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A grounded recital of music on the edge: Marc-André Hamelin plays the Musikverein

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“his sound filled out all four corners of the hall to their crevices”
Reviewed at Musikverein: Brahms-Saal, Vienna on 19 October 2022
Catoire, 4 Morceaux, Op.12
Prokofiev, Sarcasms, Op.17
Scriabin, Piano Sonata no.7 "White Mass Sonata", Op.64
Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 21 in B flat major, D.960
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