034571283081

Hamelin: New Piano Works

Marc-Andre Hamelin

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA68308

Release Date:  02 February 2024

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571283081

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • Description

    Piano recordings do not come much more exhilarating (or entertaining) than Marc-André Hamelin's survey of some of his own recent works.

    Listening to one of the most formidably complex musical minds of today is a rare and rewarding privilege: prepare to be astonished.

    BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE RECORDING OF THE MONTH, MAY 2024

    "This endlessly fascinating collection is played with style and incredible subtlety" – BBC Music Magazine *****



    "This is a bold, highly entertaining re-creation of the role of the classic virtuoso" – AllMusic

    GRAMOPHONE EDITORS' CHOICE, MARCH 2024



    "Here is piano-playing of such an exalted standard I seriously wonder if anything comparable exists on record. I wait impatiently for a Hamelin piano concerto" – Gramophone



    "in this recital that stretches the limits of keyboard technique we are in the company of a supreme master. […] Hamelin never fails to astonish" – MusicWeb International



    "Given Hamelin's imaginative wizardry and tooled super-pianism, along with Oscar Torres's balanced engineering and a desirably responsive Steinway in the frame (Henry Wood Hall), this is an album pianophiles will not want to miss." – International Piano



    "Despite the phenomenally difficult demands that Hamelin creates for himself, I never get the feeling that any of it is superficial virtuosity for its own sake. It's abundantly evident that there is an intelligent mind at work with a vast knowledge of the repertoire, alongside a wicked sense of humour." – Presto Music



    "facility and keyboard wizardry never quite yield to anarchy on an ensnaring collection of Hamelin's piano pieces that are the musical equivalent of a trainspotter's paradise, full of musical quotations both scholarly and mischievous" – The Sunday Times ****



    "More and more, I consider Marc-André Hamelin to be the Franz Liszt of the 21st century. A combination of a pianist endowed with superhuman virtuosity and a brilliantly innovative composer all rolled into one." – Classical Music Sentinel



    "Marc-André Hamelin's imagination feeds engaging invention in nine compositions for piano" – Colin Clarke



    GABRIEL FAURE: Nocturnes & Barcarolles CDA68331-2

    "To whichever composer Hamelin turns his (amazing) hand(s), he reinvents himself.....to convinve you that he is the authoratative voice of that compoer." (Gramophone Magazine)

    WILLIAM BOLCOM: The complete rags CDA68391-2

    "Any further 'Complete Rags' will be completely redundant.....[Hamelin] is a miracle. Another Gramophone nomination beckons." (Gramophone Magazine)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Variations on a theme of Paganini I. Theme
      • 2. II. Variations 3 & 4: Meno mosso, marziale
      • 3. III. Variation 5: Alla barcarola
      • 4. IV. Variation 6: Pesante
      • 5. V. Variations 7-10: Allegro vivace
      • 6. VI. Variation 11
      • 7. VII. Variation 12: Quasi adagio
      • 8. VIII. Variation 13 (not 18): L'istesso tempo, poco rubato
      • 9. IX. Variation 14: Alla giga
      • 10. My feelings about chocolate
      • 11. Suite a l'ancienne (Suite in old form) I. Preambule
      • 12. II. Allemande
      • 13. III. Corrente
      • 14. IV. Air avec agrements
      • 15. V. Gavotte - Musette - Gavotte da capo
      • 16. VI. Gigue
      • 17. Barcarolle I. Calmissimo, ondeggiando
      • 18. II. [untitled]
      • 19. III. [untitled]
      • 20. IV. [untitled]
      • 21. Variation diabellique sur des themes de Beethoven
      • 22. Pavane variee I. Moderato molto, poco misterioso
      • 23. II. Variation 1: Leggiero, tenero e grazioso (ma vivace), con fantasia
      • 24. III. Variation 2: Meno mosso, senza rubato
      • 25. IV. Variation 3: Piu tranquillo, poco rubato a piacere
      • 26. V. Variation 4: Molto piu mosso, volante
      • 27. VI. Variation 5: Marziale, molto scandito
      • 28. VII. Variation 6: L'istesso tempo
      • 29. VIII. Corale: Calmissimo
      • 30. IX. Variation 7: Mesto, cantabile
      • 31. X. Variation 8: Senza pressare
      • 32. XI. Variation 9: Pochissimo meno mosso, maestoso, imponente - Tranquillissimo
      • 33. Chaconne I. Moderato
      • 34. II. Un poco piu lento, freddo
      • 35. III. Tempo primo
      • 36. Meditation on Laura
      • 37. Toccata on L'homme arme