Marc-André Hamelin - Barcarolle

Marc-André Hamelin, piano
"Its hushed sonorities contrast with a billowing rhythmic fluidity, creating a wistful atmosphere. Scalar and arpeggiated figurations are lightly sprinkled with mild dissonances in a manner reminiscent of the French composers known as “Les Six”. An undercurrent of melancholy darkens the atmosphere, with hints of melody appearing and disappearing into the web of polyphony. Only toward the close, as the music begins to fade, does a soft melodic phrase seem to hold the promise of a full-blown theme, but it stops short of fulfillment."

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kinda random but whats the most exciting hidden gem of piano music you have found recently, mines was otar taktakishivilli's toccata