Beethoven: Hammerklavier - Marc-André Hamelin
CDA68456 (Hyperion Records, CD)
FIRST RELEASE (4 October 2024)
Tracks: 8
Booklet pages: 19
℗ 2024 Hyperion Records Ltd
© 2024 Hyperion Records Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Beethoven: Hammerklavier - Marc-André Hamelin published on 4 November 2024
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Sonata in B flat, 'Hammerklavier', Op 106
1 Allegro
2 Scherzo: Assai vivace - Presto
3 Adagio sostenuto, appassionato e con molto sentimento
4 Largo - Allegro - Allegro risoluto
Piano Sonata in C, Op 2 No 3
5 Allegro con brio
6 Adagio
7 Scherzo: Allegro
8 Allegro assai
Marc-André Hamelin brings immense authority (and, it need hardly be added, stunning pianism) to Beethoven's Hammerklavier. The resulting account is a thing of wonder, destined to take its place among the great recordings of this monumental work. With the added bonus of one of Beethoven's most ambitious early piano sonatas, this release is required listening.
Recorded 18-20 September 2023 in St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London UK.