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Release Date: 01/16/2007 Label: Hyperion Catalog #: 67565 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Federico Longas, Antonio Soler, Enrique Granados, Isaac Albeniz, Federico Mompou, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Franz Xaver Scharwenka, Walter Niemann, Stephen Hough Performer: Stephen Hough
Number of Discs: 1 |
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 Stephen Hough's imaginative series of mixed recital piano albums explores Spain this time around, showcasing authentic Spaniards for nine selections before moving on to ersatz Spaniards like Debussy, Ravel, Godowsky, Scharwenka, Niemann, and Stephen Hough disguised as Falla. Each composer's style suits Hough, whose breathtakingly agile technique, ravishing tone, and gift for characterization will massage your ears and melt your senses. Who cares if Hough's infinite gradations of diminuendo in the Soler F-sharp major Sonata are contrived as hell, when they sound so gorgeous? Conversely, his feeling for internalized rubato and parsing melodies over bar lines in the Evocación and Triana from Albéniz's Iberia make me curious to hear Hough in the rest of the cycle. He imbues Granados' Valses poeticos with variety and meaning, making these salonish pieces sound more interesting than they are. While Hough's elegant, transparent Mompou is a known quantity via his earlier Hyperion release entirely devoted to that composer, his sultry, seductively nuanced La Puerta del Vino wins 2007's Sexiest Debussy Recording of the Year Award. True, Hough doesn't gild the Godowsky/Albéniz Tango lily so impishly as Shura Cherkassky, yet his own "On Falla" (pun intended!) is a loving, skillfully-crafted parody guaranteed to stump even the most advanced players of "Guess the Composer". A truly delectable disc. --Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com |
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Aragón by Federico Longas | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century |
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| 2. |
Sonata for Keyboard no 90 in F sharp major by Antonio Soler | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Classical Written: 18th Century; Spain |
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Valses (7) poeticos by Enrique Granados | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1887; Spain |
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Suite Iberia, Book 1: no 1, Evocación by Isaac Albeniz | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1904-1906; France |
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Suite Iberia, Book 2: no 3, Triana by Isaac Albeniz | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1906; France |
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Impresiones intimas (9): no 5, Pájaro triste by Federico Mompou | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1911-1914; Paris, France |
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Impresiones intimas (9): no 6, La barca by Federico Mompou | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: Paris, France |
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| Notes: Composition written: Paris, France (1911 - 1914). | |||||
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Impresiones intimas (9): no 8, Secreto by Federico Mompou | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1911-1914; Paris, France |
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Impresiones intimas (9): no 9, Gitano by Federico Mompou | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1911-1914; Paris, France |
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| 10. |
Estampes (3) for Piano: no 2, La soirée dans Grenade by Claude Debussy | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1903; France |
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Préludes, Book 1: no 9, La sérénade interrompue by Claude Debussy | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1910; France |
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Préludes, Book 2: no 3, La puerta del vino by Claude Debussy | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1912-1913; France |
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| 13. |
Pièce en forme de Habañera by Maurice Ravel | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1907; France |
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| Notes: Arranger: Maurice Dumesnil. | |||||
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Hojas de album (6), Op. 165 "España": no 2, Tango by Isaac Albeniz | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1890; London, England |
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| Notes: Arranger: Leopold Godowsky. | |||||
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Spanisches Stänchen, Op. 63 no 1 by Franz Xaver Scharwenka | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: Poland |
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Evening in Seville, Op. 55 no 2 by Walter Niemann | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century |
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| 17. |
On Falla by Stephen Hough | ||||
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Performer:
Stephen Hough (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 2005 |
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