Marc-andre Hamelin: In A State Of Jazz

Marc-André Hamelin: piano

Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000): Exercise No.1, Exercise No.4 & Exercise No.5 from Play Piano Play / Prelude and Fugue
Nikolai Kapustin (b.1937): Sonata No.2 Op.54
Alexis Weissenberg (b.1929): Sonate en état de jazz (Evocation d'un tango - Réminiscence d'un charleston - Reflets d'un blues - Provocation de samba)
Alexis Weissenberg (b.1929): Six arrangements of songs sung by Charles Trenet (Coin de rue - Vous oubliez votre cheval - En Avril, à Paris - Boum! - Vous qui passez sans me voir - Ménilmontant
George Antheil (1900-1959): Jazz Sonata

Marc-André Hamelin's technical and interpretative brilliance over an extraordinarily wide range of repertoire has placed him firmly in the top rank of living pianists. His recent recordings of Alkan and Haydn were universally acclaimed in the highest terms. In his latest recording, Hyperion presents Marc-André Hamelin 'in a state of jazz', as he turns his attention to the music of Kapustin, Antheil, Gulda and Weissenberg - all composers who felt keenly that there was a fundamental desire on the part of the concert-going public to hear something different. This wonderful disc is full of surprises - as Hamelin writes in his entertaining yet scholarly liner notes, 'There is no jazz in this recording. At least not in the traditional sense...There is much to be enjoyed here, and much to be amazed by.'
Gramophone Editor's Choice - June 2008

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