Lyric Pieces - Stephen Hough

1
Arietta (No 1 of Lyric Pieces Book 1, Op 12)[1'09]
2
Vuggevise (No 1, 'Berceuse' from Lyric Pieces Book 2, Op 38)[2'33]
3
Elegi (No 6, 'Elegy' from Lyric Pieces Book 2, Op 38)[2'27]
4
Sommerfugl (No 1, 'Butterfly' from Lyric Pieces Book 3, Op 43)[1'44]
5
Ensom vandrer (No 2, 'Solitary traveller' from Lyric Pieces Book 3, Op 43)[1'41]
6
I hjemmet (No 3, 'In my native country' from Lyric Pieces Book 3, Op 43)[1'47]
7
Småfugl (No 4, 'Little bird' from Lyric Pieces Book 3, Op 43)[1'39]
8
Erotikk (No 5, 'Erotikon' from Lyric Pieces Book 3, Op 43)[2'23]
9
Til våren (No 6, 'To spring' from Lyric Pieces Book 3, Op 43)[3'07]
10
Valse-impromptu (No 1 of Lyric Pieces Book 4, Op 47)[3'23]
11
Melodi (No 3, 'Melody' from Lyric Pieces Book 4, Op 47)[2'46]
12
Elegi (No 7, 'Elegy' from Lyric Pieces Book 4, Op 47)[3'11]
13
Trolltog (No 3, 'March of the trolls' from Lyric Pieces Book 5, Op 54)[3'00]
14
Notturno (No 4 of Lyric Pieces Book 5, Op 54)[3'54]
15
Klokkeklang (No 6, 'Bell ringing' from Lyric Pieces Book 5, Op 54)[3'31]
16
Hjemve (No 6, 'Homesickness' from Lyric Pieces Book 6, Op 57)[3'36]
17
Sylfide (No 1, 'Sylph' from Lyric Pieces Book 7, Op 62)[1'27]
18
Hjemad (No 6, 'Homeward' from Lyric Pieces Book 7, Op 62)[3'03]
19
Fra ungdomsdagene (No 1, 'From early years' from Lyric Pieces Book 8, Op 65)[4'47]
20
Salong (No 4, 'Salon' from Lyric Pieces Book 8, Op 65)[2'09]
21
Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (No 6, 'Wedding day at Troldhaugen' from Lyric Pieces Book 8, Op 65)[5'58]
22
Bestemors menuett (No 2, 'Grandmother's minuet' from Lyric Pieces Book 9, Op 68)[2'12]
23
For dine fötter (No 3, 'At your feet' from Lyric Pieces Book 9, Op 68)[3'11]
24
Bådnlåt (No 5, 'At the cradle' from Lyric Pieces Book 9, Op 68)[2'26]
25
Sommeraften (No 2, 'Summer's eve' from Lyric Pieces Book 10, Op 71)[2'17]
26
Småtroll (No 3, 'Puck' from Lyric Pieces Book 10, Op 71)[1'55]
27
Efterklang (No 7, 'Remembrances' from Lyric Pieces Book 10, Op 71)[1'51]

Stephen HoughSince the dawn of the gramophone era Grieg’s Lyric Pieces have attracted the greatest pianists to the microphone. Their individual brevity played a part in this, of course, but rather more so did their intellectual transparency. For this new recording Stephen Hough has chosen twenty-seven (of the sixty-six), a generous selection encompassing every nuace of emotion, every tone of pianistic mastery.