Saturday, January 30, 2010

Barcarolle


Grimaud owns barcarolle op 60 by Chopin

because normally Chopin’s music depicts aristocrat(s) sitting in a nobly decorated room- formal, refined, sophisticated, embellished. But this piece is the aristocrat(s) going sailing on a lake. Because they leave that noble room, the formality and refinedness decrease a little bit, and this song, though still refined, is somewhat rawer and cute. And who can be both refined and raw and cute at the same time? Grimaud! that's why she can bounce between the aristocratic, polished Chopin and the utterly manly and untamed Rachmaninov and sound as close to what the composer wants as possible.

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