Product Description

The Reger Piano Concerto has a formidable reputation dense, harmonically complex and with far too many notes for the average pianist. Who better then to decipher it than
Marc-André Hamelin? In his hands, this rarely recorded behemoth reveals both passion and a lyricism so often lost in lesser performances. He is wonderfully partnered by Ilan Volkov and the Rundfunk- Sinfonieorchester Berlin, who share the pianist s desire to elucidate an often misunderstood work. While the Reger concerto comes from the end of his career, the Strauss Burleske is a product of that composer s prodigious youth. This ebullient work has long been a Hamelin party-piece, and he plays it with an unmatched brilliance that surely captures the essence of this humorous music and will have listeners on the edges of their seats.

Review

One of the most adventurous and certainly the most courageous pianists of recent times. --International Piano Quarterly