VILLA-LOBOS
Piano Music Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jul/2000 ] 'Magnificent. Easily the most sophisticated Villa-Lobos piano disc currently in the catalogue' (International Record Review) |
MAX REGER
Reger: Piano Music Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
SCHUMANN
Piano Music (Incls Piano Sonata No 2, Fantasie in C major & Etudes symphoniques) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 24/Feb/2001 ] "A dazzling technician fuses technical dexterity and poetry to compelling effect." Gramophone May 2001 |
NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN
Piano Music: Volume 2 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] "..under the virtuoso fingers of Marc-André Hamelin Kapustin's music comes alive with an ease that sounds like improvistion. A fascinating discovery." - Editor's Choice Gramophone magazine (August 2004) |
LISZT
Piano Sonata in B minor / Venezia e Napoli / etc Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "while Hamelin's technique is superhuman and magisterial, there is never a question of virtuosity for its own sake...In short, this is a pianist to trump all aces." Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice, May 2011 |
IVES / BARBER
Piano Sonata No. 2 / Piano Sonata Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Aug/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Comes Marc-Andre Hamelin with the most spectacular pianism of all, yet played firmly at the service of the music. He's consistently faster than his rivals whenever a speeding-up... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] "This recording is one of the best of Mozart piano sonata performances I can ever remember hearing. Mark-André Hamelin's outstanding recording is up there with the best." (MusicWeb April 2015) |
LISZT
Plays Liszt Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) |
GODOWSKY
Sonata and Passacaglia Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Jan/2002 ] 'Handily coupled and as well played as you're ever likely to hear' (Piano International) |
GODOWSKY
Strauss transcriptions & other waltzes Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "Hamelin is a seasoned and subtle orchestrator at the piano...Some of Hamelin's most poetic, lyrically inspired playing on disc. All told, a stellar achievement, graced by Hyperion's close-up yet ample engineering' (Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept 2008) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 11 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] Marc-André Hamelin has proved himself-in three lauded volumes of Haydn's piano sonatas-to be a formidable Haydn pianist, combining style, exuberance and dazzling technique with a palpable sense of joy in the music. |
BERNSTEIN / BOLCOM
The Age of Anxiety / Piano Concerto Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / The Ulster Orchestra / Dmitry Sitkovetsky [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2000 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / RECORDING OF THE MONTH |
ENCINA / de la TORRE / CAPIROLA / etc
From a Spanish Palace Songbook Margaret Philpot, Shirley Rumsey, Christopher Wilson, (lutes, guitars) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'Captivating' (Daily Telegraph) |
SCHUMANN
Kerner Lieder & Liederkreis Margaret Price (soprano) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'An outstanding Helios CD … singing and playing of the highest order' (Gramophone) |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music Vol 4: Juditha Triumphans Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) Ann Murray (mezzo) Sarah Connolly (mezzo) Jean Rigby (mezzo) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'Lyricism in abundance and some truly extraordinary scoring. Robert King's direction revels in such novelties and he has a skillful team of players to realise the ravishing beauties of... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Songs (Incls 'Ruhe, meine Seele' & 'All mein Gedanken') Marie McLaughlin (soprano) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] "This is a thoroughly enjoyable recital, which has given me great pleasure. I hope others will enjoy it as much" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
BRITTEN / FINZI / TIPPETT
Who are these children? Mark Padmore (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "A much-praised singer steps into the recital spotlight" Editor's Choice Gramophoen Magazine May 2005 |
Reubke
Sonatas Markus Becker [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] Julius Reubke died tragically young. His sole Piano Sonata is dedicated to his revered teacher and friend Liszt, who welcomed the work into his repertoire. Here Markus Becker also tackles a compelling transcription of the ferocious Organ Sonata on... |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Fantaisie in A flat major Op. 62 Markus Becker (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 55 / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Charles-Marie Widor was born in Lyon to a family of organ builders and consequently became an organist of great skill and an assistant to Camille Saint-Saëns at La Madeleine in Paris at the age of twenty-four. |
JADASSOHN / DRAESKE
Piano Concertos Markus Becker (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Michael Sanderling (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 47 / CD - released 28/Feb/2009 ] 'These pieces, which burst with … memorable tunes and lashings of showy arpeggios, are played with admirable swagger by Markus Becker and are a welcome addition to Hyperion's exhaustive study of the Romantic Piano Concerto' (The Observer) |