Marc-André Hamelin: Livestream Recital (04/14/2020)

Recital livestreamed during 2020 quarantine. Please consider donating to help support 92ndStreetY at: www.92y.org/su...
Program:
C.P.E. BACH: Rondo in C Minor, Wq. 59/4
ENESCU: Choral and Carillon Nocturne, Op. 18, Nos. 6 and 7
FAURÉ: Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat Major, Op. 63
SCRIABIN: Fantasie in B Minor, Op. 28
LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
DEBUSSY: selections from Préludes, Book 2
4. «Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses»: Rapide et léger
5. Bruyères: Calme
6. Général Lavine - eccentric: Dans le style et le mouvement d'un Cakewalk
7. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune: Lent
11. Les tierces alternées: Modérément animé
12. Feux d’artifice: Modérément animé
Marc-André Hamelin, piano.

[@AVIDEOGAL]

HAMELIN - THE GIANT, THE GENIUS, THE WORKHORSE, HAS GAINED POWER TO ASSURE US THAT LISZT TOWERS ABOVE ALL THROUGH ALL THE CENTURIES, THE INDISPUTABLE KING OF PIANO !!! NO ONE, BUT NO ONE, CAN SHIFT GEARS BETTER THAN LISZT, I THINK HE HAD SUPERNATURAL ASSISTANCE !!!

[@xyzpno6847]

C.P.E. BACH: Rondo in C Minor, Wq. 59/4 - 0:00 ENESCU: Choral and Carillon Nocturne, Op. 18, Nos. 6 and 7 - 6:28 , 13:29 FAURÉ: Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat Major, Op. 63 - 19:38 SCRIABIN: Fantasie in B Minor, Op. 28 - 28:51 LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude - 38:22 DEBUSSY: selections from Préludes, Book 2 4. «Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses»: Rapide et léger - 56:25 5. Bruyères: Calme - 59:20 6. Général Lavine - eccentric: Dans le style et le mouvement d'un Cakewalk - 1:02:01 7. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune: Lent - 1:05:11 11. Les tierces alternées: Modérément animé - 1:09:50 12. Feux d’artifice: Modérément animé - 1:12:22

[@daniloberaldo570]

I never watched Hamelin play a piece with sheet music

[@rodrigowilfredo9743]

@@daniloberaldo570 , The people united will never be defeated (Rzewski) in Japan. www.dailymotion.com/video/x2y0epe Perhaps out of respect for the author - another piano virtuoso - or perhaps simply because of the enormous dimensions of the work

[@MegaPianogenius]

@@daniloberaldo570 he has eidetic memory so doesn't need it

[@daniloberaldo570]

@@MegaPianogenius , how you know it?

[@noesoren8510]

I guess im randomly asking but does someone know a tool to get back into an instagram account..? I stupidly forgot the password. I would love any help you can offer me

[@chicklyall8128]

Refreshing to hear CPE Bach. Finely Chiseled playing.

[@KHHVKimchicel]

That scriabin fantasie is amazing especially

[@andrzejkozlowski1196]

It brought me to tears

[@yagiz885]

eh rubato was too controlled but his fortes were balanced so well I loved it.

[@terrycrowley525]

The brilliant Marc-Andre Hamelin playing the piano as no others can. Together with Angela Hewitt, a country with as small a population as Canada is privileged to have two of the world's very best pianists.

[@daniloberaldo570]

Angela Hewitt is his wife?

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Grirory Sokolov Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev(C.P.E.Bach a class of his own).are better. A small country Canada? ?40 million people as much as Spain and Argentina. Wayne Gretzky the best athlete of the world all time from Canada. Give me a break. The good one from Canada Shania Twain!!!

[@ChemaMrua]

Pletnev and Lupu better than Hamelin? OMG. Really, man, you don't know what you're talking about

[@PO-cx2ej]

No. He meant she's another Canadian pianist

[@KHHVKimchicel]

And there was Glenn Gould before, too.

