Marc-André Hamelin - Kapustin: 8 Concert Etudes; Piano Sonata No. 6 & Other Works [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Here is a disc to set the pulse racing. Nikolai Kapustin is a Russian composer who writes jazz piano music teeming with energetic spontaneity and bristling with the kind of creative immediacy one associates with improvisation (although the music is fully and meticulously written out). Kapustin is already known to the Hyperion catalogue through Steven Osborneu2019s trail-blazing recording of the first two Piano Sonatas and the Preludes in Jazz Style, and Marc-Andre Hamelin is another pianist who has for years played his music in concert. Hamelinu2019s legendary technical prowess and his exceptional affinity with jazz fuse to create one of the most sparkling, infectiously foot-tapping piano discs you could wish to hear.rIn a recital spanning various traditional instrumental genres, Marc-Andre Hamelin includes two sets of studies. In terms of their stylistic breadth, formidable technical challenges and audacious invention, the Eight Concert etudes (1984) hold their own against the celebrated benchmarks in the genre, from Liszt and Lyapunov to Godowskyu2019s re-worked Chopin. The Five etudes in Different Intervals (1992) begins with a madcap study in minor seconds recalling the bouncy demeanor of Zez Confreyu2019s Kitten on the Keys (although here someone has dosed poor kitty with Grade A Catnip!), and ends with an octave study to end all octave studies. Throughout, Kapustinu2019s bottomless well of thematic resoursefulness works overtime.rA disc to dazzle your friends with u2013 and play u201cguess the composer!u201c

Variations

No 1 Prelude Allegro assai

No 2 Dream Moderato

No 3 Toccatina Allegro

No 4 Reminiscence Larghetto

No 5 Shuitka Vivace

No 6 Pastoral Allegro moderato

No 7 Intermezzo Allegretto

No 8 Final Prestissimo

Bagatelle

Allemande

Gavotte 1 - Gavotte 2

Sarabande

Bourree 1 - Bourree 2

Gigue

Allegro Ma Non Troppo

Grave

Vivace

Sonatina

No 1 Allegro Etude in minor seconds

No 2 Allegro Etude in fourths and fifths

No 3 Animato Etude in thirds and sixths

No 4 Vivace Etude in major seconds

No 5 Animato Etude in octaves

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