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| 1. 'Was mit den Tränen geschieht', trio for piccolo, contrabassoon and piano; |
| 2. Bridgewater, romantic idyll for bassoon and piano; |
| 3. Un Piccolo Sonatina for piccolo solo; |
| 4. 5 Herbstlieder for baritone and piano to texts by Rainer Maria Rilke; |
| 5. Sonata for Piano (broken branches); |
| 6. The Loneliest Wilderness, elegy for cello and orchestra |
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There's something awe-inspiring about the sheer multifariousness of Stephen Hough's achievements. --The Daily Telegraph
Pianist Stephen Hough has been composing since he was six,and here he marks his 50th birthday with a collection of his works.The title refers to his lovely piano sonata subtly influenced by Mompou and Scriabin but we also get fine performances from Cellist Steven Isserlis and baritone Jacques Imbrailo. Album of the Week --Independent,10/12/11
This CD adds highly talented composer to the list of Stephen Hough's many accomplishments. Performance **** Recording ***** --BBC Music Magazine,Jan'12
Hough's music speaks with substance, fluent ease, confidence and communicative immediacy. --Gramophone,Feb'12
Pianist Stephen Hough has been composing since he was six,and here he marks his 50th birthday with a collection of his works.The title refers to his lovely piano sonata subtly influenced by Mompou and Scriabin but we also get fine performances from Cellist Steven Isserlis and baritone Jacques Imbrailo. Album of the Week --Independent,10/12/11
This CD adds highly talented composer to the list of Stephen Hough's many accomplishments. Performance **** Recording ***** --BBC Music Magazine,Jan'12
Hough's music speaks with substance, fluent ease, confidence and communicative immediacy. --Gramophone,Feb'12
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One of the finest pianists performing in the world today, Stephen Hough here turns to composition in a disc of his works. This disc was compiled to celebrate Hough's 50th birthday. Having composed music from the age of six, The 2005 work The Loneliest Wilderness was the 'first serious piece in two decades', but this has been followed by a steady stream of works. The principal work on this disc is the Sonata for Piano Broken Branches, with the premiere taking place at Wigmore Hall in June 2011. At a glance, the work looks to be a set of miniatures, but Hough maintains there are lots of links between the pieces. And the end marks a return to the beginning, but now autumn has become spring.' This work is accompanied by some of Hough's other important works: Was mit den Tranen geschieht was commissioned in 2009 by members of the Berlin Philharmonic, and 5 Herbstlieder a setting of five autumnal poems by Rilke, here performed by baritone Jacques Imbrailo who performed the world première of the work in 2010. The elegiac The Loneliest Wilderness is based on a previous song setting by Hough of a poem by Herbert Read, and again the work was written for a close collaborator of the composer, namely Steven Isserlis who performs it here together with the Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Gabor Takacs-Nagy.
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