This set of virtuoso etudes by Marc-Andre Hamelin, one of the world's leading pianists, was composed over a span of 25 years. It includes both original character pieces and also works that incorporate elements of, or referback, to works by well-known composers. The publication of this volume coincides with the release of a new recording of the works, performed by Hamelin, on the Hyperion label.
Contents:
- Detailed foreword by the composer in English and German
- No.1 in A minor 'Triple Étude after Chopin'
- No.2 in E minor 'Coma Berenices'
- No.3 in B minor 'after Paganini-Liszt'
- No.4 inCminor 'Étude à mouvement perpétuellement semblable (d'après Alkan)'
- No.5 in G minor 'Toccata grottesca'
- No.6 in D minor 'Esercizio per Pianoforte (Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti)
- No.7 in E- minor 'after Tchaikovsky (for the left hand alone)'
- No.8 in B- minor 'Erlkönig (after Goethe)'
- No.9 in F minor 'after Rossini'
- No.10 in F+ minor 'after Chopin'
- No.11 in C+minor 'Minuetto'
- No.12 in A- minor 'Prelude and Fugue