[@bigl5343]

Hamelin's clarity is unparalled by any other. Never have I heard Scriabin or Debussy performed so cleanly.

[@DavenH]

Playing the Scriabin cleanly is so hard. Each 2+-octave jump in a split second for the left hand is a risk of disaster. But hitting the right notes is so important when they're loud and lasting. MAH's studio recording of this Fantasie is my favourite.

[@kezia8380]

His playing of this Scriabin fantaisie is SO GOOD, but the audio quality is not to good :(

[@Neon-Geco]

tbf Fazioli usually cuts through quite sharply 😊

[@Alix777.]

Yes, so clean it becomes clinical.

[@OrangeSodaKing]

One of the best Debussy players ever.

[@thomgeo8073]

Marc-Andre Hamelin is the best pianist ever, He's Paganini of the piano!!!!!!!

[@Xxbeast30xX]

Quiet with that name.

[@nezkeys79]

And liszt

[@bigl5343]

@@thomgeo8073 He, Martha Argerich, and Yefim Bronfman are the three best pianists currently. Hamelin has the most expansive repertoire of the three, so he wins.

[@bevaconme]

@@bigl5343 wins?

[@pianista-mediocre]

One of my favorites from Liszt and Scriabin in just a few live streams. I'm crying

[@Swybryd-Nation]

Amazing program wow Scriabin, Liszt especially….very few can play these gigantic taxing pieces

[@Generic12321]

I have so much love for Marc and his work.

[@DavenH]

The mysterious pianissimo passage of 33:10 to the thunderous vibrant triumph of 33:50 leaves me awestruck. Thank you for this glorious performance.

[@светланавойтович-ц1е]

Превосходно звучит рояль плюс редкий дар убеждения, что именно так и надо))

[@artserg965]

этот пианист невероятный гений, талант и трудяга! он совершенство!

[@sylvainjazz]

@@artserg965 Traduction en français: "Ce pianiste est un génie incroyable, un talent et un travailleur acharné ! Il est parfait !" And in english : "This pianist is an incredible genius, a talent and a hard worker! He's perfect!"

[@MsMarcosleite]

Congratulações primeiramente ao Marc- Andre Hamelin pela escolha do programa não comum em salas de concerto, num repertório pouco executado e feito com maestria, um exemplo para vários pianistas que se repetem em demasia com um programa já saturado.. Destaco o Noturno, Opus 63 n.6, de Faure, que me fez lembrar da excelsa pianista Magdalena Tagliaferro, que foi a pioneira em divulgar Faure em vários concertos seus, incluindo este Noturno em seus programas. Marcos Leite Pianista/ Professor. 28:35

[@_Francis]

Whenever I listen to Hamelin, Argerich, Grimaud, Duchâble... I feel like perfection can actually be achieved

[@bigl5343]

Have you listened to Yefim Bronfman? His Prokofiev is extraordinary.

[@_Francis]

@@bigl5343 I haven’t but I will, thx for the tip

[@bigl5343]

@@_Francis I will have to check out Grimaud and Ducháble.

[@_Francis]

@@bigl5343 Chopin’s Etudes by Duchable (Erato records) is considered by many including me the best version ever recorded by anyone

[@bigl5343]

@@_Francis I will give Duchable's Chopin etudes a listen. Many always state that Rubinstein is the best Chopin pianist. Personally, Rubinstein is not my favorite and find that Hamelin's and Argerich's Chopin are more fulfilling. Another pianist/professor you may like is a Polish pianist, Grzegorz Niemczuk. He is currently provided analysis of Chopin's output in its entirety on his YT channel. I believe he won the Warsaw Chopin Competition in 2010, and performs the hell out of Chopin. He did a recent recital of the 4 Chopin Ballades he impeccably performed.

[@gregniemczuk]

Dear Maestro. Thank you so much for this concert!!!! We all miss your performances!

[@tobiedavis8841]

And your performances! ☺

[@daniloberaldo570]

Nothing is better than Hamelin making a great recital at a Fazioli piano at a very beautiful place! I've always dreamed of watching this!!

