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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos Stephen Hough (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu [ Hyperion / 3 CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "The performances have been captured in lovely clean and clear sound with just the right amount of hall ambience. The balance between the Bösendorfer piano and the orchestra is excellent as, indeed, is the internal orchestral balance." MusicWeb |
LISZT
Annees de pelerinage - Suisse Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/Sep/2005 ] "Hough seems to capture the romantic spirit of this cycle so effectively. He masterfully achieves that just balance of lyricism and pyrotechnics so necessary to the successful playing of Liszt's music" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor, Op. 5 / Four Ballades, Op. 10 Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "Hough casts a scattered, multicoloured light as if through stained glass … One could write a complete analytical essay on Hough's breathtakingly illuminating playing of the Second Ballade, but no words could convey the beauty he brings to the... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Late Masterpieces (Incls Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58) Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "A most satisfying paean to Chopin's mature style, elegantly rendered. Excellent piano sound courtesy of engineer Simon Eadon." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Lyric Pieces Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] "It's rare for a pianist to reveal familiar repertoire in fresh and newly minted ways without being willful, eccentric, or unorthodox. Not Stephen Hough. His expertly curated collection of Grieg Lyric Pieces abounds with individual touches, yet the i |
CHAMINADE / GODOWSKY / SCHUBERT / PADEREWSKI / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Stephen Hough's New Piano Album Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 8/Nov/2002 ] 'Like any first-class dessert-tray, this one is addictive.' (International Piano Quarterly) |
NEW YORK VARIATIONS
New York Variations (Corigliano, Copland, Weber, Tsontakis) Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ] 'his playing is unerringly musical in its intentions ... This is a disc of the highest musical and interpretative quality whose appeal lies as much in the quality of the pianism as in the fascinating repertoire' (Hi-Fi News & Record Review) |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Sonatas Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Dec/2003 ] "If you want to explore these brilliant, intriguingly diverse sonatas, this fabulous disc is the one to go for." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Jan 04) |
MENDELSSOHN / BEETHOVEN / WEBER / CHOPIN / LISZT / etc
Stephen Hough in recital Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH - GRAMOPHONE MAY 2009 SUNDAY TIMES CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK |
FRANCK / HOUGH / REYNOLDS / LISZT / TCHAIKOVSKY / HUMMEL / SCHUBERT / BOWEN / BRAHMS / WEBER / MOMPOU / CHOPIN
The Stephen Hough Piano Collection Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2005 ] The Stephen Hough Piano Collection, available at budget price, brings together tracks from all eleven of Stephen Hough's acclaimed solo recordings on Hyperion, from Gramophone Award-winning Mompou, through rarely trodden byways of Weber and Reynolds,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Stephen Hough's Dream Album Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Witty, wistful, extrovert, introspective and cheeky by turn, this is a masterclass in a certain style of piano-playing, and a dream of an album." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2018 |
BOWEN / LEIGHTON / REYNOLDS / BRIDGE / etc
Stephen Hough's English Album Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Mar/2002 ] 'Powerful, sympathetic and beautifully recorded, and his fans everywhere will be thrilled' (BBC Music Magazine) |
BACH / LISZT / CHOPIN / BUSONI
Vida breve Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Piano Sonatas by Chopin (No 2) and Hough (No 4) are the twin peaks of a typically stimulating recital which-as always from Stephen Hough-spans centuries and styles with assurance. How often do Liszt's 'Funérailles' and Gounod's 'Ave Maria' share the... |
LOWELL LIEBERMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liebermann: Piano Concertos Stephen Hough (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lowell Liebermann [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "...his playing is both rich in poetic insight and alive to the tonal allure of the score … an outstanding release that can be warmly recommended' (Hi-Fi News) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 & No 2 / Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op 22; Rondo Brillant in E flat major Op 29 ; etc (The Romantic Piano Concerto Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony / Lawrence Foster [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 17 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - 'The soft, stylish arpeggios that open the first work on the disc announce immediately that something special is on the way. Hough is now clearly first recommendation in the concertos'... |
DVORAK / SCHUMANN
Piano Concertos Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] Two more rich piano concertos from the unparalleled Stephen Hough and the CBSO (they've already won Gramophone's Record of the Year award twice). The eminent Andris Nelsons conducts, making his Hyperion debut. Schumann and Dvořák each wrote just one... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] "It instils the works with a certain mystery, captured imaginatively and authoritatively by Steven Osborne. As Rachmaninov said, "a small piece can become as lasting a masterpiece as a large work". Osborne proves his point." Sunday Times |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Water Songs Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 2 / CD - released 20/Aug/2000 ] 'A delightful collection of songs inspired by water' (The Guardian) 'Listen and marvel' (Fanfare, USA) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
British solo cello music Steven Isserlis [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] If Britten's Cello Suite No 3 is the undisputed masterpiece here, the other works are no less deserving of attention, Frank Merrick's 'Suite in the eighteenth-century style' being a particular delight. As ever, Steven Isserlis's booklet notes offer... |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener: No longer mourn for me & other works for cello Steven Isserlis (cello) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Trinity Boys Choir, Omer Meir Wellber [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] BBC Music Award WINNER - Premier Award 2021 Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2020 |
