Performer: Stephen Hough
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: HOUGH1
Release: 2005
Size: 249 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Mompou: Paisajes
02. I. La fuente y la campana
03. Weber: Fantasia (Variations)
04. Yu-Hsien: Pining for the Spring Breeze
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
05. III. Scherzo: Allegro energico
06. Bowen: Berceuse Op. 83
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, D613
07. II. Finale: Allegretto (unfinished)
Hummel: Piano Sonata No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 81
08. III. Vivace
09. Tchaikovsky: Pas de quatre
Reynolds: Two Poems in Homage to Fauré
10. I. Chanson d’Automne
Liszt: Deux Polonaises, S223 / R44
11. II. Polonaise in E major
Hough: Suite Osmanthus
12. I. Prelude (after Mompou): Andante malinconio
13. II. The Musical Chocolate Box: Senza tempo – Allegretto innocente
14. III. Changes: Andante intimo
15. IV. Elegie enigmatique: Allegretto mesto
16. V. Etude Da Capo: Allegro brillante
17. VI. Nocturne – Cavatina: Tempo rubato
18. Franck: Choral No. 3 in A minor, M. 40
The Stephen Hough Piano Collection, available at budget price, brings together tracks from all eleven of Stephen Houghs acclaimed solo recordings on Hyperion, from Gramophone Award-winning Mompou, through rarely trodden byways of Weber and Reynolds, to the pianistic titans of Chopin, Brahms and Liszt. Seven tracks are released for the first time on this new recording: the six-movement Suite Osmanthus and the arrangement of Pining for the Spring Breeze show Hough to be a composer with a distinctive voice as well as a consummate master of the piano. The booklet includes tantalizing commentaries by Stephen Hough, biographical information and a comprehensive discography.