Hélène Grimaud – Silvestrov: The Messenger (For Piano Solo)

It’s been nine and ten years respectively since Hélène Grimaud made her only two Mozart recordings. One might almost think there simply hasn’t been room for his music in her multifaceted repertoire, and the pianist does confess that her younger self found the “lightness of being” she associated with his piano works unfulfilling. Now, however, for her latest concept album The Messenger, she has created a pianistic dialogue between Mozart and the Ukrainian-born contemporary composer Valentin Silvestrov. Hélène Grimaud performs Silvestrov’s ’The Messenger’ (For Piano Solo)’. “I was always interested in couplings that were not predictable, in unusual combinations, because I feel as if certain pieces – even sometimes pieces by different composers – can shed a special light on to one another.” Hélène Grimaud Hélène Grimaud – Silvestrov: The Messenger (For Piano Solo) Listen to ’Messenger’: Subscribe here