The Composer-Pianists

The Composer-Pianists

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... The obvious danger here is that of virtuosity for its own sake, and some of Hamelin's performances of his own compositions suffer from this, especially Etude No 10, based on the famous Chopin "Black Keys" Etude. Hamelin's Prelude and Fugue is also more suited to display than enjoyable ... Read review





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Greatest pianist since Godowsky
Review of The Composer-Pianists by skriabini

Advantages: Top performance of range of virtuoso piano works
Disadvantages: A little too much virtuosity to listen to all in one sitting

...come to be known as the "Eight Composer Pianists" along with the performer, Marc-Andre Hamelin, who is the ninth. Each of them wrote music requiring the most amazing level of virtuosity to perform it. The obvious danger here is that of virtuosity for its own sake, and some of Hamelin's performances of his own compositions suffer from this, especially Etude No 10, based on the famous Chopin "Black Keys" Etude. Hamelin's Prelude and Fugue is also more ...
...hand, the Bach Schubler Chorale arranged by Feinberg captures the dignity of Bach's music in a thoroughly pianistic manner, without any sense of display. The Alkan transcription of Haydn's Andante from Symphony No 94 (the "Surprise") condenses a symphony orchestra into two hands in a totally musical manner, complete with the crashing "surprise" chord from which the symphony was given its nickname. There is a taste here of Sorabji, the mystical ... Read review

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The Composer-Pianists

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Title: The Composer-Pianists

Composer: Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938); Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915); Marc-André Hamelin (b 1961); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750); (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809); (Charles-)Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888); Ferruccio (Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto) Busoni (1866 - 1924); Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943); Samuel Feinberg (1890 - 1962); Nikolay Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951)

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Date of Release: 07/1998

Label / Distributor: Hyperion / Select

Pieces in Set: 1

Running Time: 1 hour 8 minutes

Genre(s): Instrumental, Orchestral

Producer: Andrew Keener

SPAR Code: DDD

EAN: 34571170503

Work 1

Work Title: Toccata (Perpetual Motion) in G flat, Op. 13

Excerpt(s): 1. Toccata (Perpetual Motion) in G flat, Op. 13

Composer: Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1899

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 2

Work Title: Poème tragique in B flat, Op. 34

Excerpt(s): 1. Poème tragique in B flat, Op. 34

Composer: Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1903

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 3

Work Title: Etude No. 9 d'après Rossini

Excerpt(s): 1. Etude No. 9 d'après Rossini

Composer: Marc-André Hamelin (b 1961)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 4

Work Title: Etude No. 10 d'après Chopin

Excerpt(s): 1. Etude No. 10 d'après Chopin

Composer: Marc-André Hamelin (b 1961)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 5

Work Title: (6) Schübler Chorales, BWV645-50

Excerpt(s): 1. Kommst du nun, Jesu, von Himmel herunter, BWV650

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: c1748-49

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 6

Work Title: Symphony No. 94, 'Surprise' in G

Excerpt(s): 1. Andante

Composer: (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1791

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 7

Work Title: (48) Esquisses, Op. 63

Excerpt(s): 1. Les Enharmoniques
2. Scherzetto

Composer: (Charles-)Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1861

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 8

Work Title: Fantasia after J. S. Bach, K253

Excerpt(s): 1. Fantasia after J. S. Bach, K253

Composer: Ferruccio (Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto) Busoni (1866 - 1924)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1909

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 9

Work Title: (6) Moments musicaux, Op. 16

Excerpt(s): 1. Allegretto, E flat minor

Composer: Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1896

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 10

Work Title: (9) Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33

Excerpt(s): 1. No. 7 in E flat

Composer: Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1911

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 11

Work Title: (2) Poèmes, Op. 71

Excerpt(s): 1. Fantastique
2. En rêvant

Composer: Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1914

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 12

Work Title: Berceuse, Op. 19a

Excerpt(s): 1. Berceuse, Op. 19a

Composer: Samuel Feinberg (1890 - 1962)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 13

Work Title: (3) Morceaux, Op. 31

Excerpt(s): 1. Improvisation in B flat minor

Composer: Nikolay Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: ?1914-15

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 14

Work Title: Pastiche on Hindu Song from Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Sadko'

Excerpt(s): 1. Pastiche on Hindu Song from Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Sadko'

Composer: Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892 - 1988)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1922

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

Work 15

Work Title: Etude No. 12 (Prelude and Fugue)

Excerpt(s): 1. Etude No. 12 (Prelude and Fugue)

Composer: Marc-André Hamelin (b 1961)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Recorded: 1998

Main Performer: Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Marc-André Hamelin

Location of Work Recording: Abbey Road Studio No 1, London NW8

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