INTERNATIONAL PIANO CHOICE

HARRIET SMITH

‘Échos’ Albéniz La Vega Chopin Allegro de concert, Op 46. Waltzes – in E minor, Op posth; Op 34 Nos 2 and 3; Op 42; Op 64; Op 70 No 2 Granados Valses poéticos. Allegro de concierto, Op 46 Charles Richard-Hamelin pf Analekta AN2 9149 How refreshing to encounter an album with a programme that demands careful through-listening rather than single-track streaming. Waltzes by Granados and Chopin bookend its three more substantial centrepieces. Granados’s Valses poéticos are utterly bewitching, and it seems extraordinary that they don’t get out more (for my money they give Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales a run for their money). Charles Richard-Hamelin is alive to their strengths, from the joyous energy of the introduction – nippier than Larrocha’s (Warner Classics) – to the soulful quality of the…

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International Piano (Digital) - 1 Issue, Spring 2025

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