New Piano Album - Stephen Hough

Soirées de Vienne – Valses-caprices d'après Fr. Schubert S427Franz Liszt (1811-1886) & Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
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No 6 in A minor[6'39]
Momens musicals D780 Op 94Franz Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)
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No 3 in F minor[1'56]
Die schöne Müllerin D795Franz Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)
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No 8: Morgengrüss[4'04]
TriakontameronLeopold Godowsky (1870-1938)
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No 11: Alt Wien[2'16]
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Étincelles Op 36 No 6[2'52]Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)
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Mélodie (No 2 in G flat major of Miscellanea, Op 16)[4'03]Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
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Pierrette – Air de ballet Op 41[2'20]Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Pièces humoristiques Op 87Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
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No 4: Autrefois[3'33]
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Was weiss ein nie geküsster Rosenmund[2'56]Emmerich Kálmán (1882-1953), arr. Stephen Hough (b1961)
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Musical Jewellery Box[2'57]Stephen Hough (b1961)
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Étude de concert[3'54]Stephen Hough (b1961)
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Hello young lovers[2'23]Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), arr. Stephen Hough (b1961)
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The Carousel Waltz[5'39]Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), arr. Stephen Hough (b1961)
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Londonderry Air[3'30]Anonymous - traditional, arr. Stephen Hough (b1961)
Morceaux de salon Op 10Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
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No 5 in G major: Humoresque[3'27]
Morceaux de fantaisie Op 3 revisedSergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
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No 3 in E major: Mélodie[3'49]
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Humoresque Op 10 No 2[2'46]Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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Dumka 'Russian Rustic Scene' Op 59[8'34]Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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Pas de quatre. Dance of the Four Swans[1'35]Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), arr. Earl Wild (1915-2010)
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Sleeping Beauty Paraphrase[7'24]Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), arr. Eugene Pabst (?-?) & Stephen Hough (b1961)

Back in the 80's Stephen Hough made two recordings for Virgin Classics which quickly became cult items among piano enthusiasts throughout the world. Using the title 'The Piano Album' those CD's featured a variety of the encore type pieces in which the pianist revels in the possibilities of his instrument, pieces designed to show off the performer as much as the music.

Stephen Hough's New Piano Album revisits this territory with a new selection of gems. This is the music of the great pianists of the past, and many, Rachmaninov and Paderewski to name but two, not only played such pieces but also wrote them. While times and styles have sadly changed, those who have heard Stephen Hough in concert know that at encore time this tradition is alive and well in his hands and that amongst the jewels of the past it is equally likely there will be a new Hough transcription such as the Carousel waltz included here.

This is a unique collection that will delight all fans of both Stephen Hough and romantic piano music.