Cat No:
CDA67996
Release Date: 01 May 2014
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571179964
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
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Description
This latest recital album by ‘the thinking person’s virtuoso: an extraordinary pianist’ (The New York Times) takes the listener on a journey through that most intense and absorbing of nineteenth-century obsessions, the night. The Romantic night was one without sleep; where experiences are mutated through darkness. Stephen Hough’s thoughtful programming creates a new aural sphere for some of the most celebrated piano works in the repertoire.
Hough begins with Schumann’s troubled, reeling ‘In der Nacht’ from Fantasiestucke, and continues with Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata and Chopin’s two Op 27 Nocturnes.
With Schumann’s Carnaval we eavesdrop on one of the most vibrant parties in the nineteenth-century piano literature, with its panoply of brilliantly etched character sketches depicting both real people—such as Chopin and Paganini—and imaginary ones. Each movement is vividly contrasted; there are moments of unbridled ecstasy, elegant poise and elusive subtlety.
Also included is Stephen Hough’s own Piano Sonata No 2 ‘notturno luminoso’, which he describes as ‘about a different kind of night … the brightness of a brash city in the hours of darkness; the loneliness of pre-morning; sleeplessness and the dull glow of the alarm clock’s unmoving hours; the irrational fears which are only darkened by the harsh glare of a suspended, dusty light bulb'. -
Tracklisting
- 1. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>In der Nacht</b> Book 2 No 1 of <i>Fantasiestücke</i>,
- 2. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN | <b>Piano Sonata in C sharp minor</b> Moonlight Op 27 No 2 | Adagi
- 3. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN | <b>Piano Sonata in C sharp minor</b> Moonlight Op 27 No 2 | Alleg
- 4. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN | <b>Piano Sonata in C sharp minor</b> Moonlight Op 27 No 2 | Prest
- 5. FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN | <b>Nocturne in C sharp minor</b> Op 27 No 1 [5'13]
- 6. FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN | <b>Nocturne in D flat major</b> Op 27 No 2 [5'30]
- 7. STEPHEN HOUGH | <b>Piano Sonata No 2 notturno luminoso</b> [18'23]
- 8. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Préambule | Quasi maestoso [2'12]
- 9. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Pierrot | Moderato [1'31]
- 10. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Arlequin | Vivo [1'02]
- 11. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Valse noble | Un poco maestoso [2'10]
- 12. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Eusebius | Adagio [1'37]
- 13. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Florestan | Passionato [0'59]
- 14. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Coquette | Vivo [1'37]
- 15. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Réplique | Listesso tempo [0'48]
- 16. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Papillons | Prestissimo [0'47]
- 17. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | ASCHSCHA (Lettres dansantes) | Presto [0'51]
- 18. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Chiarina | Passionato [1'29]
- 19. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Chopin | Agitato [1'21]
- 20. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Estrella | Con affetto [0'29]
- 21. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Reconnaissance | Animato [1'55]
- 22. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Pantalon et Colombine | Presto [1'01]
- 23. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Valse allemande | Molto vivace [0'51]
- 24. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Paganini (Intermezzo) | Presto [1'21]
- 25. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Aveu | Passionato [1'20]
- 26. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Promenade | Comodo [2'39]
- 27. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Pause | Vivo [0'15]
- 28. ROBERT SCHUMANN | <b>Carnaval</b> Op 9 | Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins
Disc 1
Side 1
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Machaut: A lover's death
The Orlando Consort
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Schumann: Violin Sonatas
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War Silence - Rare Italian piano concertos
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A monk's life
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Chopin: Nocturnes
Stephen Hough
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Stephen Hough in recital
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Brahms: Cello Sonatas
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Bird Songs at Eventide
Robert White, Stephen Hough
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