from Ives & Barber: Piano Sonatas (CDA67469) 1 Allegro energico [7'13] 19 minutes 14 seconds 4 tracks2 Allegro vivace e leggiero [1'59] 3 Adagio mesto [5'22] 4 Fuga: Allegro con spirito [4'40] ‘Hamelin's performance of the Concord Sonata is in the truest sense transcendental, his facility allowing him a cool poetry and lyricism inaccessible to other, more strenuously employed pianist ... ‘Reviewing the Mayer, I described Aimard's recording as 'of unmatchable vividness and panache'; but I must now transfer both the description and the recommendation to Hamelin’ (BBC Music Magazine) ‘Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist of phenomenal virtuosity and insight, never misses a trick. Pierre-Laurant Aimard's Warner account was perceptive enough, but Hamelin characterises the four movements wi ... |