Sauer/Scharwenka - Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 11 - Hough, Stephen (piano)
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GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER / RECORD OF THE YEAR
CLASSIC CD AWARD WINNER
CLASSIC CD 100 GREATEST DISCS OF THE DECADE 'Here, surely, is the jewel in the crown of Hyperion's absorbing series ... A flawless marriage of composer, performance, recording and presentation ... For here is a scintillating wit and ebullience that will make lesser technicians and stylists weep with envy ... As magisterial as it is ear ... tickling and affectionate, his playing glows with warmth…and pulses with the most nonchalant glitter in the finale ... [Sauer] Throughout, haunting melodies are embroidered with the finest pianistic tracery and, once again, the performance is bewitching ... [Sauer Cavatina] Hough’s caressing, fine ... spun tone and long ... breathed phrasing are a model for singers as well as pianists
(Gramophone)
'A glitteringly worthy addition to the Hyperion series ... Stephen Hough exhibits dazzling flair in showpiece concertos by Sauer and Scharwenka – and plenty of stamina ... Hough plays throughout with exhilarating momentum and dazzling technical address. I doubt whether any CD has so many double octave passages as this, but he never wearies, and his response to both works is as many-sided as the music itself ... Not to be missed, on any account’
(Classic CD)
'Here are two long-neglected piano concertos that will thrill and delight you ... Stephen Hough’s playing of it confirms his place as one of the half dozen greatest piano technicians of our time ... Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto survey has never had a more distinguished protagonist than Stephen Hough'
(Fanfare, USA)
'A first class Hyperion recording.'
(The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)
'Stephen Hough’s punchy, glittering account [of the Scharwenka] is electrifying, his precision and rhythmic élan, especially in the terrifying finale, is beyond praise'
(International Record Review)
'This Gramophone Award-winning disc thrills from start to finish ... Hough’s meticulously voiced and glistening pianism really takes some believing considering the technical pressure exerted by these caruscatingly ingenious scores ... Anyone who has yet to catch up with this remarkable disc should do so without delay'
(International Piano)
STEPHEN HOUGH piano
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
LAWRENCE FOSTER conductor
FRANZ XAVER SCHARWENKA
PIANO CONCERTO NO 4 IN F MINOR, op 82
1. Allegro patetico
2. Intermezzo. Allegretto molto tranquillo
3. Lento, mesto -
4. Allegro con fuoco
EMIL VON SAUER
PIANO CONCERTO NO 1 IN E MINOR
5. Allegro patetico
6. Scherzo. Molto vivace - Andante con moto, quasi Allegretto - Tempo I
7. Cavatina. Larghetto amoroso
8. Rondo. Tempo giusto