{"product_id":"683564","title":"Marc-André Hamelin - Kapustin: 8 Concert Etudes; Piano Sonata No. 6 \u0026 Other Works [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere 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 Osborne\\u2019s 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. Hamelin\\u2019s 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.\\r\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 Godowsky\\u2019s re-worked Chopin. The Five etudes in Different Intervals (1992) begins with a madcap study in minor seconds recalling the bouncy demeanor of Zez Confrey\\u2019s 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, Kapustin\\u2019s bottomless well of thematic resoursefulness works overtime.\\r\u003cbr\u003eA disc to dazzle your friends with \\u2013 and play \\u201cguess the composer!\\u201c\u003cp\u003eVariations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 1 Prelude Allegro assai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 2 Dream Moderato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 3 Toccatina Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 4 Reminiscence Larghetto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 5 Shuitka Vivace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 6 Pastoral Allegro moderato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 7 Intermezzo Allegretto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 8 Final Prestissimo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBagatelle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllemande\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGavotte 1 - Gavotte 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarabande\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBourree 1 - Bourree 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGigue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegro Ma Non Troppo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSonatina\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 1 Allegro Etude in minor seconds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 2 Allegro Etude in fourths and fifths\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 3 Animato Etude in thirds and sixths\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 4 Vivace Etude in major seconds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo 5 Animato Etude in octaves\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55159400890753,"sku":"683564","price":12.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51bEkbX_znL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767976060","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/683564","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}