The Nocturnes and Barcarolles demonstrate Fauré’s art at its most personal, progressing from early lyricism to the elusive, rarefied style of the later works. Marc-André Hamelin’s performances are predictably fine, and combine exceptional subtlety with magisterial keyboard authority.
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‘To whichever composer Marc-André Hamelin turns his (amazing) hand(s), he reinvents himself, chameleon-like, to convince you that he is the authoritative voice of that composer … hearing Hamelin ...
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‘With the centenary of Gabriel Fauré’s death approaching (in 2024), this quietly radical French genius is gaining some much-deserved attention beyond his few best-known works. Hamelin’s traversal of h ...
BBC Music Magazine‘With the centenary of Gabriel Fauré’s death approaching (in 2024), this quietly radical French genius is gaining some much-deserved attention beyond his few best-known works. Hamelin’s traversal of h ...