If, as Liszt himself dubbed it, Hexaméron is ‘a monster’, it’s a monster which certainly holds no terrors for Marc-André 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.
‘If I were allowed a two-word review of this disc, it would read as follows: buy it. But then, as a long-term admirer of Marc-André Hamelin, you would expect me to write that. Except that I think this ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘Marc-André Hamelin is just the kind of pianist you need to make the most of some of the great nineteenth-century virtuoso pianists’ entertaining operatic transcriptions … making light of Liszt’s ...
BBC Music Magazine‘Marc-André Hamelin is just the kind of pianist you need to make the most of some of the great nineteenth-century virtuoso pianists’ entertaining operatic transcriptions … making light of Liszt’s ...