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RAMEAU
Rameau: Pièces de clavecin Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2015 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Baroque Instrumental |
J.S. BACH
Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Britten Sinfonia (ensemble) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2026 ] Mahan Esfahani's mammoth project to record the complete keyboard works of Bach reaches its zenith with The Complete Keyboard Concertos. At every stage in the series Esfahani has sought to challenge long-held assumptions about the composer we seek to... |
C.P.E. BACH
Württemberg Sonatas Mahan Esfahani (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Baroque Instrumental |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU / HANS KRASA / VIKTOR KALABIS
Martinů, Krása & Kalabis: Harpsichord Concertos Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) / Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Liebreich [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "An unalloyed joy from first chord to last...The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra's accompaniment is sensitive and ideal, and Esfahani plays like an angel." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Concerto |
HENRY VIII / WILLIAM BYRD / HUGH ASTON / JOHN BULL / etc
For His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts: English music from Henty VIII to Charles II Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] In the early sixteenth century the playing of wind instruments was traditionally the domain of German and Flemish musicians, but when a storm forced King Philip the Fair to put ashore in England, along with his considerable musical retinue, Henry... |
SAMUIL FEINBERG
Feinberg: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-6 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "The more notes per second (Feinberg is up there with the notiest of them) the more the Canadian virtuoso is in his element. Hamelin does far more than tame these pianistic leviathans. He gives them momentum, character and individuality" Gramophone |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan: Symphony for solo piano Marc Andre-Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/Jun/2001 ] This spectacularly virtuosic follow-up to Hamelin's first Hyperion recording |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Piano Quartets Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - 'A delight from start to finish: this is such cultivated and characterized playing, which becomes quite exultant in the finale. It's also beautifully recorded by Hyperion. Given... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos (LP) Marc-André Hamelin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / LP - released 13/Sep/2024 ] The two piano concertos of Shostakovich, though strikingly different from each other, have both become twentieth-century classics. The first has long been one of Marc-Andre Hamelin's party pieces and we are delighted to have paired him with Andrew... |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Concerto for solo piano Op 39 / Troisieme recueil de chants Op 65 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Instrumental - "If anyone can play Alkan's solo Concerto better, expect to see the devil as their agent" BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month (Oct 2007) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré: Nocturnes & Barcarolles Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] The Nocturnes and Barcarolles demonstrate Fauré's art at its most personal, progressing from early lyricism to the elusive, rarefied style of the later works. Marc-André Hamelin's performances are predictably fine. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Kinderszenen / Waldszenen (with Janáček - On the overgrown path Bk 1) Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] "Hamelin has already made several fine recordings of Schumann's piano music, focusing on big virtuoso pieces. He proves to be equally adept at exploring the more intimate side of the composer's character and the two Schumann cycles here are absolutel |
FRIEDRICH GULDA / NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN / ALEXIS WEISSENBERG / GEORGE ANTHEIL
Marc-Andre Hamelin in a state of jazz Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "These are frothy charmers, not so far from classy Liberace, music for the boulevard cafe of your dreams. We can only hope there is enough material out there for Hamelin to consider a sequel." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN
Marc-André Hamelin - New Piano Works Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] 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... |
LISZT
Paganini Studies & Schubert March transcriptions Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Sep/2002 ] THE 29TH INTERNATIONAL F.LISZT RECORD GRAND PRIX, HUNGARY 10 DE REPERTOIRE DISQUE DU MOIS (REPERTOIRE) CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK (THE SUNDAY TIMES) |
ORNSTEIN
Piano Music Marc-Andra Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Sep/2002 ] 'Marc-André Hamelin plays magisterially, as ever. He clearly loves this music' (International Record Review) |
GEORGY CATOIRE
Catoire: Piano Music Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] 'Superlative. Immaculately and sensitively performed. Sound and presentation are superb. It would be hard to imagine one of music's most neglected byways illuminated with more pianistic ease and affection' (Gramophone) |
PERCY GRAINGER
Grainger: Piano Music (Incls 'Molly on the Shore' & 'shepherd's Hey') Marc-Andra Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Oct/2006 ] 'This hugely enjoyable recital is a distinguished addition to Hamelin's already remarkable discography' (Hi Fi News) |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski - The Complete Mazurkas Marc-Andra Hamelin, piano [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - 'Hamelin is an astonishing virtuoso, yet this music demonstrates that the French-Canadian pianist is much more than a purveyor of keyboard fireworks. His immediate advocacy of the... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2 / (with Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No 2 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Dec/2003 ] Marc-André Hamelin yet again displays his phenomenal technique in performances of three twentieth-century piano concertos. |
