Performer: Stephen Hough
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA67043
Release: 1999
Size: 210 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Liszt: Soirées de Vienne – Valses-caprices d’après Fr. Schubert, S427
01. VI. A minor
Schubert: Moments Musicaux, D780, Op. 94
02. III. F minor
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795
04. VIII. Morgengrüss
Godowsky: Triakontameron
05. XI. Alt Wien
Moszkowski: Étincelles
06. No. 6 from Huit Morceaux Caractéristiques, Op. 36
Paderewski: Miscellanea, Op. 16
07. No 2 in G flat major. Mélodie
08. Chaminade: Pierrette – Air de ballet, Op 41
Chaminade: Pièces humoristiques, Op 87
09. IV. Autrefois
10. Kalman: Was weiss ein nie geküsster Rosenmund
11. Hough: Musical Jewellery Box
12. Hough: Étude de Concert
13. Rodgers: The King and I: Hello, Young Lovers
14. Rodgers: The Carousel Waltz
15. anon.: Londonderry Air
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Salon, Op. 10
16. No 5 in G major. Humoresque
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op 3 revised
17. No 3 in E major. Mélodie
18. Tchaikovsky: Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 2
19. Tchaikovsky: Dumka (Russian Rustic Scene), Op. 59
20. Tchaikovsky: Pas de quatre
21. Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Paraphrase
Back in the 80’s Stephen Hough made two recordings for Virgin Classics which quickly became cult items among piano enthusiasts throughout the world. Using the title ‘The Piano Album’ those CD’s featured a variety of the encore type pieces in which the pianist revels in the possibilities of his instrument, pieces designed to show off the performer as much as the music. Stephen Hough’s New Piano Album revisits this territory with a new selection of gems. This is the music of the great pianists of the past, and many, Rachmaninov and Paderewski to name but two, not only played such pieces but also wrote them. While times and styles have sadly changed, those who have heard Stephen Hough in concert know that at encore time this tradition is alive and well in his hands and that amongst the jewels of the past it is equally likely there will be a new Hough transcription such as the Carousel waltz included here. This is a unique collection that will delight all fans of both Stephen Hough and romantic piano music.