More By Artist: Stephen Hough (piano)
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FEDERICO MOMPOU
Mompou: Música callada Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "Through minute gradations of dynamics or the fragile sculpting of a phrase, the sparest and simplest of these pieces assume a rare beauty." The Times |
FEDERICO MOMPOU
Mompou: Piano Works Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide - GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonatas D664, 769a & 894 Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] 'It is his noble humility in the face of greatness and beauty that makes these among the most touching Schubert performances I have ever experienced.' Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2022 |
SCHUBERT
Piano Sonatas D784 D960 D613 (unfinished; 1818) Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/Jan/2002 ] 'Any pianist who records Schubert must be sure of his ground. Stephen Hough here proves himself a worthy rival' (The Sunday Times) |
LISZT
Sonata, Ballades and Polonaises Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Dec/2000 ] 'Thoughtful, intelligent, and beautifully recorded too - a special release' (CD Review 'Disc of the Month') |
SOLER / GRANADOS / ALBENIZ / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / etc
Stephen Hough's Spanish Album Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Nov/2006 ] 'Hough has a more intimate stance than many pianists. It's a superb and surprising recital' (BBC Music Disc of the Month December 2006) |
GRIEG / LISZT
Piano Concertos Stephen Hough (piano), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2011 ] "This is a wonderfully alert performance, mixing novel tempi with awesome technique and breathtaking, tingling tension." The Observer |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5 / Africa Fantasie for piano and orchestra Stephen Hough (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 27 / 2 CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) -- "This seems to me a spiffing set and pleasurable discoveries and rediscoveries await." (Gramophone) |
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Stephen Hough (piano) / Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Nov/2007 ] 'There just isn't a modern performer who delivers Rachmaninov quite like this - just as the composer intended … For sheer energy, vivacity and an intuitive understanding of the late-Romantic concerto, there are few who can equal Hough.' (Classic FM... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 4 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Stephen Hough (piano) / Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "His thorough knowledge of the Romantic repertoire makes him an ideal advocate for this music and Andrew Litton is the ideal partner, especially with his fine Dallas orchestra." - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Awards Issue 2004) |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 3 / Concert Fantasia in G major, Op 56 / etc Stephen Hough (piano) Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 50 / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "Hough typically refuses to treat it as an overworked warhorse: here it is injected with exhilaration, the bravura tempered with limpid lyricism." The Telegraph, 7th April 2010 **** |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas (with works by Suk and Dvorak) Steven Isserlis (cello) / Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "His current recording of Brahms's Sonatas with Stephen Hough displaces all others" (BBC Music Recording of the Month Dec 2005) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartet / Piano Quintet Takacs Quartet with Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] 'The Takács Quartet bring a huge sense of enjoyment to both the Piano Quintet and the String Quartet Op 51 No 2, and it's clear that this chamber music is being revelled in by its players as much as its listeners. Stephen Hough's playing -... |
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,... |
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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Landmarks - 40 Years of Chandos Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano), James Thompson (trumpet), Stephen Hough (piano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass) [ Chandos / CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2019 ] Released to celebrate Chandos' 40th Anniversary, this is a handsomely packaged 40-disc set. Each of the four decades is represented, and each recording has been hand-picked by Managing Director Ralph Couzens. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Three Sonatas MIchael Collins (clarinet), Stephen Hough (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] "This is a disc which will grace any Brahms collection." MusicWeb |
BEETHOVEN
Complete sonatas for violin & piano Robert Mann (violin) Stephen Hough (piano) [ Nimbus / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2012 ] Robert Mann, violinist, conductor, and composer, has been a driving force in the world of American chamber music for more than fifty years. He is, in the words of Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe, 'one of the country's most admired and deeply loved... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
My Favourite Things: Virtuoso encores & transcriptions Stephen Hough (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "A virtuoso who begins where others leave off" Washington Post |
