Marc-André Hamelin - Hamelin: New Piano Works [CD]

Piano recordings do not come much more exhilarating (or entertaining) than Marc-André Hamelin's survey of some of his own recent works.

Listening to one of the most formidably complex musical minds of today is a rare and rewarding privilege: prepare to be astonished.

BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE RECORDING OF THE MONTH, MAY 2024 "This endlessly fascinating collection is played with style and incredible subtlety" – BBC Music Magazine *****

"This is a bold, highly entertaining re-creation of the role of the classic virtuoso" – AllMusic

GRAMOPHONE EDITORS' CHOICE, MARCH 2024

"Here is piano-playing of such an exalted standard I seriously wonder if anything comparable exists on record. I wait impatiently for a Hamelin piano concerto" – Gramophone

"in this recital that stretches the limits of keyboard technique we are in the company of a supreme master. […] Hamelin never fails to astonish" – MusicWeb International

"Given Hamelin's imaginative wizardry and tooled super-pianism, along with Oscar Torres's balanced engineering and a desirably responsive Steinway in the frame (Henry Wood Hall), this is an album pianophiles will not want to miss." – International Piano

"Despite the phenomenally difficult demands that Hamelin creates for himself, I never get the feeling that any of it is superficial virtuosity for its own sake. It's abundantly evident that there is an intelligent mind at work with a vast knowledge of the repertoire, alongside a wicked sense of humour." – Presto Music

"facility and keyboard wizardry never quite yield to anarchy on an ensnaring collection of Hamelin's piano pieces that are the musical equivalent of a trainspotter's paradise, full of musical quotations both scholarly and mischievous" – The Sunday Times ****

"More and more, I consider Marc-André Hamelin to be the Franz Liszt of the 21st century. A combination of a pianist endowed with superhuman virtuosity and a brilliantly innovative composer all rolled into one." – Classical Music Sentinel

"Marc-André Hamelin's imagination feeds engaging invention in nine compositions for piano" – Colin Clarke

GABRIEL FAURE: Nocturnes & Barcarolles CDA68331-2 "To whichever composer Hamelin turns his (amazing) hand(s), he reinvents himself.....to convinve you that he is the authoratative voice of that compoer." (Gramophone Magazine)

WILLIAM BOLCOM: The complete rags CDA68391-2 "Any further 'Complete Rags' will be completely redundant.....[Hamelin] is a miracle. Another Gramophone nomination beckons." (Gramophone Magazine)

Variations on a theme of Paganini I. Theme

II. Variations 3 & 4: Meno mosso, marziale

III. Variation 5: Alla barcarola

IV. Variation 6: Pesante

V. Variations 7-10: Allegro vivace

VI. Variation 11

VII. Variation 12: Quasi adagio

VIII. Variation 13 (not 18): L'istesso tempo, poco rubato

IX. Variation 14: Alla giga

My feelings about chocolate

Suite a l'ancienne (Suite in old form) I. Preambule

II. Allemande

III. Corrente

IV. Air avec agrements

V. Gavotte - Musette - Gavotte da capo

VI. Gigue

Barcarolle I. Calmissimo, ondeggiando

II. [untitled]

III. [untitled]

IV. [untitled]

Variation diabellique sur des themes de Beethoven

Pavane variee I. Moderato molto, poco misterioso

II. Variation 1: Leggiero, tenero e grazioso (ma vivace), con fantasia

III. Variation 2: Meno mosso, senza rubato

IV. Variation 3: Piu tranquillo, poco rubato a piacere

V. Variation 4: Molto piu mosso, volante

VI. Variation 5: Marziale, molto scandito

VII. Variation 6: L'istesso tempo

VIII. Corale: Calmissimo

IX. Variation 7: Mesto, cantabile

X. Variation 8: Senza pressare

XI. Variation 9: Pochissimo meno mosso, maestoso, imponente - Tranquillissimo

Chaconne I. Moderato

II. Un poco piu lento, freddo

III. Tempo primo

Meditation on Laura

Toccata on L'homme arme

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 34571283081
• Release Date: May 31, 2025

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