[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 10 June 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, to the pianistic titans of Chopin, Brahms and Liszt.
Ballade No 3 in A flat major Op 47 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) [7'00]
La fuente y la campana Paisajes No 1 Federico Mompou (1893-1987) [3'22]
Fantasia (Variations) Ben Weber (1916-1979) [8'30]
Pining for the Spring Breeze Deng Yu-Hsien (1906-1944), arr Stephen Hough (b1961) [2'38]
Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 5 Scherzo Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) [4'31]
Berceuse Op 83 York Bowen (1884-1961) [3'39]
Piano Sonata in C major D613 Finale Franz Schubert (1797-1828) [4'48]
Piano Sonata in F sharp minor Op 81 Vivace Johann Hummel (1778-1837) [7'40]
Pas de quatre Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), arr Earl Wild (b1915) [1'33]
Chanson d'automne Stephen Reynolds (b1947) [2'06]
Polonaise No 2 in E major S223 No 2 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) [8'51]
Suite Osmanthus Stephen Hough (b1961) [12'44]
Prelude (after Mompou) Andante malinconio [2'07]
The Musical Chocolate Box Senza tempo - Allegretto innocente [1'27]
Changes Andante intimo [2'14]
Elegie enigmatique Allegretto mesto [2'29]
Etude Da Capo Allegro brillante [1'30]
Nocturne - Cavatina Tempo rubato [2'53]
Troisième Choral M40 César Franck (1822-1890), transcribed Stephen Hough (b1961) [11'25]