[@Medtszkowski]

Faziolis are so much better than steinways

[@erikfreitas7093]

Marvelous pianist!

[@marinadela1361]

Scriabin's Fantasy and Liszt's Benediction right after another... a dream set list!!!

[@saltburner2]

One can always trust Marc-André to come up with a very varied and imaginative programme, with interesting juxtaposition of quite different music. I'm not sure if I like the sound of the Fazoli, but the playing is marvellous. Thanks.

[@martyheresniak5203]

I find his playing allowed the flavor of the Fazoli to come through without too much heavy sauce or shredded parrnigiana.

[@RezaTaheriIsAwesome]

Amazing performance, and the recording is so clear I can even hear the clock constantly ticking in the living room!

[@peterbrenton410]

Yes,.I hope he will remove said 🕰️ next time😉

[@fredhoupt4078]

The Bach and Enescu were revelations, music on an altogether higher level. Extraordinary and wow, what a piano.

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

30:38, 33:49 unforgettable moments. Great performance, maestro!

[@EmdrGreg]

I love that he owns a Fazioli. That would be my choice, too.

[@neilpsissons]

Yes!!

[@channelthechannel]

Sounds kind of bright and thin, but I'm sure the recording and compression has a bit to do with that.

[@bigl5343]

If I had my choice of any piano without cost, I would go Fazioli. Never played one or even seen one, but its reputation has me sold. Practically speaking, I would never be able to afford a Fazioli, as such, I am saving to get a used Bosendorfer or Baldwin grand. Bosie's and Baldwin's touch and sound are my favorites and I personally prefer them over Steinway(overrated in my opinion).

[@j.vonhogen9650]

​@@bigl5343- If you want a beautiful sounding grand piano that is affordable, why don't you just buy an old Blüthner, Bechstein, Schiedmeyer, Lipp, or Ibach? These grand pianos are such a wonderful instruments (if kept in good condition). Especially the ones around 6ft/180cm in size are usually excellent. Their tone is almost always better than that of modern grand pianos of comparable size. You may want to check them out. By the way, wasn't Blüthner Debussy's favorite brand of grand pianos?

[@christopherczajasager9030]

Bechstein was a favorite of Debussy...

[@rboaxx9065]

C'est plutôt à nous tous de vous remercier pour nous avoir reçu d'une façon aussi SUBLIME ! Quelle soirée! A vous entendre, je ne comprends pas comment le piano puisse encore être classé dans les instruments de percussions... IoI Et tous ces styles, époques, vous vous y promenez avec tellement d'aisance et de brio. Comme vous le dites si bien, c'est une offrande et je me trouves privilégié de la recevoir! Vraiment! Encore merci de tout cœur.

[@dri3s]

That Enescu... wow!!!

[@schafer_r]

Wow... I always thought the Scriabin Fantasie wasn't for me, but clearly I was just listening to the wrong performance.

[@jacquesfortin2644]

Merci beaucoup ! Quel pianiste extraordinaire qui interprète ces œuvres fabuleuses de magistrale façon !

[@danielflorencio6017]

A living legend...

[@watermelonpestogames]

I always come back to this video for Scriabin's Fantasie in B - you really did a great job on that one! :>

[@MrInterestingthings]

Lipatti played one of his friend Enescu 's Sonatine . I'm always interested in discovering his mostly small orchestral works amd the many instrumental pieces . I'm so happy to hear the Enescu Choral here ! 2020 was an amazing year all over the Earth as was 2021 qnd much of 2022 !

[@thomgeo8073]

Hamelin = ❤ Hamelin + Enescu = ❤ ❤

[@christopherczajasager9030]

The finest pianist today.Period.

[@sfsphil]

This is so wonderful! MAH is such an inestimable treasure.

[@2011persol]

i certainly LOVE SCRIABINS MUSIC....and to have the double disc of ALL his SONATAS (hyperion records) by ...MAH is such a privilegie...

