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The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

Piano Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 37b; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3; Ludwig ...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Cziffra, György; Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Hough, Stephen; Litton, Andrew; Paik, Kun-woo; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Pommier, Jean-Ber...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Vonk, Hans; Plasson, Michel; Cziffra, György; Jansons, Mariss; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Pletnev, Mikhail; Tetzlaff, Christian; Litton, Andrew; Hickox,...

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Liszt Rêve d'Amour / Paik, Duchâble, Hough, Rudy

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Franz Liszt: Liebesträume, notturno for piano no 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/; Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172; La Campanella II, etude for piano in G sharp ...
Performers: Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Hough, Stephen; Paik, Kun-woo; Rudy, Mikhail

Chopin: The Complete Waltzes / Stephen Hough, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-08-09

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for Piano in E flat major, B 62/Op. 18 "Grande valse brillante"; Waltzes (3) for Piano, Op. 34; Waltz for Piano in A flat major, B 131/Op. 42 "Grande Valse"; Waltzes ...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

Stephen Hough has a unique affinity for the music of Chopin, whose music has always been a central part of his repertoire. His earlier Chopin...continue...
Recording information: The Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth (10/17/2010-10/20/2010)....continue...

My Favorite Things / Stephen Hough, piano

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-08-11

Works: Edward MacDowell: Hexentanz (Witches' Dance), for piano, Op. 17/2; Franz Liszt: Mädchens Wunsch (after Chopin); Roger Quilter: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal for voice & piano, Op. 3/2; The Fuschi...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

Virtually all the pieces in this recital were written by pianist-composers rather than composer-pianists, the majority prominent at the turn of the century. They are...continue...

Stephen Hough in recital

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-03-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses (17) for Piano in D minor, Op. 54; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111; Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, in D f...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

The Stephen Hough discography is enhanced by this delightful recital disc from the winner of the Gramophone Gold Disc Award, acclaimed recently as, "Britain's finest...continue...

Stephen Hough's Spanish Album

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-01-09

Works: Antonio Soler: Sonata for Keyboard no 90 in F sharp major; Enriqué Granados: Valses (7) poeticos; Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Iberia Suite, Book 2; Work(s); Federico Mompou: Impres...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"Each composer's style suits Hough, whose breathtakingly agile technique, ravishing tone, and gift for characterization will massage your ears and melt your senses... his sultry,...continue...

Liszt: Années de pèlerinage - Suisse / Stephen Hough

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-09-13

Works: Franz Liszt: Album d'un voyageur, S 156; Les Adieux, Rêverie sur un motif de l'opéra Roméo et Juliette, transcription for piano (after Gounod; Paraphrase on a Waltz from Gounod's "Faus...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"Spaciously framed, sound is recessed only enough to allow Hough's colors to flare into radiance." -Adrian Corleonis, Fanfare...continue...

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz; Après une lecture de Dante; Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto Waltz no 1"; Venezia e Napoli, S 162 (Année de pèlerinage 2 supplement); Rhapsodie espagnole for Piano, S 254; Pensée des ...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

Stephen Hough's New Piano Album - Chaminade, Godowsky, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-11-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Soirée de Vienne 6 (after Schubert); Work(s); Franz Schubert: Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94; Morgengruss ("Guten Morgen..."), song for voice & piano (Die schön...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"This latest outstanding release recalls a world of musical enchantment where artifice and sentiment are distinct virtues...Beside a glittering performance of Rachmaninoff's 'Humoresque' and an...continue...