Marc-André Hamelin - Feldman: For Bunita Marcus (2017) [Hi-Res]

I have no problem with notes none at all, was Feldmans cryptic comment on For Bunita Marcus. Throughout the seventy-two-minute duration of this extraordinary work, notes coalesce into wisps of melody which drift softly in and out of an immense silence. You are indeed, as Marc-André Hamelin writes, about to enter a world unlike any other.

Marc-André Hamelin presents that world of microscopic nuances with immaculate care...everything in Hamelin's performance seems part of a natural, inevitable unfolding, and the Hyperion recording perfectly catches all its details, and clouds of decaying sonorities that colour every silence. --The Guardian, July'17

What Hamelin has in his favour is an unwavering focus on the dense weave of Feldman's rhythmic grid, and a studio recording as softly tangible as fine silk. Do not, as they say, adjust your set. Rather, sit back and let the music adjust your head. --Gramophone, July'17

Hamelin is scrupulous over every isolated note hanging against a sky of silence, 70 minutes of stillness, a technical challenge of a special kind. --Financial Times, August'17