Playing the Sarabande from Debussy’s Pour le piano is like losing yourself in an Impressionist painting. Shirley Gruenhut performs the piece in this video.
Shirley Gruenhut
Poulenc’s Novelette No. 1 Played by Shirley Gruenhut
About 20 years ago I established my own chamber ensemble called The Urban Stress Trio, and a clarinet and flute player named Lawrence Feldman became my wind player.
Shirley Gruenhut Plays the Bach French Suite No. 5
Bach is my basic. It’s always back to Bach, the grand master. As a teenager, I played Bach’s Two-Part Inventions, then the Preludes and Fugues (from the Well-Tempered Clavier Books I and II), and then I discovered the French and English Suites, and I played a lot of both.