Marc-André Hamelin- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G major, Op32 No5 

well said

Beautiful comment 👌

but......mostly he is little more than his fingers......his musical instincts are distorted and immature, both in service to his technique........NO pianist of any note disagrees with this assessment. Harvey Wedeen is just one such and he was Hamelin's pedagogue for a bit. Horowitz' reading is something of a guiding heuristic.......

@@PaulJones-oj4kr but...I just listened to your recordings....MAN!! who the hell are you to criticize Hamelin.

I agree, such a beautiful recording it is...

@@PaulJones-oj4kr pffffffft

@@PaulJones-oj4kr HHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Merci, ca aucun sens! C'gars là est une merveille musicale et un génie du jeu pianistique :P De plus, c'tait le meilleur ami de mon prof de piano au Cégep, c'est drôle comment les deux se ressemblent quand ils parlent.

Haha tabarnac, indeed! It's really unfortunate that people label MAH as a "technician" because they're missing out on a very sensitive, insightful musical mind, who prepares pieces with the utmost care and attention to perform them as only he can. I think people find it easy to vastly misunderstand and label him in this way because, let's admit it, his technique is so stunningly superb, and his performances are so clean and perfect that you can't help but notice it. Is that a bad thing? I think it's so rare that most people just don't know how to handle it. Something inside them screams "THIS CAN NOT BE!" and their minds follow. Michelangeli was similarly criticized. Secondly, his "personality" on stage - if you can call it that - is so non-plus, does nothing to divert our attention, nor betrays any hubris. No swaying back and forth wildly, no weird faces. Naysayers call this "cold", but I think he is just trying to strip away a lot of the artifice and get in touch with what really matters in the music. Like in this piece - there's not too much mucking around with the tempo and phrasing, it just comes across so simple, clear and beautiful. If people need someone who really puts on a "show", they should look elsewhere. I've really grown to love MAH's playing and I find his incredible dedication and humility very inspiring.

I'm not super familiar with MAH. But, I find him absolutely stunning on this piece. It's only recently I realised he is behind the excellent Henle Urtext score (I hated the Boosey edition so much). I think people are a bit too obsessed with Horowitz to the point they can't appreciate anything else. Sad they can't refrain from petty comments, but it's how it is on internet comment sections.

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Hey what happened to ur concert!? Does it do well

Sweating isn’t a gimmick

Makes him look like he died of boredom at the piano

hes just old@@blackmage1276

'Couse is from inside

@@blackmage1276 He clearly looks like he's enjoying the music. One need not do Lang-Lang-esque movements and facial expressions to get the point across that the music moves them.

so true

Actually, nobody credible thinks Hamelin is just a technician.

who

Well said!

It’s not a rumor, it’s just that many people outside of RU-vid say that. Just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

Most of the people saying he’s just a technician probably don’t watch his videos

From your keyboard to Maestro Hamelin's eyes and ears!

Perhaps you could try lightly penciling a line where the left hand and right hand 8th notes match up; then lightly and slowly tapping it (quite under tempo) on the fallboard. The syncopation needs to be first worked out independent of the phrasing and shaping of the melodic line. Good luck :)

?? Wut??