Hyperion Records

CDA66765

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Recording details: June 1994
Wigmore Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Ates Orga
Engineered by Ken Blair
Release date: October 1994
Total duration: 71 minutes 49 seconds

PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE
GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / CRITICS' CHOICE
CLASSIC CD 100 GREATEST DISCS OF THE DECADE

'The most dazzling piano disc of the year' (The Guardian)

'Terrifying virtuosity, scorching pianism, ineffable beauty and a mind equal to his fingers, Hamelin is one of 19th-century piano music's most meteoric talents ever to blaze the pianistic firmament' (Soundscapes, Australia)

'Titanic ... awe-inspiring ... truly phenomenal ... A disc I cannot recommend too highly. Buy it!' (Gramophone)

'An exceptional disc by one of the keyboard phenomena of today ... Jaw dropping ... An awesome display of virtuoso pianism' (Classic CD)

'A feast for lovers of titanic piano playing' (American Record Guide)

'Superlatives fail me: just go out and buy it!' (Hi Fi News)

'This is amongst the most spectacular piano issues of the decade' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Une fois de plus des pages extrêmement difficiles soulignent une maîtrise digitale impressionante' (Diapason, France)

'Every Hamelin recording is an Event, and this is not to be missed by anyone who cares for genuinely transcendental playing' (Fanfare, USA)

'Some of the most astonishing playing of the decade' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)