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
The Orlando Consort
Alina Ibragimova, Cedric Tiberghien
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nir Kabaretti
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
Steven Isserlis
The Nash Ensemble
MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Ivor Bolton
Marc-Andre Hamelin
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
