Two twentieth-century classics by Shostakovich, newly available on vinyl. No 1 has long been one of Marc-André Hamelin’s party pieces and for this special recording he is paired with Andrew Litton, a conductor who knows these works backwards (he has recorded the second concerto as pianist!): the resulting performances have a vitality and flair which we think place them amongst the greatest.
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‘Marc-André Hamelin is a superb advocate … the zip and zest of much of the writing presenting no difficulty to this extraordinary virtuoso’ (Gramophone)
Classic FM
‘Marc-André Hamelin's performances have all the necessary virtuoso brilliance’ (The Guardian)
Classic FM‘Marc-André Hamelin's performances have all the necessary virtuoso brilliance’ (The Guardian)