Hamelinīs repertoire

[bflatminor24]

I know I don't have to change your mind, but you really should listen to more of Hamelin's playing. After giving his discography a few listens, I don't see how anyone could label Hamelin as a dull performer or a technician.

If anyone wants Hamelin CDs, I have his discography and would be willing to send you some music.

~Max~

[sevencircles]

I don't see how anyone could label Hamelin as a dull performer

His Beethoven and HR2 (appart from the cadenza perhaps) are hardly good if you ask me.

[mephisto]

Mea culpa. The piece is actually a rigorous intellectual exercise devoid of any humor or vibrancy. Hamelin was right all along. Thank you for helping me see the error in my ways. 

Come on. I am sure you knew that I would be able to crush this argument, so why did you even bother to post it!?

All great art has more thna one meaning. It can be sad, but it has to be more than just sad. It can be happy, but it has to be much more than just happy or fun. Le Festin d'Esope is certainly great art, and its impact on us is much more than just fun. Indeed there are mant parts of the piece that I would label as fun, but just as many sections with fury, subtleness.

The key to understanding Alkan lies in the ability to understand where extreme humour ends and where extremely seriousity begins.

Your oppinion about the 1st mwt of the Alkan grande sonata, is that the piece is bad. That comment shows how little you understand, altough you may love him  a lot.

[jericho]

Hamelin "might" be, take note of the "MIGHT" please, the pinnacle of the piano TECHNIQUE.
However he is NOT, in any way, the greatest pianist in history. I find many pianists superior to him(my criteria for judging is: 50% technique and 50% musicality). There are those who are very close to him technique-wise and are much better musically. 

Take Josef Hofmann who has one of the fastest and most even scales ever and his repeated notes can be just as stunning as his musicality. Michelangeli possesed an almost inhuman precision and control(volume, tone, sound etc...), and his interpretations are very very deep as well.  I find Richter and Horowitz much more superior to him(who I consider the two greatest pianists of the past 100 years). Hamelin's technique becomes more evident because of the difficulty of the pieces in his repertoire but this doesn't mean he is superior to those who decided to stick with the standard repertoire.

And lastly, I want to make it clear, I also admire Hamelin whose technique is simply.............well, benumbing.

[bflatminor24]

Thilly thread. Nobody thinks Hamelin is the greatest pianist of all time. We just think he's damn good, and he's still alive, so that's something. Sheesh.

[cmg]

Go to Hyperion's website and click on Artist section for Hamelin.  You'll find not only his works on that label, but a complete discography.

[sevencircles]

Go to Hyperion's website and click on Artist section for Hamelin.  You'll find not only his works on that label, but a complete discography.

His Discography is rumoured to be just a fraction of his repertoire.

All these posts and still no list of his repertoire including solo works?

[jre58591]

i just got two non-commercial recordings of him doing two very popular pieces: chopin's 1st concerto and gershwin's concerto. and man, are tey really good. i can honestly say his chopin 1st is one of the best ive heard. his gershwin isnt far behind. i dont agree with everything he does, but still, very good performances. what say you?