Marc-Andre Hamelin - Liszt & Thalberg: Opera transcriptions & fantasies

If, as Liszt himself dubbed it, Hexameron is �a monster�, it�s a monster which certainly holds no terrors for Marc-Andre Hamelin, and the encounter between them makes for some thrilling pianism. The remainder of the recital�high-octane transformations of nineteenth-century operatic favourites�is every bit as electrifying, from a musician who never ceases to astonish whatever the repertoire.