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Release Date: 04/09/2002 Label: Hyperion Catalog #: 67267 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Alan Rawsthorne, Stephen Reynolds, Sir Edward Elgar, Granville Bantock, Stephen Hough, York Bowen, Frank Bridge, Kenneth Leighton Performer: Stephen Hough
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 Listening to this collection of miniatures by English composers is akin to passing a pleasant afternoon in a small gallery run by a fastidious, knowledgable, and quietly enthusiastic curator. These adjectives define Stephen Hough's scrupulous, full-bodied, and technically impeccable performances. He revels in the sensuous harmonic felicities that color Stephen Reynolds' pastiches and makes an easy task of York Bowen's fustian textures cut from the cloth of Rachmaninov and Medtner. Of Hough's two "Ravel-meets-Gerswhin-meets-Sondheim" Waltzes, the second holds more mystery and substance. Alan Rawsthorne's terse neo-classic style will please listeners who respond to like-minded craftsmen from this side of the pond such as Piston and Barber. Kenneth Leighton's serious, substantial Study-Variations provide plenty of grist for Hough's virtuosic mill: crackling, Bartókian call-and-response flourishes, gnarly Messiaen color chords at all tempos, and (in the third movement), haunting steel-colored repeated phrases that journey in slow motion from the middle register to treble and bass extremes. If you tend toward piano music's less beaten paths, this disc's for you. [7/20/2002] --Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com |
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Bagatelles (4) for Piano by Alan Rawsthorne | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1938; England |
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Date of Recording: 01/2001 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 5 Minutes 42 Secs. |
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Poems (2) in Homage to Delius by Stephen Reynolds | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1980s; England |
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Date of Recording: 09/1997 Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol Length: 11 Minutes 31 Secs. |
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In Smyrna by Sir Edward Elgar | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1905; England |
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Date of Recording: 01/2001 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 4 Minutes 26 Secs. |
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Song to the Seals by Granville Bantock | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: by 1930; England |
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Date of Recording: 01/2001 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 4 Minutes 3 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Stephen Hough | |||||
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| 5. |
Valse Enigmatique no 1 by Stephen Hough | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: England |
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Date of Recording: 01/2001 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs. |
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| 6. |
Valse Enigmatique no 2 by Stephen Hough | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: England |
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Date of Recording: 01/2001 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs. |
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Poems (2) in Homage to Fauré by Stephen Reynolds | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1980s; England |
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Date of Recording: 01/2001 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 7 Minutes 41 Secs. |
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Serious Dances (3) for Piano, Op. 51: no 2 in D flat major by York Bowen | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: by 1919; England |
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Date of Recording: 09/1997 Venue: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs. |
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The Way to Polden "An Ambling Tune", Op. 76 by York Bowen | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: by 1925; England |
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Date of Recording: 01/2001 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 3 Minutes 33 Secs. |
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Hour Glass, H 148: no 2, Dew Fairy by Frank Bridge | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1919-1920; England |
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Date of Recording: 01/2001 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs. |
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Lyrics (3) for Piano, H 161: no 1, Heart's Ease by Frank Bridge | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1921; England |
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Date of Recording: 01/2001 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 1 Minutes 52 Secs. |
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Studies (Study-Variations) (6) for Piano, Op. 56 by Kenneth Leighton | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1969; England |
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Date of Recording: 01/2001 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 13 Minutes 38 Secs. |
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Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 20 by York Bowen | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: England |
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Date of Recording: 01/2001 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 6 Minutes 11 Secs. |
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