[@Felix_Li_En]

This is my first time to see Mr. Hamelin playing Bénédiction de Dieu live !! What an amazing interpretation ! Thank you for sharing this wonderful recital ! ♥️

[@chaikhaneh]

I've attended his concert in Hamburg in early February where he played it too, his playing is absolutely splendid.

[@thomgeo8073]

THIS IS PRAYER

[@bifeldman]

Such a satisfying artist.

[@lightsquarefoal8320]

Discover less known incredible pieces sublimated by your exceptional pianistic talent is the guarantee of living a pure musical joy ! Merci beaucoup

[@tomyoarrete3060]

Un grand merci, un pianiste qui procure toujours autant de joie et de plaisir d'écoute 😊

[@ericlesage5269]

Merci beaucoup d’avoir posté ce concert et entretien. C’est un privilège de le connaître et de l’écouter. Merveilleux pianiste, artiste hors pair et d’une gentillesse remarquable.

[@MrVincentTremblay]

Reddit m'a introduire à vous, merci pour ton récital, vous êtes incroyable!

[@ockerville]

Сказочный подарок. Спасибо!

[@teodorb.p.composer]

This is wonderfull performance. There is my favourite interpretation of Bénedictión de dieu dans la solitude.

[@dannyzhang5524]

great performance and thx for uploading omg his first few notes really get me

[@alexanderradetsky6994]

Scriabin Fantasy, Op. 28 - 28:40

[@alexkim4636]

Thank you soooo much

[@christopherczajasager9030]

Wonderful unhackneyed repertoire played...transcendentally😊...one of the greatest musicians of our times

[@xyzpno6847]

Thank you!!!

[@jakub.pianist]

maestro is wonderful and sublime as always but this ticking clock omg

[@anmasch8979]

favourite piano player💓

[@Kalen1457]

Wow, he's really getting older. When I met him after a concert in 2018, he didn't look nearly as aged. But with an older age he seems to be becoming more and more musically sensitive, not just with how he executes pieces, but just looking at his more recent recital programs(this one included) they're more austere and don't seem to be filled with music that's just purely virtuosity(I.E. early Liszt or much of Alkan) I wonder how he now interprets the Alkan 4 ages of man Sonata, as someone whose approaching seniority. I think also Liszt's "Via Crucis" composition would be a great piece for him to learn and program on a recital such as this; it fits the general mood of these other pieces quite well.

[@tangistanguy]

nice comment about his playing, only, allow me to object to "Wow, he is getting old" :) Unless it means "he is getting better and better", such a comment sounds a litle derogatory in our times ... we alwys need to think about the effect our words can have, and Mr Hamelin, although maybe he doesn't mind, would not be overwhelmingly happy to see this part of your post. Cheers !

[@Xxbeast30xX]

@@tangistanguy He has every right to say what he wants.

[@tangistanguy]

@@Xxbeast30xX He surely has ... We all have. Only, we should be respectful and caring. That is what i meant.

[@jahkneeboi]

@@tangistanguy calm down karen don’t pull out the nine 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@tangistanguy]

@@jahkneeboi I love your comment 👌😀

[@luky46]

Thank you for posting this beautiful concert. Hello from Rome Italy

[@pianotalent]

👍👍👍👍👍Thank you!

[@thomgeo8073]

Идеальная душа, интеллект, техника, звук...нет слов!

[@пейнтболмосквы]

When Johann Sebastian Bach died, his sons, especially Carl Philipp Emmanuel and Johann Christian, made the world forget his music when they invented the new way of composition later called the classicism. When Mozart said "Bach is the father of our music", he meant Carl and no one else (before his discovery of the elder Bach's music). Carl created the foremost and complete keyboard school of the time, and Mozart and Beethoven studied it. Nowadays Johann Sebastian Bach is the only widely known Bach. I'm thankful to Mr. Hamelin and Alexey Lubimov that they made me discover the music of C.P.E. Bach.

