Release Date: 03 February 2023
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571283623
Genres: Classical  Solo Instrumental  
Release Date: 03 February 2023
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571283623
Genres: Classical  Solo Instrumental  
Description
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs awarded a rosette to Stephen Hough's earlier Gramophone Award-winning Hyperion recording of Mompou,
and this successor is equally fine.
'Música callada' comprises twenty-eight exquisite miniatures, brief
in duration yet rich in allusion: music which makes its mark with subtlety, understatement and a unique economy of means.
"there is something just genuinely mesmerising about this noise Stephen Hough plays […]. The combination of objective skill, intellectual clarity, and colouration as well as his use of colours. […] It's luminous the way he can make the piano sing and sparkle. This confidence to find the space between the notes is perfectly suited to these sketches." – BBC Radio 3, Record Review
"For lovers of Mompou, this is as deep a descent into the well of this music as you will come across." – MusicWeb International
International Piano Album of the Month March 2023: "With evert phrase profoundly and lovingly considered, the pianism here is exquisite." – International Piano
Schubert: Piano Sonatas (CDA68370): "Among the most touching Schubert performances I have ever experienced." - Gramophone
Chopin: Nocturnes (CDA68351-2): "This complete set of Chopin Nocturnes....is a sure fire winner, fit to be placed alongside recordings by giants of the past." - The Mail on Sunday
"He brings focus and variety to each of these aural morsels, amply rewarding the concentration required on the part of the listener." – Gramophone
Tracklisting
The Orlando Consort
Alina Ibragimova, Cedric Tiberghien
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nir Kabaretti
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
Steven Isserlis
The Nash Ensemble
MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Ivor Bolton
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Stephen Hough
Steven Isserlis, Stephen Hough
Robert White, Stephen Hough
Steven Isserlis, Stephen Hough
Steven Isserlis, Stephen Hough
Stephen Hough
Stephen Hough