Release Date: 04 October 2024
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571284569
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Beethoven
Description
The transcendental difficulties of Beethoven's
'Hammerklavier' sonata will always deter all but the greatest pianists of the day, with only a select few able to master its formidable musical, emotional and technical challenges.
Marc-André Hamelin is of course very much of their number, and his performance—one which relishes all the work's glory and grandeur—is simply
stupendous.
'Marc-André Hamelin launches into the Hammerklavier Sonata's opening Allegro with both assertion and transparency. He intelligently scales his dynamics and times the silences to navigate and illuminate the music's contrasting peaks and valleys most effectively.' – Gramophone
'As befits a super virtuoso, Marc-André Hamelin has centred his first Beethoven sonata recording on the cycle's greatest challenge. But it should be no surprise that he skirts the sensational. After all, he typically prefers to illuminate rather than overwhelm – and here, as usual, he deflects our attention from his unparalleled fingerwork and directs it instead to the details of the music.' – International Piano
'Beautifully recorded, the sound rich and faithful, the Kentish Town venue is ideal, enabling the detail and colours of the performances to emerge with clarity and definition. […] Hamelin certainly hits the heights in this recording. I sincerely hope there'll be more Beethoven to come from Hamelin, such has been the pleasure I've derived from this disc.' – Music Web International
Tracklisting
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica
Laurence Perkins
Takacs Quartet, Marc-Andre Hamelin
English National Opera Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins
The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park
Steven Osborne
Stephen Hough, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo
Steven Isserlis, Philharmonia Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Maurice Wright, Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, Leif Ove Andsnes
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-Andre Hamelin
