Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Music | Nikolai Kapustin, Marc-Andre Hamelin

Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Music | Nikolai Kapustin, Marc-Andre Hamelin | Beyond Words

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	Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Music Nikolai Kapustin, Marc-Andre Hamelin Hyperion UK, 2004 average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Gospel of Nikolai Kapustin is further spread!

I have Marc-Andre Hamelin to thank for introducing me to Kapustin's music. He played a work of his as an encore on one of his concerts, and the whole audience was just floored! After much searching I was able to find recordings and printed music. His music is the closest to Gershwin as I have been able to find. His fusion of Jazz and Classical music is a wonder in itself. Hamelin picks some very difficult as well as a couple of rather easy pieces of Kapustin's to record. The Toccatina is the simplest piece of all, very jazzy and almost "cute". The Variations is a mini-catalog of all of Kapustin's styles, from the romantic to boogie-woogie to Errol Garner-style jazz. With the etudes, Kapustin moves more towards the etudes of Lyapounov and Medtner. There are Latin influences, Broadway show tunes, you name it! All very difficult! I've learned some of them and played them in concert and in competition. Do not be afraid of this music-he is a major discovery and we need to spread the gospel of Kapustin around the world! You can find other recordings on Ebay, and at HMV in Japan by Kapustin himself. Groth Music in Bloomington also sells his piano music and our website is www.grothmusic.com. It's hard music, but it's worth the effort! More recordings, please!

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Beyond Words

These are too incredible. Hamelin is not just the best pianist of his generation, but a pianist for the ages. In his hands, Kapustin's musicality reaches its perfect voice ... it can only be listened to do it justice.

Technical and Artistic Brilliance from Two Master Pianists

Nothing inspires and challenges a piano virtuoso like Hamelin as much as discovering a magic repertoire of another technical virtuoso. Kapustin's monumental technical capabilities, which few of us had the opportunity to hear directly, are presented by Hamelin with percussive athleticisn and intricate precision of execution. For all of us who want to be an inspired devotee to what can best be described as an early "post modern" take on pianoforte, which is Kapustin's legacy, this first collection from Hamelin egages the listener, then inspires, awes and satisfies with flawlessly executed technique, sensitive mood shifts, and dynamic voicing that confidently and potently declares, 'this is the new world, and you are in it'!Nikolai Kapustin: Piano Music

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A Great Composer that Needs to be Heard!

Nicolai Kasputin is one of the finest if not the very greatest living composer. His music is designed to reach everyone, and not just sophisticated highbrows. Like Gershwin, his works are instantly appealing and many were inspired by the great Oscar Peterson.Marc Andre Hamelin plays this music definitevely with stunning virtuosity and impeccable taste. The recorded sound is state of the art.If you love Gershwins Concerto in F or the Rhapsody in Blue you will love this music. A real collectors item.

For the Ghost of George Gershwin

The fine combination of pianist Marc-André Hamelin and composer Nikolai Kapustin was featured on the extraordinary album "In A State Of Jazz," in which Kapustin's Sonata No. 2 surprised this classical and jazz fan. That beautiful jazz-influenced piece was not the exception, as this wonderful album demonstrates. As I listened with tearful eyes of joy, I am in a rapture of the mind-blowing piano perfomance of Hamelin (who can play the notes of the scores of Alkan, Liszt, and Chopin) and of the luxurious melodies, romantic rhythms, and edgy modern European etudes that is the synthesis of romantic classical and postmodern jazz. Fantasies, show-stoppers, reveries, dances, touches of Bernstein, Corea, Willie "the Lion" Smith, and the tunesmiths of the Great American Songbook envelop the listener. This is not your grandfather's classical music, not counting Gershwin's rhapsodies, preludes, and piano concerto. Full of vitality, the album soars for 77 minutes, dropping musical notes of happiness behind. Listen! And spread the word.

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Tracks
Variations, for piano, Op. 41 | Jazz Concert Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 40: No. 1. Prelude. Allegro assai | Jazz Concert Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 40: No. 2. Dream. Moderato | Jazz Concert Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 40: No. 3. Toccatina. Allegro | Jazz Concert Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 40: No. 4. Reminiscence. Larghetto | Jazz Concert Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 40: No. 5. Shuitka. Vivace | Jazz Concert Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 40: No. 6. Pastoral. Allegro moderato | Jazz Concert Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 40: No. 7. Intermezzo. Allegretto | Jazz Concert Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 40: No. 8. Final. Prestissimo | Bagatelle for piano, Op. 59/9 | Suite in the Old Style, for piano, Op. 28: Allemande | Suite in the Old Style, for piano, Op. 28: Gavotte I - Gavotte II | Suite in the Old Style, for piano, Op. 28: Sarabande | Suite in the Old Style, for piano, Op. 28: Bourrée I - Bourrée II | Suite in the Old Style, for piano, Op. 28: Gigue | Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62: Allegro ma non troppo | Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62: Grave | Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 62: Vivace | Sonatina for piano, Op. 100 | Études (5) in Different Intervals, for piano, Op. 68: No. 1. Allegro. Étude in minor seconds | Études (5) in Different Intervals, for piano, Op. 68: No. 2. Allegro. Étude in fourths and fifths | Études (5) in Different Intervals, for piano, Op. 68: No. 3. Animato. Étude in thirds and sixths | Études (5) in Different Intervals, for piano, Op. 68: No. 4. Vivace. Étude in major seconds | Études (5) in Different Intervals, for piano, Op. 68: No. 5. Animato. Étude in octaves

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