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Beethoven: Hammerklavier

Marc-Andre Hamelin

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA68456

Release Date:  04 October 2024

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571284569

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

  • 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

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Piano Sonata in B flat major 'Hammerklavier', Op 106
      • 2. II. Scherzo: Assai vivace - Presto
      • 3. III. Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento
      • 4. IV. Largo - Allegro - Allegro risoluto
      • 5. Piano Sonata in C major, Op 2 No 3
      • 6. II. Adagio
      • 7. III. Scherzo: Allegro
      • 8. IV. Allegro assai
      • 9. Fantaisie & Variations on a theme by Weber, MWV O9 I. Fantaisie
      • 10. II. Theme and variations
      • 11. III. Finale
      • 12. Les Contrastes 'Grand Duo', Op 115 I. Prelude
      • 13. II. Fugue: Allegro
      • 14. III. Choral & Variation: Andante religioso
      • 15. IV. Siciliane & Finale: Allegretto - Presto
      • 16. Grobe Fantasie 'Wanderer', S366 I. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
      • 17. II. Adagio
      • 18. III. Presto
      • 19. IV. Allegro
      • 20. 6 Grandes Marches, D819 No 3 in B minor. Allegretto
      • 21. No 6 in E major. Allegro con brio