Kaleidoscope
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Composer: Emile-Robert BlanchetComposer: Felix Blumenfeld
Composer: Alfredo Casella
Composer: Jakob Gimpel
Composer: Alexander Glazunov
Composer: Leopold Godowsky
Composer: Marc-Andre Hamelin
Composer: Josef Hofmann
Composer: Nikolai Kapustin
Composer: Arthur Vincent Lourie
Composer: Jules Massenet
Composer: Aleksander Michalowski
Composer: Moritz Moszkowski
Composer: Francis Poulenc
Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Composer: John Vallier
Composer: Edna Bentz Woods
Performer: Marc-Andr? Hamelin
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2001-11-13
Music Label: Hyperion UK
Soundtracks:
- Nocturne (Complaint) in F sharp minor
- No. 4, Gigue
- No. 3, Au jardin du vieux s?rail (Andrianople)
- No. 1, Grazioso (Hommage ? Chopin), for piano
- No. 2, Antigrazioso, for piano
- Autumn: Petit Adagio
Music reviews of Kaleidoscope
Music Review: A pleasing variety of piano miniatures
Rating: 5 Stars
This CD is another must-have for Marc-Andre Hamelin fans. The rarities on this album make it a true treasure, with all its diversity and freshness. Hamelin's own "Campanella" etude is an interesting addition to the several arrangements already set forth by Liszt. Jakob Gimpel's "Song of the Soldiers at Sea" is a fantastic virtuosic piece that would serve well as a final encore (and Mr. Hamelin has done other pianists a great service in bringing this piece back to life and to the printing press, available through redheiferpress.com). Blumenfeld's etude for the left hand is poetically played, showing how a piece for a single hand can have great musical value and not just be an 'exercise' for the hand. Kapustin's Toccatina is a delightful jazzy piece, in the spirit of some of Vince Guaraldi's "Peanuts" music, with a catchy beat that will have the listener dancing with glee.
These are but four pieces out of the 20 Mr. Hamelin has chosen for this recital. All have their musical merits and each would add spark and a fascinating variety to the piano recital, which is too often composed of recycled repertoire.
Description of Kaleidoscope
This may be the only recorded classical piano recital in which you're likely to burst into "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli," since the music of the Marine Corps' anthem stems from an Offenbach operetta duet, performed here in Hamelin's edition of Jakob Gimpel's piano arrangement. That's an indication of the fun you'll hear among the 20 piano miniatures in this recital. There's also a truckload of superior salon music: tuneful, often sentimental pieces favored by 19th century pianists and audiences. And there are plenty of pianistic fireworks, too, as in Hamelin's gloss on a Paganini-Liszt ?tude and Josef Hofman's dazzling Kaleidoskop, which gives the disc its title. Throughout, Hamelin plays with his usual virtuosity, demonstrating mastery of various styles, from waltzes to technical exercises and even jazz, as in Kapustin's Toccatina. Several works on the disc are by composers even keyboard buffs will not have heard of, but everything clicks. First-rate sonics, too. Piano fanciers won't want to miss this one. --Dan DavisGeneral CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Ballets & Dances > Ballets
- Polkas
- Chamber Music > General
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( G ) > Godowsky, Leopold
- ( M ) > Massenet, Jules
- ( P ) > Poulenc, Francis
- ( R ) > Rachmaninov, Sergei > All Works by Rachmaninov
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( H ) > Hamelin, Marc-Andr?
- Forms & Genres > Etudes
- Short Forms > Character Pieces
- Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music > Intermezzos
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- Romantic (c.1820-1910) > Ballets & Dances
- Instruments > Keyboard > Piano
- General
- Miscellaneous > General
- Godowsky, Leopold - Works by Godowsky
- Massenet, Jules - Works by Massenet
- Poulenc, Francis - Works by Poulenc
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