤❤❤🧡💛💜💛🧡❤❤❤

[@levacquerosalie972]

Sublime and bravo Hélène Grimaud.

[@byulddongshin2294]

wow!! greate playing 31 is my favorite one of most beautiful piano music

[@amarini]

このコンサートのグリモーの演奏はすごい。神がかっているというくらい。繰り返し繰り返し聞いてます。

[@joeyg617]

Her playing is unreal. She is def up there with the greats.

[@barbaraglynn1531]

My opinion. #1, Martha Argerich, #2, Helene Grimaud, and a distant #3, Yuja Wang.

[@forresthowl]

It simply can't be played better. IMHO, this is the greatest of the 32, and she embodies it.

[@johnbennett572]

The performance of Beethoven doesn't get this much better. This Lady IS SUPERB. Touch of the Poet.

[@davidlinares2242]

Best performance I've ever heard. Helene is the best.

[@panprezes1993]

Of course!!

[@barbaraglynn1531]

@@panprezes1993 I agree 100%!!

[@panprezes1993]

@@barbaraglynn1531 OK. I agree, too!!

[@johnevans3115]

Excellent playing by probably the best French female pianist.

[@guilhermejjj4439]

of course

[@ralphberney7768]

Does Beethoven get more complex, and complete, than this, as though on a loom, he has drawn, teased and woven all the strands of his creative genius into one form, on a single instrument, and then let the echos of each source and reach ring out, resound and sing. The challenge, and conquest, is no less for the performer.

[@HelenaWilliams8696]

It is fascinating to see how H. Grimaud plays with amazing lightness and profound poetic grace.

[@CaricaFly]

вообще умничка! я всегда восхищаюсь профессионализмом

[@TheTahoe1982]

The greatest music piece i have ever heard, that's why the beethoven is master.. Beyond breathtaking performance by Helene Grimaud

[@josephcharlesandremessina2069]

absolument GRANDIOSE une surdoué du piano interprétation d'un très haut niveau merveilleuse HELENE GRIMAUD félicitations ....

[@yusufu9]

A superb live performance, wonderfully musical and delivered through seemingly effortless technique. Thanks for posting.

[@mariolazzari3130]

Brava!Brava!Brava!Brava!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mirellacini1848]

Conosco questo brano lei e' veramente brava. Lo riascolto volentieri.

[@23Fredairic]

Thats true, especially from the slow movement into the fuge and to the end, just lovely

[@unagondolaunremo]

splendida mano sinistra che canta come un violoncello!

[@alexovenden8698]

Beethoven will always be the best, the pinnacle of them all, producing such beauty in this and so many of the other later pieces, whilst totally deaf the whole time. All the other great composers had the sense of hearing to aid them, but couldn't reach these heights, in my view..

[@richardcondon3797]

+Alex Ovenden hi. i think his hearing went with age. he had his hearing through the 7th and 8th symphonies but in the end he had to rely on the floor vibration and the memory of sound. he also based much of his melody on what he heard in his travels. he could pick up songs from the hills where sheperds played on flutes or sung melodies that were old even then . bernstein thought he was the most confounded of all composers and could never get a clear message from his creations but always knew they were among the best compositions of all the composers.

[@elinafurukawa224]

感激しました。日本語でえりという名前ですが、ドイツにゆかりがあるといい、 エリーゼかエリーナの方のピアノを同じように弾けると記憶が戻ると言われ、 確かに生前の曲かと思われ、思わず涙ぐんでいます。とてもピアノが好きでした。特にベートーベンが。今は悲愴第一楽章と熱情に取り組んでおり、ときどきショパンをさらっています。舟歌をぜひ楽譜を買って弾いてみたいです。ありがとうございます。

[@滝川岬一]

グリモ-のべ-ト-ベンのソナタ３１番OP110番素晴らしい。第１楽章の冒頭の聴く者の心を揺さぶるような不安と光明との交錯、彼女は乗り越えべ-ト-ヴエンの深淵を掘り下げるような演奏が私の心の琴線に触れた。

[@billrisbeck7246]

I've heard performance of this wonderful sonata by 15 to 20 different pianists, and Ms Grimaud's performance may be my favorite. It is elegant, articulate, and beautifully-scaled emotionally. So I'm happy to join the chorus - Brava!!

[@OdontoEspecialistas]

Es la fuente de mi inspiración. Que gran artista¡¡¡¡¡

[@LyndseyMacPherson]

Mmmm....I've listened to this recording hundreds of times. I still get goosebumps at the finale.

[@georgeslalande]

Quelle performance de madame Grimaud! Elle nous transporte ailleurs. Elle est un ange du ciel, le souffle de Dieu, nous dirait Massenet.

[@rodolfogaona-lopez9271]

extraordinaire Hélène ! vous êtes vraiment unique !!

[@lousalome1]

This is an exquisite performance. Right up there with Solomon and Edwin Fisher

[@juanqui1404]

She is gorgeous, and plays incredibly well. Besides, this is one of the most beautiful Beethoven sonatas. I would tove to see her in a live concert.

[@MegaCirse]

J'ai cliqué sur tant de vidéos liées, à travers tant de paysages insolites, incroyables et étranges.. Je me sens comme dans un compartiment sur un chemin de fer, à admirer une succession de scènes folles jamais vues auparavant, des musiques importantes et étranges à travers la fenêtre du wagon.. il y a tant de choses à explorer, tellement d'endroits où se poser puis rester dans les ambiances proposées. Cet arrêt en particulier est brillant¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@adyrsebastiaoferreira5572]

Grimaud - uma jóia rara! Que pianista admirável! Ouvi-la e vê-la é realmente uma bem-aventurança!

[@sanderson9515]

Alas, at age 71 I've fallen hopelessly in love with the luminous and ethereal Ms. Grimaud. How can I overcome this tragic aberration? Three years later I'm still in love with Ms. Grimaud and her sublime music.

[@charlotterose6724]

Why would you want to? :)

Ez a csodálatos mű Beethoven egyik legfájdalmasabb életszakaszában született, benne van a lélek mélysége... Helén ennek megfelelően, -átélve- osztotta meg velünk. Köszönet!!!

[@Hank5149]

There is no such thing as “Talent”. Only the love of music, hard work, and great teachers!

[@arodbkny]

Whoa! The 3rd movement was intense! You are a God Luigi.

[@JorgeTriana100]

Alfie Rodrigo y pasaron las diez y

[@rixiedgarpelayo6493]

Beautiful music played by a beautiful woman.

[@kristjan.v]

The only performance of the second part which has attitude and all the other parts are just gorgeous!