Marc-André Hamelin Records Gnattali Piano Music for Hyperion

Marc-André Hamelin announces the release of the new album—and his remarkable 93rd recording—Brasiliana on January 15, 2027 on Hyperion Records.

Spotlighting the piano works of prolific 20th-century Brazilian composer Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988), an indispensable figure for the understanding of modern Latin American music, Hamelin once again proves why he is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of our time and owner of one of the broadest and most respected discographies of classical music.

On this album, Hamelin offers the greater part of Gnattali’s work for solo piano, some 120 years after the composer’s birth. “Those unfamiliar with either this formidable Brazilian composer or his modern-day Canadian interpreter will be struck first by the vigor, freshness, and simplicity of the compositions themselves, and then by the transparency, delicacy, and acuity of the interpretations,” says liner notes author and Rio de Janeiro University professor Roberto Gnattali, nephew of the composer. “Marc-André makes a personal but respectful reading of the author’s writings, at the same time faithful to the spirit of Brazilianness present in each work, the forms and styles of Brazilian regional music: the choro, the samba, the valsa seresteira (serenade waltz), the baião.”

The album can be pre-ordered at Hyperion Records.

A single from the album, 'Gnattali: Alma brasileira,' is out today on Hyperion and can be heard at this link.