On Helene Grimaud’s New Album, ‘Water’ Is A Metaphor And Motivation
An environmental activist as well as a pianist, Grimaud was motivated by composers’ fascination with water. Each piece on her new album is inspired by it.
Album review: The Arts Fuse
Grimaud, a pianist whose grasp of the Romantic sensibility (especially the willingness to risk and commit all in pursuit of an artistic goal) is total, has a field day with it here. From the downbeat of the stormy, rhythmically a-blur “Äusserst bewegt,” this is a Kreisleriana that holds nothing back.
