Mr. Hinton - Hamelin Scores

[pianobil]

Dear Mr. Hinton,

     As an avid fan of Marc-Andre Hamelin's compositions, and on behalf of the other American pianists that don't know where to conveniently obtain his scores, as well as the legal business of performing them, I understand that you may be able to help.  I have obtained a downloadable copy of the Campanella Etude, and am plowing through it, but realize that if I am to perform it, a photocopy edition will certainly not suffice.  Are performances restricted?  Am I limited to buying the score direct from the UK? As a fellow resident of Mr. Hamelin's in Philadelphia, I must admit that it seems rather odd that I should have to go so far for the published score.  Please let me know, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Best,
Bill

[ahinton]

Dear Mr. Hinton,

     As an avid fan of Marc-Andre Hamelin's compositions, and on behalf of the other American pianists that don't know where to conveniently obtain his scores, as well as the legal business of performing them, I understand that you may be able to help.  I have obtained a downloadable copy of the Campanella Etude, and am plowing through it, but realize that if I am to perform it, a photocopy edition will certainly not suffice.  Are performances restricted?  Am I limited to buying the score direct from the UK? As a fellow resident of Mr. Hamelin's in Philadelphia, I must admit that it seems rather odd that I should have to go so far for the published score.  Please let me know, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Best,
Bill

Dear Bill,

Thank you for your enquiry.

M. Hamelin has come to an arrangement with us that we supply most of his works (other than those published by others, per our catalogue); consequently, his work is not supposed to be downloadable and we are the source from which it should be obtained.

Please write to us at
sorabji-archive@lineone.net
and we will email you a catalogue and provide any other help you may need.

Kind regards,

Alistair Hinton
Curator / Director
The Sorabji Archive

[lau]

You didn't get many replies.   

[Etude]

You didn't get many replies.

Why the hell did you post this?  Why does he NEED any more replies?  He directed a question to a SPECIFIC person, and he got the answer.  What possible use could your comment possibly have?

[practicingnow]

Why the hell did you post this?  Why does he NEED any more replies?  He directed a question to a SPECIFIC person, and he got the answer.  What possible use could your comment possibly have?

I guess he was just stating the obvious...

[ahinton]

You didn't get many replies.   

Excuse me? How can you know how many replies we may have received? DO you have access to our email inbox? Or, for that matter, how many enquiries we receive at any time for Marc-André Hamelin's scores? And, in any case, why would such statistics matter to anyone other than ourselves?

Best,

Alistair

[stevie]

to this topic....

also randomly off-topic....have you heard thine DOCTOR play any original chopin etudes?

hes kiddin nobody when he says he isnt interested in virtuosity, im not sure why he avoids these staples of the technical repertoire.

if he can unleash new benchmarks...why wouldnt he...

[prometheus]

Because he isn't interested in 'unleashing benchmarks' maybe

[BoliverAllmon]

why should he unleash a new benchmark?

[practicingnow]

It is an entirely different ballgame when you play pieces that HAVE been recorded by other great pianists - then you have to stand the real test of having something original to say. 
Not that his Godowsky and Alkan aren't terrific, but it's easy to be number one when there is no one to compare him to - and why should he change that?  Why should he expose himself as just an average Schubert and Chopin and Beethoven player, which he is, when he has already created the myth of being the "greatest pianist on the planet"?
He has plenty to lose and nothing to gain by performing benchmarks...
If it aint broke, don't fix it. 

[stevie]

why should he unleash a new benchmark?

to prove his technique against the greats. just like the above post...he playes lesser known pieces, and its hard to compare his technique on this basis.

i think he should randomly unleash some chopin etudes, 10/4 in under 1:30 would be nice...

[allthumbs]

Excuse me? How can you know how many replies we may have received? DO you have access to our email inbox? Or, for that matter, how many enquiries we receive at any time for Marc-André Hamelin's scores? And, in any case, why would such statistics matter to anyone other than ourselves?

Best,

Alistair

I think he meant in this thread. 

[ahinton]

I think he meant in this thread. 

OK - perhaps he did - but then (a) it would have been helpful to say so and, perhaps more importantly, (b) this thread is not where we would expect to receive replies - especially when we had already given our direct email contact details for those wanting to order material.

Best,

Alistair

[allthumbs]

OK - perhaps he did - but then (a) it would have been helpful to say so and, perhaps more importantly, (b) this thread is not where we would expect to receive replies - especially when we had already given our direct email contact details for those wanting to order material.

Best,

Alistair

True enough!

[BoliverAllmon]

Why the hell did you post this?  Why does he NEED any more replies?  He directed a question to a SPECIFIC person, and he got the answer.  What possible use could your comment possibly have?

he posted to help achieve the mighty post count championship!!!!!!!!!

[Etude]

Oh, of course, forgot about that. 

[ahinton]

he posted to help achieve the mighty post count championship!!!!!!!!!

Hmm - I'm more than certain that I neither know nor care what that may or may not be. Dear me! - what a shame for the real subject of this thread (or at least as far as I best understand it to be) Marc-André Hamelin! Not to worry; I'm absolutely sure that both he and we will somehow contrive to survive the vagaries of certain thread contributors. We'll just carry on as usual - as I'm sure will M-AH himself...

Best,

Alistair

[stevie]

hahahaha, i have met hamelin, he randomly actually talks like an average homie from the street.

a down-to-earth pregnant cat.

[superstition2]

i think he should randomly unleash some chopin etudes, 10/4 in under 1:30 would be nice...

Being able to play a piece faster than usual, or faster than other pianists has nothing to do with making music, unless the piece benefits directly from the speed.

Hamelin's performance of the 1st Scriabin sonata (1st movement) is too fast and doesn't convey the true spirit of the piece, in my opinion.

As for having nothing to compare to, his Roslavets CD is wonderful. It would be nice to have something to compare it to, but I enjoy it nonetheless.

[lau]

Who cares, you guys spaz about everything. Grow up.

Channel the flavor,

Lau

[BoliverAllmon]

seeing that no one continued that thread for over a week, I think they did put it down.

[stevie]

Being able to play a piece faster than usual, or faster than other pianists has nothing to do with making music, unless the piece benefits directly from the speed.

Hamelin's performance of the 1st Scriabin sonata (1st movement) is too fast and doesn't convey the true spirit of the piece, in my opinion.

As for having nothing to compare to, his Roslavets CD is wonderful. It would be nice to have something to compare it to, but I enjoy it nonetheless.

well, we disagree

my favourite performance of the scriabin 1st is Uematsu, and he takes ridiculously fast tempos, and it is awesome