'Magnificent. Easily the most sophisticated Villa-Lobos piano disc currently in the catalogue.' --International Record Review
'Marc-André Hamelin’s transcendental sheen and facility bless everything he plays. He makes As três Marias wink and scintillate with an inimitable verve … leaves all others standing.' --Gramophone
'Hamelin presents another hour of hair-raising (not to say spine-tingling) music in performances few could match … awesome.' --Classic CD
'Marc-André Hamelin’s transcendental sheen and facility bless everything he plays. He makes As três Marias wink and scintillate with an inimitable verve … leaves all others standing.' --Gramophone
'Hamelin presents another hour of hair-raising (not to say spine-tingling) music in performances few could match … awesome.' --Classic CD
'An impressive disc' --BBC Music Magazine
‘Enough technical dazzle to satisfy even the most virtuoso-hungry listeners’ --Fanfare, USA
'Revelatory. In short, this is a must-buy release. It’s thrillingly exciting. Recommended with all possible enthusiasm' --Fanfare, USA
'Hamelin grasps [the music’s] sprawl clearly and delivers it with unrivalled perfection of pianistic mechanism. He relishes the delights of the lighter pieces with equal virtuosity' --Irish Times
‘Marvellously iridescent in these magnificent interpretations … a fantastically varied succession of miniatures that will hardly fail to please’ --The Magic Flute
‘Enough technical dazzle to satisfy even the most virtuoso-hungry listeners’ --Fanfare, USA
'Revelatory. In short, this is a must-buy release. It’s thrillingly exciting. Recommended with all possible enthusiasm' --Fanfare, USA
'Hamelin grasps [the music’s] sprawl clearly and delivers it with unrivalled perfection of pianistic mechanism. He relishes the delights of the lighter pieces with equal virtuosity' --Irish Times
‘Marvellously iridescent in these magnificent interpretations … a fantastically varied succession of miniatures that will hardly fail to please’ --The Magic Flute
