The Romantic Piano Concerto Series · Vol. 22 · Busoni

The Romantic Piano Concerto · Vol. 22 · Busoni
APE | Booklet | 254 MB

Marc-André Hamelin (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)

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'Sensational … Anyone who has the slightest doubts about Busoni's stature as a composer will surely be won over by this magisterial recording' (Piano International)

'Dark, turbulent, horribly difficult to play, very long - and probably my disc of the year … This fine new recording does full justice to every aspect of the work. [It] will surely help to establish Busoni as an unarguably major composer' (Classic CD)

'Busoni makes ridiculous demands on pianists, but in Marc-André Hamelin's hands, it all sounds perfectly reasonable. It isn't: it's noble, hilarious, impressive and gloriously over the top.' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Hamelin's account is quite extraordinary, especially in the cadenza, in which the virtuosity he unleashes reaches barely credible heights ... one of his finest achievements to date.' (International Piano Quarterly)

' A dazzling disc. If any pianist can clarify and define this bewildering work it is Hamelin, with his razor-sharp reflexes, a technique that knows no difficulties and, even more important, a ready sympathy for Busoni's abrupt changes of pace and direction ... a spine-tingling experience.' (Gramophone)

'Like no other performance that I've heard it proves what a richly enjoyable piece it is' (Gramophone)

'Another awe-inspiring feat from this prodigiously virtuosic Canadian' (Gramophone)

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