Hyperion: CDA67656
Marc-Andre Hamelin: In a State of Jazz
Gulda: Exercise No.1 from Play Piano Play
Gulda: Exercise No.4 from Play Piano Play
Gulda: Exercise No.5 from Play Piano Play
Gulda: Prelude and Fugue
Kapustin: Sonata No.2 Op.54
Weissenberg: Sonate en etat de jazz
Weissenberg: Six arrangements of songs sung by Charles Trenet - Coin de rue / Vous oubliez votre cheval / En Avril, a Paris / Boum! / Vous qui passez sans me voir / Menilmontant
Antheil: Jazz Sonata
Our Price: £11.95 (£10.17 ex VAT)
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Artist(s): Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Release Date: 31st March 2008
More Details on Marc-Andre Hamelin: In a State of Jazz
Marc-André Hamelin’s technical and interpretative brilliance over an extraordinarily wide range of repertoire has placed him firmly in the top rank of living pianists. His recent recordings of Alkan and Haydn were universally acclaimed in the highest terms.
In this latest recording, Hyperion presents Marc-André Hamelin ‘in a state of jazz’, as he turns his attention to the music of Kapustin, Antheil, Gulda and Weissenberg - all composers who felt keenly that there was a fundamental desire on the part of the concert-going public to hear something different.
This wonderful disc is full of surprises - as Hamelin writes in his entertaining yet scholarly liner notes, ‘There is no jazz in this recording. At least not in the traditional sense … There is much to be enjoyed here, and much to be amazed by’.
In this latest recording, Hyperion presents Marc-André Hamelin ‘in a state of jazz’, as he turns his attention to the music of Kapustin, Antheil, Gulda and Weissenberg - all composers who felt keenly that there was a fundamental desire on the part of the concert-going public to hear something different.
This wonderful disc is full of surprises - as Hamelin writes in his entertaining yet scholarly liner notes, ‘There is no jazz in this recording. At least not in the traditional sense … There is much to be enjoyed here, and much to be amazed by’.
