Chopin: Klaviersonaten Nr. 2 & 3

Ecstatic reviews greeted Marc-André Hamelin’s first all-Chopin album, uniting and surprising critics across the world as poetry combined with Hamelin’s superhuman virtuosity. The Sunday Times noted: ‘Hamelin, a poet among virtuosos, brings sensibility and a brilliant technique in equal measure to this oft-recorded music. Spellbinding.’ The New York Times pointed to ‘an astonishing lyrical gift that increasingly comes to light’ when Hamelin plays Chopin.

 

Included are two mainstays of the Romantic repertoire: Chopin’s Piano Sonatas Nos 2 and 3, alongside a musical aperitif in the form of the Berceuse, Op 57.

 

Mastered by Sidney Claire Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios, this 180g LP is part of Hyperion’s 2026 Vinyl Edition.

 

Tracklisting:

Side A

1.     Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57

2.     Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March": I. Grave – Doppio movimento

3.     Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March": II. Scherzo – Più lento

4.     Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March": III. Marche funèbre. Lento

5.     Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March": IV. Finale. Presto

 

Side B

1.     Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: I. Allegro maestos

2.     Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace

3.     Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: III. Largo

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale. Presto non tanto