Since you are interested in Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 3 / Concert Fantasia in G major, Op 56 / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
MOZART / CRAMER / FRIEDMAN / HOUGH / LISZT
Stephen Hough's Mozart Album Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] SUNDAY TIMES CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INSTRUMENTAL CHOICE |
W.A. MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Quintets for Piano and Winds Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet / Stephen Hough (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] On this disc one of the world’s finest pianists encounters one of the world’s greatest wind quintets, performing two very special works: Mozart’s and Beethoven’s quintets for piano and winds. The unusual scoring has led these works to be performed... |
ZARZYCKI / ZELENSKI
Zarzycki / Zelenski: Piano Concertos Jonathan Plowright (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 59 / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] This 59th volume of the Romantic Piano Concerto series features Jonathan Plowright, whose brilliant and utterly idiomatic performances of Romantic Polish piano music have confirmed him as a master of this repertoire. Here he collaborates with the BBC... |
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) |
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) |
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) |
MacDOWELL / CHOPIN / DOHNANYI / SAINT-SAENS / GABRILOWITSCH / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Piano Album Vol 1 Stephen Hough (piano) [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] "I rarely make recommendations like this, but you absolutely must hear this recording." (Amazon.com) |
TAFFANEL / JOLIVET / TOMASI / POULENC
Danses et Divertissements Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet / Stephen Hough (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] One of the world's foremost wind quintets meets one of today's finest pianists in a work that many consider to be the best work for piano and winds: Poulenc's Sextet, as well as works by other French composers. |
W.A. MOZART
Music for piano and wind quintet Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet / Stephen Hough (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] "All the music, even the slighter pieces such as K580a and K616, is top quality, the playing tremendously accomplished, and there's an exceptionally satisfying blend of different instrumental timbres. The arrangements are highly professional,... |