[@rboaxx9065]

et si nous avions été en mesure de poser la même question à C.P.E.Bach, il aurait sans doute donné la même réponse que Wolfgang Amedeus, envers son propre père J.S.... IoI

[@Pogouldangeliwitz]

Pletnev played quite a lot of C. P. E. Bach too, and wonderfully so...

[@SpyrineMusic]

His tone is so clear

[@inraid]

superb!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Marc Andre Hamelin is a Cyborg Human machine with colorless piano sound! Dimitri Bashkirov her teacher Anastasia Virsaladze teach saying to Bashkirov the most important lesson is the love of beautiful colorful piano sound! This was already in 1930s! Really Shocking! More colorful beautiful piano sound than Hamelin=Emil Gilels Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov! More genius than Hamelin=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin Maria Grinberg! More powerful louder than Hamelin=Mikhail Pletnev(Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest ever was Lazar Berman! The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi! Young Horowitz his technique better than Hamelin's tehnique!!

[@VictorMoyaArbo]

Bravo Maestro Hamelin.... 🥰🥰😍😍

[@June_Hee]

1:02:15 he took debussy’s “sec(dry)” mark way too seriously LOL

[@jahkneeboi]

that caught me so off guard. crazy sound but it works! 😱

[@jahkneeboi]

almost sounds like a cello or sum

[@sihyunlee6400]

한국인이다!

[@pianista-mediocre]

Most came to listen to Scriabin...

[@tropicalermine]

Amazing to listen to while I make a wood-burn drawing. Much love from Atlanta

[@dr.noahweintraub3476]

Excellent!!! Thx for streaming!

[@tigranpetrosyan1953]

Thank you so much for uploading

[@manmusic2559]

Bravo maestro.

[@CaramuruPiano]

Amazing creativity and "aisance"

[@spacevspitch4028]

That General Levine was fantastic. A true character illustration. Made me think I would've loved to see who this guy really was 😄

[@svyatoslavnechaev9733]

Thank you so much for upoading!

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

Amazing how a modern piano can sound like a clavichord under the right hands (well, 250 times louder only...).

[@prossimamente]

that clock clicking in the background... so home-y

[@lesvallsveterinari9743]

Bravissimo

[@muserik]

Il est bien rare de voir l'ami MAH avec une partition sur le pupitre. Après 40 années de carrière, MAH trouve encore le moyen de nous faire découvrir du répertoire (Enescu) Merci!

[@fredelin2580]

This Master is physically incredibly centered. The Music irradiates from that Center (solar plexus) !

[@thomgeo8073]

Я люблю великих пианистов Рахманинова, Микеланджели, Горовица, Липати, Рихтера... Но Марк Андре Hamelin #1, Он Посланник БОГА, Наш PASTOR...

[@mtmcc]

Lovely concert! I especially liked the Scriabin. I agree the setup could be improved. I'd experiment with partially closing the piano lid, reducing the gain on the microphone and adding more sound dampening materials (curtains etc.) to the room. Or moving the piano to a bigger room. There is more contrast in Marc Andre Hamelin's playing than what we hear in this video!

[@V1DE0DR0ME]

My thoughts exactly

[@imdarealani]

@@buddysgirl3305 They weren't complaining lol (as they said, they enjoyed it). They were politely suggesting how they would have improved the sound quality. Think of it like constructive criticism.

[@МартаФилиппова-с2ф]

❤

[@Torebordalpiano]

I love this concert. I play many of these pieces, so it's great to get to see his perfect technique up close. You can tell that he likes Stephen Hough's recording of the Liszt piece;)

[@LuisKolodin]

I'm impressed. I never enjoyed Hamelin earlier performances (even his Alkan). they sounded flat. but he seems to have matured, or maybe he just decided to play what he likes most, with great result!

[@meszian]

Far more likely to be you that is lacking in musical maturity or understanding than hamelin tbh.

