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ALKAN / BUSONI / MEDTNER / SCRIBIN / etc
The Composer-Pianists Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] Marc-André Hamelin (piano) |
MEDTNER
Forgotten Melodies Books I & II Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] "Playing that is exemplary in its brilliance and control …. the perfect performer to reveal the depths of this wonderfully reflective and evocative music" (MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Grand Sonata 'Les Quatre Ages', Sonatine, Barcarolle Op 65 No 6, etc Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Nov/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - 'Breathtaking virtuosity, outshining all rivals' (The Guardian) |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Images / Préludes II Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] "This is a disc to treasure' (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
It's All About the Music (Documentary & Recital) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / DVD - released 7/Dec/2006 ] G :- A documentary film, featuring Marc-André Hamelin, which looks at the music-making of virtuoso composer–pianists from both the present and the ‘golden age’. 'An example of human potential at its highest' (Musical Pointers) |
RACHMANINOV / MOSZKOWSKI / GODOWSKI / CASELLA / etc
Kaleidoscope Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Jan 2002) - "This is the kind of disc that no pianist could do better than Marc-Andre Hamelin: a collection of miniature piano rarities and transcriptions. Throughout, the playing carries all the hallmarks of... |
MAX REGER
Reger: Piano Music Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
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) |
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) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 1 (2 CDs) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "The Hamelin charisma is stamped on this music from the first Sonata of the set, one of Haydn's greatest, No 50 in C major. In the opening movement, staccatos are as crisp as the best melba toast and, where lesser pianists rattle, Hamelin creates... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 2 (2 CDs) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "This Hyperion double set contains some of the finest performances of Haydn sonatas I have heard. Hamelin's playing overflows with ardent lyricism and I especially enjoyed his naturalness of rubato." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2009) |
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) |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN / XAVER SCHARWENKA
Rubinstein/Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No.4 / Piano Concerto No.1 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Michael Stern, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 38 / CD - released 2/Oct/2005 ] "This splendidly engineered disc is a crown jewel both in Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series and in Hamelin's standard-setting discography. Bravo!" (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
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. |
