Each to Chaconne: To the ‘Three Bs,’ Pianist Hélène Grimaud Makes a Case for Adding a Fourth: Busoni
Her energetic performance calls to mind the heroic days of late 19th- and early 20th-century recitals.

To the “Three Bs” of the classical pantheon — Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms — pianist Hélène Grimaud makes a strong case for the addition of a fourth: The composer, pianist, and conductor Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni.
That, at least, is one takeaway from Ms. Grimaud’s Wednesday evening Carnegie Hall recital, which featured a rousing performance of the Italian composer’s arrangement of J.S. Bach’s “Chaconne in D Minor.”
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