Clare Hammond: Etude
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Composer or Director: Karol Szymanowski, Nikolai Kapustin, Unsuk Chin
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: BIS
Magazine Review Date: 02/2015
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 67
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: BIS2004
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(12) Studies, 'Études d'exécution transcendent, Movement: G sharp minor, 'Terek' |
Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, Composer
Clare Hammond, Piano |
(12) Studies, 'Études d'exécution transcendent, Movement: E, 'Nuite d'été' |
Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, Composer
|
(12) Studies, 'Études d'exécution transcendent, Movement: C sharp minor, 'Tempête' |
Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, Composer
Clare Hammond, Piano |
Piano Études |
Unsuk Chin, Composer
Clare Hammond, Piano Unsuk Chin, Composer |
(12) Etudes |
Karol Szymanowski, Composer
Clare Hammond, Piano Karol Szymanowski, Composer |
(5) Etudes in Different Intervals |
Nikolai Kapustin, Composer
Clare Hammond, Piano Nikolai Kapustin, Composer |
Author: Bryce Morrison
All this could set even the most intrepid virtuoso explorer (Marc-André Hamelin?) by the ears, yet Hammond’s musical intention is always paramount. She storms Lyapunov’s ‘Térek’ and ‘Tempête’ with full-blooded romanticism and finds all the sultry and romantic atmosphere of ‘Nuit d’été’. If Chin’s Etudes betray the influence of her teacher Ligeti, they are also highly individual and distinguished, their often playful quality ironically surfacing through a formidable intricacy. Memories of earlier work (the monstrous Second Sonata) flicker through Szymanowski’s Etudes as well as other composers’ (Scriabin’s double-note Study, Op 8 No 11), while Kapustin recalls Debussy (‘Pour les octaves’ and ‘Pour les notes répétées’). More to the point, Hammond plays with unfaltering bravura and conviction, and she has been superbly recorded.
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