Stephen Hough - Debussy: Piano Music (2018) [Hi-Res]

Any new recording from Stephen Hough is a keenly awaited musical event. Here his customary scintillating technique and imaginative intelligence (The Guardian) are deployed in the service of an all-Debussy recital which sets the bar high at this, the start of the composers centenary year.

A well-balanced selection embraces most of Debussy's larger works for solo piano outside the two books of Préludes and the Études. The triptych of Estampes sets the tone with clear, atmospheric playing, given an extra warmth in Hyperion's perfectly judged recording. --Financial Times, January'17