Piano Concertos
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DVORAK / SCHUMANN
Piano Concertos
Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor)
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 1 March 2016
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Two more rich piano concertos from the unparalleled Stephen Hough and the CBSO (they've already won Gramophone's Record of the Year award twice). The eminent Andris Nelsons conducts, making his Hyperion debut. Schumann and Dvořák each wrote just one piano concerto, the latter being performed here in its fearsomely challenging original version.
"In the Schumann Concerto Hough performs with an easy grace that completely subsumes the tricky metrics of the last movement and the often grueling aspects of the first movement cadenza to his seamless vision of the score. The Birmingham strings, winds, and horns add a definite luster to the proceedings, and the union of these two concertos, while unusual, in retrospect has proven eminently successful." (AudAud.com)
"Andris Nelsons and the CBSO clearly relish the symphonic nature of the [Dvorak] and their playing is one of the great pleasures here…Hough enters the conversation with great subtlety and he's certainly unafraid to point out the score's lyrical beauties, allowing the music to unfold with suppleness without underplaying its drama or, where required, heft" (Gramophone April 2016)
Tracks:
DVORAK:
Piano Concerto in G minor Op 33
SCHUMANN:
Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54
