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Chopin - 24 Preludes, And. Spianato, Gr. polonaise

Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28 - Andante Spianato & Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22, the excellent new album by Charles Richard-Hamelin presents two important works by Frédéric Chopin and consolidates the musician's place in the highest ranks of the pianistic world. A pianist with exceptional artistic flair and musical skills, Charles Richard-Hamelin's previous recordings have won five Félix Awards for Album of the Year. 

Describing the 24 Preludes, Charles Richard-Hamelin says : "One can hear the entire scope of Chopin's output inside the microcosm that are the Preludes. Across all the different major and minor keys, we get hints of his Études, Nocturnes, Impromptus, Mazurkas, and even fragments of larger works such as the Ballades. Yet, there is also a sense of an overarching story being told in 24 chapters of various lengths and weights. It is Chopin at his most beautiful, heart-wrenching, experimental, dissonant, sometimes even violent. It is a fascinating journey through the human psyche and my interpretation aims to show precisely that." 

Charles Richard-Hamelin:

Mozart PC No. 22, 24, w/Les Violons du Roy - Cohen

For their first album collaboration, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin and Les Violons du Roy, under the direction of Jonathan Cohen, have chosen to record Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24.

"This project, which brings together two of my favourite Mozart concertos, was an unforgettable experience. Throughout the recording, I felt like I was doing chamber music with each member of Les Violons du Roy and their conductor, Jonathan Cohen. The piano concertos Nos. 22 and 24 complement each other beautifully, both from a formal and tonal perspective and in their highly different characters: if the concerto No. 22 is distinguished by its spirit and contagious vitality, the concerto No. 24 is an extremely powerful and tragic work. The fact that I wrote my own cadences for these two concertos adds a very personal touch to this production, which I am very pleased to present to you," affirms Charles Richard-Hamelin about this new album recorded at the Palais Montcalm in Quebec City and which is his sixth release on the Analekta label.

Charles Richard-Hamelin:

Chopin - Ballades & Impromptus

Chopin: Ballades & Impromptus, Charles Richard-Hamelin's fifth album on the Analekta label, is simply stunning. This complete edition of Frédéric Chopin's ballades and impromptus makes it possible to appreciate the exceptional playing of the pianist, as well as two important sides of the composer's work and that is the narrative impetus of his ballades and his talent as an improviser on the four impromptus.

Frédéric Chopin's ballades are the first instrumental works to bear this name, originally used to designate refined vocal pieces. Very free in form, all four present a similar psychological journey, in which tension will increase to a fiery coda. Written between 1831 and 1842, they testify to the evolution of Chopin's piano writing.

Charles Richard-Hamelin:

Chopin - Piano Concertos Nos 1&2 w/OSM, Nagano

For their first recorded collaboration, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, under the direction of Kent Nagano, are offering the album Chopin: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.

"This project is a real childhood dream come true. I feel extremely privileged to have immortalized this ideal collaboration with Maestro Nagano and to now be part of the rich discography of the OSM" says Charles Richard-Hamelin of this album recorded in concert at the Maison symphonique de Montréal in October 2018.

Charles Richard-Hamelin:

Live - Beethoven, Enescu, Chopin

Analekta is proud to present Live: Beethoven – Enescu – Chopin, the second album by Charles Richard-Hamelin, one of the most notable pianists of his generation, silver medalist and winner of the Krystian Zimerman Prize for best performance of a sonata at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Recorded before an audience at Salle Raoul-Jobin in Québec City's Palais Montcalm this past May, Live: Beethoven – Enescu – Chopin confirms the impressive talent of the Québec pianist.

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