Marc-André Hamelin - Supervirtuoso Documentary Part 2/10

Part 2: Hamelin plays Rachmininoff 2nd piano sonata 3rd movement.

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• Marc-André
• Hamelin
• Alkan
• Godowsky
• Medtner
• Kapustin
• Chopin
• Etudes
• Virtuoso
• Composer-Pianist
• Rachmaninov

[rea082151]

Rachmininoff 2nd piano sonata 3rd movement

[nonnon86]

Thank you! :)

[Lukecash12]

However much everyone else disagrees, i'm going to have to admit i love Arturo Michelangeli too.

[brianCIM]

to be fair horowitz was on alot of prescription medication when he made his recording in the late 70's. he also had franz mohr(head piano technician at steinway) lacquer the hammers going against mohr's advice. he was afraid the piano wouldnt sound brilliant enough. the resulting sound was quite ugly and not representative of horowitz's beautiful tone and gradations. i dont think its fair to judge horowitz on that particular recording.

[anonymousQ45]

i love this piece

[flatulatingfetus]

he plays the sonata like a supervirtuoso would... it seems to lack feeling and emotion in parts because he is playing it too fast to stun the audience.

[rvn10rvn17]

yes.. hamelin is my fav pianist but the chaconne belongs to ABM and so dones Ondine.. no one plays it like him

[hailkayy]

LOL somewhat right !

[brianCIM]

most definitely. he is a courageous and fearless performer of a repertoire that the public might not know otherwise. i own the chopin-godowsky etudes, medtner sonatas, all of his alkan, scriabin sonatas really almost everything he recorded and there is some incredible playing in all of them. i am a huge fan and like i said my comments were in no way intended to be derogatory towards him. he also happens to be a really friendly, warm-hearted person.

[Lukecash12]

Hamelin does have his moments, though...

[brianCIM]

i invite anyone to listen to hamelin's chaconne side by side with michelangeli's and then render an opinion. to play that piece the way michelangeli does is just as hard as playing the chopin-godowsky etudes as hamelin does. of course i can do neither but i find that when i do get someone to listen to that michelangeli recording they cannot believe a human is capable of playing that way. please visit my channel and listen to the michelangeli. you won't believe what you are hearing.

[brianCIM]

well it is nice to know someone is sympathetic to the point i was making. it was not meant to be derogatory at all. i still love hamelin for his pianistic curiousity and yes , his technique is phenomenal. i have seen him in recital 3 times and i learned much from it. the last time i saw him he played the schubert b-flat sonata which is probably my favorite sonata ever and it bored me. it wasn't bad it was just sort of hum-drum. he doesn't project particularly well emotionally or tone-wise.