Marc-André Hamelin – review

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThis was not a programme designed to leave any doubts about Marc-André Hamelin's mastery of the piano, so it was probably unintentional that its high point should have been the least obviously taxing piece of all. But his three Debussy preludes, in particular La Puerta del Vino, its slowly strumming chords ringing like a Spanish guitar, had a quiet sense of line that on this occasion tended to go by the wayside when the notes came thicker and faster.His encore perfor...

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