Douze Études dans tous les tons mineurs, Op 39 (Alkan)
from Alkan: Symphony for solo piano (CDA67218)
1 Allegro [10'29]
2 Marche funèbre. Andantino [6'06]
3 Menuet [5'05]
4 Finale. Presto [4'20]
26 minutes 0 seconds 4 tracks
‘Marc-André Hamelin puts us further in his debt with another superbly played disc of Alkan … [the Symphony’s] big-boned, exorbitantly taxing writing draws appropriately stunning pianism from Hame ...
‘Hamelin has no equal as an interpreter of Alkan; he inhabits the overheated world of this strange proto-Lisztian figure with a completeness that combines a total mastery of its fearsome technical cha ...
‘This quite exceptional recording confirms Marc-André Hamelin as the greatest living exponent of Alkan’s music … spontaneous, inspirational playing in which the architecture of each work, phrasin ...