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Buy Now	In a State of Jazz (more) »rank: 15922 from: Hyperion UK	Buy Now	Godowsky: Strauss Transcriptions and Other Waltzes (more) »rank: 42370 by: Hamelin
Buy Now	Marc-André Hamelin: No Limits - The World of the Piano, Vol. 2 (more) »rank: 39873 from: Euroarts	Buy Now	Alkan: Concerto for solo piano; Troisième recueil de chants (more) »rank: 28790 from: Hyperion UK
Buy Now	Haydn: Piano Sonatas (more) »rank: 38704 from: Hyperion UK	Buy Now	Alkan: Symphony for Solo Piano (more) »rank: 109124 by: Marc-Andre Hamelin : 's Best of 2001:Alkan's one of music's originals, a relatively neglected composer valued for his highly original, often visionary keyboard works accessible only to the most skilled virtuosos. Marc-André Hamelin certainly fills that bill and almost outdoes himself on this disc, playing with breathtaking virtuosity and imaginative insight. The Symphony for solo piano is just a four-movement work of symphonic scope and color. The opening Allegro is a tightly structured drama, followed by a Mahlerian funeral march, a vigorous scherzo, and a final blistering Presto dispatched by Hamelin with almost supernatural ease. The Symphony was part of an even bigger work, the Opus ...
Buy Now	Godowsky: The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes (more) »rank: 44185 by: Leopold [composer] Godowsky, Frederic [composer] Chopin, Marc-Andre Hamelin : :While some great pianists play the core works we've heard countless times, Marc Andre-Hamelin has an affinity for those lesser-heard gems. On his recording of Busoni's epic Piano Concerto, Op. 38, the pianist revealed abilities that couldn't be overshadowed by the complex composition at hand. But his take on Godowsky's thoroughly challenging studies on Chopin's Études is, quite simply, mind-boggling. Godowsky's 53 studies are some of the most difficult piano pieces ever written, requiring performers to dissect, reverse hand positions, and dramatically change the tempo of Chopin's well-loved compositions (not to mention his 22 transcriptions of the Études to be played by left ...	Buy Now	Alkan: Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges', Sonatine, Le festin d'Esope (more) »rank: 56229 by: Charles-Valentin Alkan, Marc-André Hamelin : :While some great pianists play the core works we've heard countless times, Marc Andre-Hamelin has an affinity for those lesser-heard gems. On his recording of Busoni's epic Piano Concerto, Op. 38, the pianist revealed abilities that couldn't be overshadowed by the complex composition at hand. But his take on Godowsky's thoroughly challenging studies on Chopin's Études is, quite simply, mind-boggling. Godowsky's 53 studies are some of the most difficult piano pieces ever written, requiring performers to dissect, reverse hand positions, and dramatically change the tempo of Chopin's well-loved compositions (not to mention his 22 transcriptions of the Études to be played by left ...
Buy Now	Schumann: Carnaval; Fantasiestücke; Papillons (more) »rank: 116255 from: Hyperion UK : :While some great pianists play the core works we've heard countless times, Marc Andre-Hamelin has an affinity for those lesser-heard gems. On his recording of Busoni's epic Piano Concerto, Op. 38, the pianist revealed abilities that couldn't be overshadowed by the complex composition at hand. But his take on Godowsky's thoroughly challenging studies on Chopin's Études is, quite simply, mind-boggling. Godowsky's 53 studies are some of the most difficult piano pieces ever written, requiring performers to dissect, reverse hand positions, and dramatically change the tempo of Chopin's well-loved compositions (not to mention his 22 transcriptions of the Études to be played by left ...	Buy Now	Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (more) »rank: 83863 from: Hyperion UK : :Frederic Rzewski's homage to Latin American liberation struggles is well represented, with stunning interpretations by such luminaries as Stephen Drury and Ursula Oppens prior to this version by Marc-André Hamelin. Drury's version might well be the high-water mark, in part because New Albion Records wisely included a rousing 1975 live version of the original Sergio Ortega liberation anthem with Quilapayun and thousands of singers to give the piano performance context. But comparing two versions of these 36 variations on the song's theme is fraught, given Rzewski's heavily improvisational performance instructions (e.g., to play variation 11 'like fragments of an absent melody--in strict time,' ...