from Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 11 (CDA67925) 1 Vivace [7'50] 20 minutes 3 seconds 3 tracks2 Un poco adagio [8'01] 3 Rondo all'ungarese: Allegro assai [4'12] ‘Hamelin challenges the benchmark recordings for supremacy … the cadenzas are among the special joys of this new recording … almost worth the price of the disc’ (Gramophone) ‘Pianist Marc-André Hamelin and Les Violons du Roy play the gypsy rondo of the D major Concerto with irresistible verve … the finale of the G major Concerto is a dazzling piece too … Hamelin ... ‘I am bowled over … it is as though we are getting the best possible compromise between the shimmering timbre of the harpsichord and the rather grander majestic sweep of the modern piano, all bou ... |