Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

Zappa, Frank: Ruth is sleeping
Martirano: Stuck on Stella
Oswald, John: Tip
Cage: The Perilous Night
Wolpe: Four Studies on Basic Rows
Wyner: Refrain
Hamelin: Hexensabbat

Do Frank Zappa and John Cage really belong on the classical piano album? To anyone who might be harbouring doubts, the answer is an emphatic ‘yes’, especially when the pianist is Marc-André Hamelin, whose own Hexensabbat brings to a riotous conclusion a programme of music—and instruments, in the case of Cage’s prepared piano—which radically disrupts Western traditions.

"magisterially wonderful...Every object on this refreshing album is well worth finding and listening to." - The Times, 29th October 2025, 4 out of 5 stars