Elgar and Beethoven

French pianist Hélène Grimaud has earned honors and praise throughout her career for, among other things, her deft interpretation of Beethoven. The New York Times said her performance of the composer’s Fourth Concerto was “deeply affecting” and “traveled an enormous arc from the first hesitant chords to the painful vulnerability of the slow movement to the boisterous triumph of the finale.” Ryan Bancroft leads Pulitzer-winner Caroline Shaw’s enth...