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The Piano Album / Stephen Hough


Release Date: 10/20/1998 
Label:  Erato   Catalog #: 61498   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Edward MacDowell,  Franz Liszt,  Roger Quilter,  Ernö von Dohnányi,   ... 
Performer:  Stephen Hough
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 7 Mins. 

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Reviewing the MusicMasters incarnation of this joint Virgin-MHS venture in Fanfare 12:5, David Johnson called it "just about flawless," and marveled at the "sheer splendid improbability of this kind of playing." It's hard not to agree: from the scorching to the sentimental, from the decadent to the delightful, Hough catches the full stylistic range of these miniatures without a trace of condescension. Indeed, his tendency to ruffle the textures and to complicate the rhythmic flow strips coats of varnish from the music so that even the more familiar pieces sound revitalized. This is, in sum, the best playing I've heard from Hough (although I've not yet heard his Hummel); and the simultaneous arrival of this disc and Read more Philip Fowke's superb transcription album (reviewed elsewhere) gives pianophiles good reason to rejoice.

– Peter J. Rabinowitz, Fanfare [11-12/1989], reviewing one of the two discs in this set, Virgin 90732 Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Fantasiestücke (2), Op. 17: no 2, Hexentanz by Edward MacDowell
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; Germany 
2.
Polish Songs (6) for Piano (Chopin), S 480: no 1, Maiden's wish by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847-1860; Weimar, Germany 
3.
Songs (3), Op. 3: no 2, Now sleeps the crimson petal by Roger Quilter
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1904; England 
 Notes: Transcribed: Stephen Hough 
4.
The Fuchsia Tree by Ernö von Dohnányi
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
5.
Concert Etudes (6) for Piano, Op. 28: no 6, Capriccio in F minor by Ernö von Dohnányi
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1916; Budapest, Hungary 
6.
Humoresques (6) for Piano, Op. 14: no 1, Menuet célčbre by Ignace Jan Paderewski
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887-1888 
7.
Miscellanea for Piano, Op. 16: no 4, Nocturne in B flat major by Ignace Jan Paderewski
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1888 
8.
Etudes (2) for Piano, Op. 1: no 2 in A flat major by Paul de Schlözer
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
9.
Melody in E major, Op. 8 by Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
10.
Caprice-Burlesque by Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Russia 
11.
The Sound of Music: My favorite things by Richard Rodgers
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1959; USA 
12.
Indian Love Lyrics (4): no 1, Kashmiri Song "Less than dust" by Amy Woodforde Finden
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1902; England 
 Notes: Transcribed: Stephen Hough 
13.
Music Box, Op. 33 no 3 by Ignaz Friedman
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Poland 
14.
Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; France 
 Notes: Transcribed: Leopold Godowsky 
15.
Papillons by Moritz Rosenthal
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
16.
Java Suite: Gardens of Buitenzorg by Leopold Godowsky
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1924-1925; USA 
17.
Waltz for Piano in A major, Op. 2 by Mischa Levitzki
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
18.
En route, Op. 9 by Selim Palmgren
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Finland 
19.
Morceaux (3) for Piano, Op. 42: no 2, Siciliano by Moritz Moszkowski
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Germany 
20.
Caprice espagnol, Op. 37 by Moritz Moszkowski
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Germany 
21.
Variations brillantes, Op. 14 by Carl Czerny
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Classical 
22.
Enchanted Nymph by Mischa Levitzki
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
23.
Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74: no 10, Der Kontrabandiste by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1849; Germany 
 Notes: Transcribed: Carl Tausig 
24.
Melody by Anton Rubinstein
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Russia 
25.
Gargoyles, Op. 29 by Lowell Liebermann
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1989; USA 
26.
Musical snuffbox by Vladimir I. Rebikov
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
27.
Musical snuffbox, Op. 32 by Anatole Liadov
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: by 1893; Russia 
28.
Etude de style, Op. 40 no 1 "Agilite" by Jean Henri Ravina
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
29.
Indian Love Lyrics (4): no 2, Till I wake by Amy Woodforde Finden
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1902; England 
 Notes: Transcribed: Stephen Hough 
30.
Elizabethan Lyrics (7), Op. 12: no 1, Weep you no more by Roger Quilter
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1908; England 
 Notes: Transcribed: Stephen Hough 
31.
The King and I: March of the Siamese Children by Richard Rodgers
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1951; USA 
 Notes: Transcribed: Stephen Hough 
32.
Valse mignonne by Moritz Moszkowski
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Germany 
33.
Serenata for Piano, Op. 15 no 1 by Moritz Moszkowski
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Germany 
34.
Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: Bourée by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
 Notes: Transcribed: Camille Saint-Saëns 
35.
Triakontameron: no 25, Erinnerungen by Leopold Godowsky
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1920; USA 
36.
L'arlésienne: Suite no 1 - 3rd movement, Adagietto by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1872; France 
 Notes: Transcribed: Leopold Godowsky 
37.
Hungarian Gypsy Melodies by Carl Tausig
Performer:  Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 19th Century 

Sound Samples

2 Fantasiestücke Op. 17: II. Hexentanz
6 Chants polonais (Chopin) S480: I. Mädchens Wunsch
Three Songs Op. 3: 2. Now sleeps the crimson petal (arr. Hough)
Six Songs Op. 25: 2. The Fuchsia Tree (arr. Hough)
Six Concert Etudes Op. 28: VI. F minor (Capriccio)
Humoresques de concert Op. 14: I. Menuet célčbre in G major
Miscellanea Op. 16: IV. Nocturne in B flat
Etude in A flat Op. 1 No. 2
Melodie in E
Caprice-Burlesque
The Sound of Music: My Favourite Things (arr. Hough)
4 Indian Love Lyrics: I. Kashmiri Love Song (arr. Hough)
Music Box Op. 33 No. 3
Le Carnaval des animaux: The Swan (arr. Godowsky)
Papillons
Java Suite, Book 3 - The Gardens of Buitenzorg
Waltz in A flat Op. 2
En route Op. 9
Siciliano Op. 42 No. 2
Caprice espagnole Op. 37
Variations brillantes Op. 14
The Enchanted Nymph
Spanisches Liederspiel Op. 74: Der Kontrabandiste (arr. Tausig)
Two Melodies Op. 3: No. 1 in F
Gargoyles, Op. 29: I. Presto
Gargoyles, Op. 29: II. Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato
Gargoyles, Op. 29: III. Allegro moderato
Gargoyles, Op. 29: IV. Presto feroce
The Musical Snuffbox
A Musical Snuffbox Op. 32
Etudes de style Op. 40: I. Agilité
4 Indian Love Lyrics: II. Till I wake (arr. Hough)
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Op. 12: 1. Weep you no more (arr. Hough)
The King and I: March of the Royal Siamese Children (arr. Hough)
Valse mignonne
Serenata Op. 15 No. 1
3 Sonatas and 3 Partitas BWV1001-1006: Tempo di Bourrée from Violin Sonata No. 2 (arr. Saint-Saëns)
Triakontameron: XXV. Erinnerungen (Memories)
L'Arlésienne: Adagietto (arr. Tausig)
Ungarische Zigeunerweisen

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