 | from Schumann: Carnaval, Fantasiestücke, Papillons (CDA67120) 1 Introduzione [0'15] 14 minutes 20 seconds 13 tracks2 No 1 [0'37] 3 No 2: Prestissimo [0'19] 4 No 3 [0'47] 5 No 4: Presto [0'45] 6 No 5 [1'23] 7 No 6 [0'52] 8 No 7: Semplice [0'57] 9 No 8 [1'00] 10 No 9: Prestissimo [0'42] 11 No 10: Vivo [2'00] 12 No 11 [2'52] 13 No 12: Finale [1'51] ‘This is Hamelin's second Schumann recital for Hyperion. Once again, for the most part, there is a reassuring sense of a pianist expanding his poetic horizons as well as his legendary mastery’ (Gramop ... ‘Hamelin's combination of fleet-fingered delicacy and compelling drive suit Schumann's aesthetic ideally; but best of all is his gleeful sense of story-telling … the excellent sound-quality has a ... ‘Marc-André Hamelin's refreshingly robust yet subtle, crystalline playing does justice to both sides of the composer's strange personality, the passionate Florestan and the dreamer Eusebius’ (The Sund ... |