Stephen Hough - Stephen Hough's English Piano Album (2002)
BAND/ARTIST: Stephen Hough
- Title: Stephen Hough's English Piano Album
- Year Of Release: 2002
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:13:40
- Total Size: 174 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Bagatelles: I. Allegro
02. Bagatelles: II. Allegretto
03. Bagatelles: III. Presto non assai
04. Bagatelles: IV. Lento
05. 2 Poems in Homage to Delius: I. Rustic Idyll
06. 2 Poems in Homage to Delius: II. Serenade and Dance of Spring
07. Valse Enigmatique No. 1
08. Valse Enigmatique No. 2
09. In Smyrna, Piano Sketch
10. 2 Poems in Homage to Fauré: I. Chanson d'automne
11. 2 Poems in Homage to Fauré: II. Impromptu. Le printemps
12. Song to the Seals
13. Reverie d'Amour, Op. 20 No. 2
14. Serious Dance, Op. 51 No. 2
15. The Way to Polden "An Ambling Tune", Op. 76
16. The Dew Fairy
17. Heart's Ease, H. 161a
18. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 1. Adagio molto
19. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 2. Allegro molto e secco, molto ritmico
20. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 3. Adagio molto, mysterioso ma molto espressivo
21. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 4. Allegro leggiero e capriccioso
22. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 5. Allegro molto, nervoso
23. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 6. Presto con bravura – precipitosa, il più presto possible al fine
This disc, which is very close to Stephen Hough's heart, should be thought of as an addition to his very successful series of 'Piano Albums'. In fact this recital started off with material left over from his New Piano Album (CDA67043).
The disc is a tribute to the English school of piano composition—mostly a 20th-century phenomenon, and the material is very much a personal selection rather than an encyclopaedic overview. The mood is predominantly lyrical and nostalgic (perhaps very English phenomena), and most of the pieces are very much the kind Stephen might present as encores. There is some serious 'meat' though in the form of Leighton's Study Variations. These are a major addition to the piano repertoire and add to the growing recognition, some fourteen years after his death, that in Kenneth Leighton we have a major composer indeed.
01. Bagatelles: I. Allegro
02. Bagatelles: II. Allegretto
03. Bagatelles: III. Presto non assai
04. Bagatelles: IV. Lento
05. 2 Poems in Homage to Delius: I. Rustic Idyll
06. 2 Poems in Homage to Delius: II. Serenade and Dance of Spring
07. Valse Enigmatique No. 1
08. Valse Enigmatique No. 2
09. In Smyrna, Piano Sketch
10. 2 Poems in Homage to Fauré: I. Chanson d'automne
11. 2 Poems in Homage to Fauré: II. Impromptu. Le printemps
12. Song to the Seals
13. Reverie d'Amour, Op. 20 No. 2
14. Serious Dance, Op. 51 No. 2
15. The Way to Polden "An Ambling Tune", Op. 76
16. The Dew Fairy
17. Heart's Ease, H. 161a
18. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 1. Adagio molto
19. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 2. Allegro molto e secco, molto ritmico
20. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 3. Adagio molto, mysterioso ma molto espressivo
21. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 4. Allegro leggiero e capriccioso
22. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 5. Allegro molto, nervoso
23. 6 Studies "Study Variations", Op. 56: Var. 6. Presto con bravura – precipitosa, il più presto possible al fine
This disc, which is very close to Stephen Hough's heart, should be thought of as an addition to his very successful series of 'Piano Albums'. In fact this recital started off with material left over from his New Piano Album (CDA67043).
The disc is a tribute to the English school of piano composition—mostly a 20th-century phenomenon, and the material is very much a personal selection rather than an encyclopaedic overview. The mood is predominantly lyrical and nostalgic (perhaps very English phenomena), and most of the pieces are very much the kind Stephen might present as encores. There is some serious 'meat' though in the form of Leighton's Study Variations. These are a major addition to the piano repertoire and add to the growing recognition, some fourteen years after his death, that in Kenneth Leighton we have a major composer indeed.
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