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~ Emile-Robert Blanchet (Composer), Alfredo Casella (Composer), Jakob Gimpel (Composer), Alexander Glazunov (Composer), Leopold Godowsky (Composer), et al.
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  • Composer: Emile-Robert Blanchet, Alfredo Casella, Jakob Gimpel, Alexander Glazunov, Leopold Godowsky, et al.
  • Audio CD (1 Oct 2001)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hyperion
  • ASIN: B00005QIT6
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 127,672 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Valse phantastique - Edna Bentz Woods
2. Polka de W.R. - Franz Behr trans. Sergei Rachmaninov
3. Nocturne ('Complaint') - Josef Hofmann
4. Kaleidoskop Op. 40, No. 4 - Josef Hofmann
5. Etude No. 3 (d'apres Paganini-Liszt) - Marc-Andre Hamelin
6. Etude pour la main gauche seule, Op. 36 - Felix Blumenfeld
7. Concert paraphrase of 'The Song of the Soldiers of the Sea' (The Marines' Hymn) - Jacques Offenbach trans. Jakob Gimpel (ed Hamelin)
8. Etude no. 6: Essercizio per pianoforte (Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti) - Marc-Andre Hamelin
9. Valse folle - Jules Massenet
10. Etude in A flat minor Op. 72, No. 13 - Moritz Moszkowski
11. Intermezzo in A flat - Francis Poulenc
12. Alt Wien - Leopold Godowsky
13. Etude d'apres l'Impromptu en la bemol majeur de Fr. Chopin - Aleksander Michalowski
14. Gigue - Arthur (Vincent) Lourie
15. Au jardin du vieux serail (Andrianople) Op. 18 No. 3 - Emile-Robert Blanchet
16. Deux Contrastes - Alfredo Casella
17. Grazioso - Alfredo Casella
18. Antigrazioso - Alfredo Casella
19. Toccatina - John Vallier
20. Petit Adagio (extrait des 'Saisons') - Alexander Glazunov trans. Marc-Andre Hamelin
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On this CD:
  1. Valse Phantasique
    Composed by Edna Bentz Woods
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  2. Polka de W. R.
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  3. Nocturne, 'Complaint'
    Composed by Josef Hofmann
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  4. Kaleidoskop
    Composed by Josef Hofmann
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  5. Etude No 3 (d'après Paganini-Liszt)
    Composed by Marc-André Hamelin
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  6. Etude for the left hand in A flat
    Composed by Felix Blumenfeld
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  7. Concert Paraphrase of 'The Song of the Soldiers of the Sea'
    Composed by Jacques Offenbach
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  8. Etude No. 6: Essercizio per pianoforte (Omaggio a D. Scarlatti)
    Composed by Marc-André Hamelin
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  9. Valse folle
    Composed by Jules Massenet
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  10. Etudes de virtuosité
    Composed by Moritz Moszkowski
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  11. (3) Intermezzi
    Composed by Francis Poulenc
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  12. Triakontameron
    Composed by Leopold Godowsky
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  13. Etude d'après l'Impromptu in A flat by Chopin
    Composed by Aleksander Michalowski
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  14. Gigue
    Composed by Arthur Vincent Lourié
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  15. Au jardin du vieux sèrail (Andrianople)
    Composed by Emile-Robert Blanchet
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  16. (2) Contrastes
    Composed by Alfredo Casella
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  17. Toccatina
    Composed by John Vallier
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  18. (The) Seasons
    Composed by Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov
    with Marc-André Hamelin

  19. Toccatina
    Composed by Nikolai Kapustin
    with Marc-André Hamelin

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
Marc-André Hamelin is a noted pianistic dazzler, but what he does in Kaleidoscope is sheer delight. Twenty piano miniatures, some never previously recorded and all relatively unknown, may sound as indigestibly rich as a concert of encores, but Hamelin has chosen and arranged them with such care that they slip down like fine champagne. There are real curiosities here, notably Offenbach's tune, which became the hymn of the American marines, and Felix Blumenfeld's study for solo left hand, which has an extraordinarily spacious grace. And there are some marvellous jokes, including one of Hamelin's own homages to Scarlatti, which comes equipped with all the Scarlatti mannerisms but stands them wickedly askew. There is also great beauty here--viz Moszkowski's Chopinesque Etude in A Flat Major and Josef Hofmann's Kaleidoscop Op. 40 No. 4, whose fistfuls of notes are brandished with pearly brilliance. Everything on this irresistible CD has wit and charm: you listen with a smile on your face.--Michael Church

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5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, 20 Mar 2004
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I can't believe that only a month ago I didn't know Marc Andre Hamelin. I have been listening to classical music seriously for 6 years (i'm 24). I've went through most of the recordings of all the great pianists of the beginning of the century - Rubinstein, Richter, Hoffmann, Gilels, Gould... you name them - everyone. A couple of months ago I picked up a disc by Pletnev (in carnegie hall), and became convinced that Pletnev is the most serious (though boring) pianist today (well, I like Schiff too). But I was disappointed that there is no pianist of the scale of Hofmmann or Richter or Gould living today. There will never be another Gould, and never another Hofmann, but when I heard for the first time Hamelin's Kaleidoscope, I was overjoyed.

What a pianist !!!!!

I bought 4 more of his discs, and they are all my favourite discs. I admire him for his disc repertoire - not what you'd find with Perahia or Kissin, recycling all the old tunes - but fresh and exciting pieces, and boy, can this man play....

I saw that this disc had no reviews, and that amazon promises to dispatch it within 2 weeks, which means not many know of this disc, and that's why i decided to share this secret. Listen also to his performance of la campanella on the paganini etudes disc (different cd).

Enjoy!

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