More By Artist: Stephen Hough (piano)
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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... |
YORK BOWEN
Bowen:piano Music Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "York Bowen could have no more ardent or pianistically adroit advocate" (Gramophone) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Nocturnes Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] Hough's playing is of an enviable freedom and flexibility, his shot-silk pianism endlessly blossoming with colour and nuance...few pianists can approach him as a master of finesse, and he is presented in sumptuous sound." International Piano |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: The Complete Waltzes Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Hough is a pianist with all the elegance, wit and virtuosity required for these pieces, yet he also finds the deep vein of melancholy that runs through many of them' (BBC Music Magazine) |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Piano Music (Incls 'Children's Corner' & 'Images') Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/May/2018 ] 'Hough himself is an exhibited painter, and his approach to Images resembles that of a visual academic, concerned to explore intellectual nuances' (Pianist) |
CHOPIN
Four Ballades, Four Scherzos Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "Playing that scales the heights: these inexhaustible pieces really do catch fire" - Recording of the month (Gramophone May 2004)) |
TSONTAKIS
Man of Sorrows (with works by Schoenberg, Berg & Webern) Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] '[Man of Sorrows} Brilliantly written for the keyboard and scintillatingly orchestrated … The piece is superly played and recorded, patently sincere and easily assimilable' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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 |
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 |
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... |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Stephen Hough (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "In Stephen Hough's virtuosic hands, the coruscating final coda of the A minor Concerto is one of the most exciting things I've heard for years. Bravo!" - Lionel Salter (Gramophone) |
MENDELSSOHN / POPPER / FAURE / POULENC / SIBELIUS / BRYARS / BEACH / etc
Children's Cello Steven Isserlis (cello) / Stephen Hough (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "With a household that pulsates to the glorious tones of the cello there's clearly much material for this volume…highlights here include a sumptuous rendition of Faure's Berceuse, and a deliciously piquant pereformance of Poulenc's Serenade" 5 Stars |
