Piano recordings do not come much more exhilarating (or entertaining) than Marc-Andr� Hamelin's survey of some of his own recent works.
Listening to one of the most formidably complex musical minds of today is a rare and rewarding privilege: prepare to be astonished.
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE RECORDING OF THE MONTH, MAY 2024
This endlessly fascinating collection is played with style and incredible subtlety � BBC Music Magazine *****
This is a bold, highly entertaining re-creation of the role of the classic virtuoso � AllMusic
GRAMOPHONE EDITORS' CHOICE, MARCH 2024
Here is piano-playing of such an exalted standard I seriously wonder if anything comparable exists on record. I wait impatiently for a Hamelin piano concerto � Gramophone
in this recital that stretches the limits of keyboard technique we are in the company of a supreme master. [�] Hamelin never fails to astonish � MusicWeb International
Given Hamelin's imaginative wizardry and tooled super-pianism, along with Oscar Torres's balanced engineering and a desirably responsive Steinway in the frame (Henry Wood Hall), this is an album pianophiles will not want to miss. � International Piano
Despite the phenomenally difficult demands that Hamelin creates for himself, I never get the feeling that any of it is superficial virtuosity for its own sake. It's abundantly evident that there is an intelligent mind at work with a vast knowledge of the repertoire, alongside a wicked sense of humour. � Presto Music
facility and keyboard wizardry never quite yield to anarchy on an ensnaring collection of Hamelin's piano pieces that are the musical equivalent of a trainspotter's paradise, full of musical quotations both scholarly and mischievous � The Sunday Times ****
More and more, I consider Marc-Andr� Hamelin to be the Franz Liszt of the 21st century. A combination of a pianist endowed with superhuman virtuosity and a brilliantly innovative composer all rolled into one. � Classical Music Sentinel
Marc-Andr� Hamelin's imagination feeds engaging invention in nine compositions for piano � Colin Clarke
GABRIEL FAURE: Nocturnes & Barcarolles CDA68331-2
To whichever composer Hamelin turns his (amazing) hand(s), he reinvents himself.....to convinve you that he is the authoratative voice of that compoer. (Gramophone Magazine)
WILLIAM BOLCOM: The complete rags CDA68391-2
Any further 'Complete Rags' will be completely redundant.....[Hamelin] is a miracle. Another Gramophone nomination beckons. (Gramophone Magazine)
