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Marc-Andre Hamelin - Franz Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert Marches (2002)

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Marc-Andre Hamelin - Franz Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert Marches (2002)

Marc-André Hamelin - Franz Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert Marches (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 181 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 144 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA 67370 | Time: 00:57:50

Marc-André Hamelin returns to Liszt with this imperious recording, containing works based on music by two composers who were a great influence on the young composer/pianist: the Paganini Etudes and three Schubert Marches.

Paganini was the foremost virtuoso of his day, on any instrument, and having heard him in Paris in 1832 Liszt was determined to replicate his showmanship and mastery on the piano. His Etudes, based on Paganini's infamous Caprices (the nearest the violinist came to notating in full the extraordinary acrobatics he often improvised on stage), are the culmination of this early creative spark. Marc-André Hamelin plays the final 1851 version.

Liszt was devoted to Schubert, and transcribed many of his songs for piano, as well as marches and other works; the three marches on this disc are based on various rarely heard Schubert marches for piano duet. Marc-André Hamelin's virtuosity is both nonchalant and dazzling, and he brings wit and sparkle to the Paganini Etudes, and great power and architechtural control to the Schubert Marches. A must for piano lovers everywhere.

Marc-Andre Hamelin - Franz Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert Marches (2002)

Just as Bugs Bunny slouched in the face of Elmer Fudd's gun, Marc-André Hamelin stares down the Liszt/Paganini Etudes' fingerbusting demands and dispatches them with nonchalant proficiency at every hurdle. He molds the first etude's shakes and tremolos into cohesive, controlled paragraphs with no rattling or steel-coated loose ends. Don't expect the E-flat etude to sting like Horowitz or dig deep like Arrau. Instead, appreciate the quiet showmanship behind Hamelin's effortless octave technique and slyly filled in chords. Hamelin makes no fuss over La Campanella's right-hand leaps, but why, in the Arpeggio Etude (based on the first Paganini Caprice), does the pianist impose cutsey-poo tenutos on the top melody notes in measures 5 and 6, and similar places? True, violinists often slow down at these moments in order to play these pitches squarely in tune, but pianists don't have that problem! You could imagine a lighter, less reserved romp through La Chasse, while by contrast the concluding Theme and Variations benefit from Hamelin's unflinching bravura and cumulative drive.

Liszt's multi-movement concoction based on various rarely heard Schubert marches for piano duet is a virtual piano symphony, and it's generally ignored by pianists, probably because few can comfortably sustain the long stretches of relentless octaves and repeated chords. However, Hamelin's textural transparency, two-handed equilibrium, and sheer stamina would have delighted, perhaps even shocked Liszt. And unlike many pianists (and other instrumentalists for that matter) Hamelin does not sacrifice tone for speed: his penetrating, diamond-red sonority never splinters or loses one dab of patina. I still think that Liszt's piano duet version more cogently mirrors the music's large-scale ambition and orchestral contours. Then again, Hamelin sounds like two pianists. His interpretations, incidentally, surpass Leslie Howard's relatively sober and earthbound renditions in Hyperion's complete Liszt cycle. I may carp about details here and there, but who are we kidding? Recommended without reservation.

Review by Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

For the 20-year-old Liszt, it was hearing Paganini at the Paris Opéra on 22 April 1832 that made him determined to find a keyboard equivalent for the legendary violinist’s dazzling virtuosity. Six years later he produced a set of transcendental studies largely based on Paganini’s solo Caprices, but also including a famous version of the ‘Campanella’ finale from the B minor Violin Concerto. Liszt revised all six pieces in 1851, rendering them more transparent and somewhat less intractable, but even in this form they remain a severe test of keyboard dexterity. If there’s any pianist who has technique in reserve to play these pieces it’s Marc-André Hamelin, who manages not only to make them sound effortless, but also to invest them with elegance and wit. From this point of view his performances far surpass the rather four-square accounts recorded by Leslie Howard as part of his complete Liszt edition, also for Hyperion. The indefatigable Howard offers both 1838 and 1851 versions, and even throws in further alternatives for three of the studies, but without ever really bringing the music to life. More of an acquired taste are the solo pieces Liszt fashioned out of various piano-duet marches by Schubert. This, too, is territory visited by Howard, who takes a considerably broader view than Hamelin of the sombre opening funeral march. Howard is more persuasive here than in the Paganini Studies, though once again it is Hamelin who characterises the pieces with greater vividness. Altogether, a brilliantly successful recital.

Review by Misha Donat, BBC Music Magazine
Performance: 5/5 Sound: 5/5

Marc-Andre Hamelin - Franz Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert Marches (2002)



Marc-Andre Hamelin - Franz Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert Marches (2002)



Tracklist:

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Grandes Études de Paganini S141 (Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840))
01. 1. G minor "Tremolo" (4:39)
02. 2. E-flat major "Octave" (5:14)
03. 3. G-sharp minor "La Campanella" (4:44)
04. 4. E major "Arpeggio" (2:02)
05. 5. E major "La Chasse" (2:54)
06. 6. A minor "Theme and Variations" (5:05)

Franz Schuberts Märsche für das Pianoforte übertragen S426 (Franz Schubert (1797-1828))
07. 1. Trauermarsch - Grande Marche funèbre (10:46)
08. 2. Grande Marche (12:13)
09. 3. Grande Marche caractéristique (10:12)


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Marc-Andre Hamelin - Franz Liszt: Paganini Studies & Schubert Marches (2002)

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