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Grammophon  French pianist Hélène Grimaud once had a teacher who
advised her to incorporate J.S. Bach’s music into her daily
life. Grimaud, who now lives in Switzerland, took the advice.
But Grimaud did not record Bach early in her career, choosing
instead composers that included Gershwin, Rachmaninoff, Bartok,
Brahms, Beethoven and Chopin.  At 39, she finally was ready. She
certainly sounds ready, with an intelligent intermingling of
“Well-Tempered Clavier” preludes, a concerto and transcriptions
of Bach works originally composed for other instruments.  The
solo music mixes maddening fast preludes with dreamy, slow
selections. The BWV 1052 concerto, backed by the
Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, turns adroitly on a dime whenever the
melodic phrasing shifts to a different tempo.  The breathtaking
selection, though, is the Chaconne in d minor, originally
written for violin, but transcribed for pian