[@TomCL-vb6xc]

@@meszian Not necessarily. One cannot deny the technical proficiency of Hamelin but some, like me, find a few of his interpretations rather flat and by-the-book. His pianism is accuracy itself, but sometimes a piece demands more. Take his performances of Scriabin’s fifth sonata - while they much closer to the written tempo and played with astonishing accuracy, they simply don’t convey the same level of mysticism as other performances. Even Scriabin himself rarely played his own music without allowing his rubato to deviate from the score.

[@toothlesstoe]

@@TomCL-vb6xc Wow, a pianist doesn't play music to your liking. Must take a lot of guts to do that.

[@ronl7131]

Very much enjoy MAH Artistry.

[@robinjihwanlee0601]

28:40 scriabin fantasie

[@claudioparrella183]

Deludente nella fantasia, avvincente nella benedizione

[@joe_fizz]

The Fazioli is crystal clear

[@kempff95]

Not as much as the pianist :)

[@DN-zn2li]

59:20 bruyères

[@simccaffrey]

❤️ ​1:01:59

[@leomiller2291]

Greatest living pianist alongside Sokolov.

[@MegaPianogenius]

First sensible comment about pianists on yt I've seen

[@musical_lolu4811]

Is Volodos dead?

[@leomiller2291]

African MusicGenius Volodos is superb but he’s no Hamelin nor Sokolov.

[@espressonoob]

schiff? lugansky? trifonov? ?XD

[@toothlesstoe]

I love how 95% of the classical music community consists of arguing about which pianist is the best. Childish shit. 😂

[@visveee6678]

33:50

[@ヴェネツィアーー]

28:46

[@spacevspitch4028]

Bruh, I've never heard that Liszt tune. Did that thing just end on a 6-4 chord? (5th in the bass). Most interesting 🤔

[@konigstephan]

Powerful and exquisite performance by MAH (as expected) but who the Hell tuned this piano???

[@daniloberaldo570]

Best scenario! His home?

[@classicalmusiclover4029]

Yes, in the last 10 seconds he says it’s from his home

[@АлександрКлименко-э6ж]

❤️🎶❤️

[@peterbrenton410]

Encapsulating playing.though I hear a background ticking of a clock- possibly in the room?I hope he clocks this comment and removes it before the next recital

[@leohcheung]

Sounds like the metronone setting on GarageBand software got left on accidentally. Possible that He recorded and "mastered" this recording Himself??

[@Radiatoron88]

At the end Mr. Hamelin says "I want to thank you all for coming to my home," but I can't hear what he says after that. Can anyone fill in the missing words? Thank you very much in advance for your help!

[@omarkabbani1476]

"Stay healthy and stay safe, thank you very much."

[@Radiatoron88]

@@omarkabbani1476 Thanks a lot--I appreciate your help!

[@ronaldarmawan]

is that Fazioli F228?

[@borisaxelrod7411]

Fazioli + Hamelin = the most beautiful sound in the world ! But not in this video..

[@MegaPianogenius]

Lovely concert but I'm not keen on the fazioli. Maybe he got it free as a promotion? Too loud for the room maybe ?

[@mistericeberggg3677]

L'étendue de son répertoire est irréel

[@johnhopfensperger3843]

God, Fazioli makes an awful instrument.

[@tangistanguy]

Do you play banjo ?

[@EmdrGreg]

He's not in a high-tech recording studio. Fazioli is one of the finest pianos in the world, but each instrument is different. You have to take voicing into account as well. He must prefer the sound of his piano voiced this way, because that's the way he has it. If he thought the piano were awful he'd own something else, and he would certainly not upload a major effort like this on a piano he did not approve of.

[@sebthi7890]

is it the piano? the recording? The treble of the piano total shrill... and anyway modern pianos, Steinway, Fazioli etc. are constracted to be brilliant and loud. Lifestyle, Zeitgeist 👻 A hundred years old Bechstein or Blüthner has more character and lovley sound.

[@keybawd4023]

A beautiful performance but what an ugly, brittle piano sound

[@froggy8919]

28:51

[@filimongraziano6928]

28:50