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Title: Dull & Uninspired Work played with cool pianism
Review: I bought this cd excited by ecstatic reviews like "as if Mahler wrote piano concerto" or "super human virtuoso." It turned out to be a disappointment. The work is one huge mass of uninspired themes and developments. It is an offence to Mahler to compare this dull piece to his great creations.Hamelin's playing has amazing precision and ease, but somehow lacks fire and grandeur of the Russian masters. Critics are lavish in praising Hamelin's 'super-human' technique, but listen to young Rubinstein playing Villa-Lobos or Richter's early recordings of Prokofiev or Liszt concertos (Urania). Hamelin's virtuosity would seem tame in comparison!
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