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SCRIABIN
The Early Scriabin Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/May/2007 ] 'A programme of fascinating rarities played with a touching sensitivity and affection … This record is a most impressive achievement, as beautiful in sound as it is endlessly thought-provoking' (Gramophone) |
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GLAZUNOV
Piano Music Vol 2 (Incls Three Etudes, Op 31 & Nocturne, Op 37) Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/Feb/2006 ] "Superb, in a word. The two volumes of Glazunov Piano Music should be mandatory purchases for all pianists and all lovers of the Russian Romantics." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
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GLAZUNOV
Piano Music-Volume 4 (Incls Two Impromptus, Op 54 & Sonata No 2, Op 75) Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] 'A series that will surely raise this composer's status immeasurably' (Gramophone) |
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ANATOL LIADOV
Solo Piano Music (Incls Four Pieces, Op 64 & Variations on a theme by Glinka, Op 35) Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] 'Scarcely anybody outside Russia looks at them these days, but, as Stephen Coombs eloquently establishes on this disc, they are gems' (The Daily Telegraph) |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 (with Alexander Goedicke - Concertstack in D major) Stephen Coombs (piano) / BBC Scottish Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 13 / CD - released 10/Jan/2006 ] 'As in his four-disc set of Glazunov's complete solo piano music, Stephen Coombs is poetic and powerful. The rare Goedicke concertante makes a charming filler' (The Guardian) |
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REYNALDO HAHN / JULES MASSENET
Hahn/Massenet: Piano Concertos Stephen Coombs (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Jean-Yves Ossonce (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 15 / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] 'Hyperion is to be congratulated for adding this work to its growing series of Hahn compositions ... high spirits and joy aplenty ... Another Romantic Piano Concerto winner from Hyperion; heartily recommended' (Fanfare, USA) |
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ARENSKY / BORTKIEWICZ
Arensky / Bortkiewicz: Piano Concertos Stephen Coombs (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 4 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 'A couple of piano concertos that have been waiting in the wings for the committed advocacy they deserve and have finally received' (Fanfare, USA) |
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GABRIEL PIERNE
Pierne: Piano Concerto in C minor Stephen Coombs (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 34 / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] 'Stephen Coombs savours the more exotic keyboard writing with confidence and a sure sense of style, contributing appropriately dazzling and light-fingered virtuosity when required' (International Record Review) |
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HUGO WOLF
Lieder nach Heine und Lenau Stephen Genz (baritone) RogerVignoles (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] 'The programme is sung throughout with easeful tonal beauty; and Roger Vignoles is at his glorious best as he reveals the wonders of Wolf's writing for the piano' (Musical Opinion) |
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YORK BOWEN
Bowen: Piano Music Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "York Bowen could have no more ardent or pianistically adroit advocate" (Gramophone) |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Nocturnes Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] Hough's playing is of an enviable freedom and flexibility, his shot-silk pianism endlessly blossoming with colour and nuance...few pianists can approach him as a master of finesse, and he is presented in sumptuous sound." International Piano |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "'One of the finest accounts of Brahms's late piano works on record, one that stands head and shoulders above most contenders in an ever-growing catalogue." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Instrumental |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: The Complete Waltzes [includes recently discovered waltz] Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Apr/2025 ] Stephen Hough's 2011 album of Chopin's waltzes once more regains its 'complete' status with the inclusion of the 'Valse' found in a New York library in 2024. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Piano Music (Incls 'Children's Corner' & 'Images') Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/May/2018 ] 'Hough himself is an exhibited painter, and his approach to Images resembles that of a visual academic, concerned to explore intellectual nuances' (Pianist) |
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CHOPIN
Four Ballades, Four Scherzos Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "Playing that scales the heights: these inexhaustible pieces really do catch fire" - Recording of the month (Gramophone May 2004)) |
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HANDEL
The Eight Great Suites Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 28/May/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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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) |
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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 |
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TSONTAKIS
Man of Sorrows (with works by Schoenberg, Berg & Webern) Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] '[Man of Sorrows} Brilliantly written for the keyboard and scintillatingly orchestrated … The piece is superly played and recorded, patently sincere and easily assimilable' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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FEDERICO MOMPOU
Mompou: Música callada Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "Through minute gradations of dynamics or the fragile sculpting of a phrase, the sparest and simplest of these pieces assume a rare beauty." The Times |