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Tchaikovsky: Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.50; Concertos 1, 2 & 3/ Concerto Fantasia) [CD]

Stephen Hough Audio CD
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Hough was born in Heswall (then in Cheshire) on the Wirral Peninsula, and grew up in Hoylake, where he began piano lessons at the age of five. In 1978, he was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition and won the piano section. In 1982, he won the Terence Judd Award in England. In 1983, he took first prize at the Naumburg International Piano Competition in New ... Read more in Amazon's Stephen Hough Store

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  • Performer: Stephen Hough
  • Orchestra: The Minnesota Orchestra
  • Conductor: Osmo Vanska
  • Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Audio CD (29 Mar 2010)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Hyperion
  • ASIN: B0037TTQ4C
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 69,392 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor
2. Concert Fantasia in G major
3. Piano Concerto No 2 in G major Op 44
4. Piano Concerto No 3 in E flat major Op 75

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This is great recording-nodoubt about that- and one which,if there is any justice,will garner any number of awards. A milestone recording --The Gramophone. May 2010

Whether he's playing Hummel, Scharwenka and Sauer or Saint Saens and Rachmaninov,Stephen Hough almost always offers concerto performances that are guaranteed to set the pulses racing. the same can certainly be said of this warmly recoded Tchaikovsky set which appropriately forms the 50th release in Hyperion's hugely enterprising Romantic Piano Concerto series. performance***** recording**** --BBC Music Magazine ,May 2010

Whether he's playing Hummel, Scharwenka and Sauer or Saint Saens and Rachmaninov,Stephen Hough almost always offers concerto performances that are guaranteed to set the pulses racing. the same can certainly be said of this warmly recoded Tchaikovsky set which appropriately forms the 50th release in Hyperion's hugely enterprising Romantic Piano Concerto series. performance***** recording**** --BBC Music Magazine ,May 2010

One of the TOP ALBUMS OF 2010 --Sunday Times

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Stephen Hough, piano - Minnesota Orchestra - Osmo Vänskä, direction

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66 of 66 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The four Piano/orchestral works in one box. 4 April 2010
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I had waited with great expectation for my copy of these CDs since hearing Stephen Hough's playing of the works last year during the Proms season in London.
This set marks the 50th issue from Hyperion's excellent Romantic Piano Concerto series and an accompanying booklet in the package lists the previous 49, and indeed the planned succeeding issue.
Let me say at the outset that this 2 CD box, containing the 3 concertos and Concert Fantasia is a wonderful issue in every way.
The quality of the recordings is first rate; something we have come to take for granted from this label!
The detailed program notes inform the reader of the background to the writing of these pieces.
One great bonus is the inclusion of, not one but three second movements for the second concerto.
We have Tchaikovsky's original, a truncated version by Siloti and finally Hough's own version.
The program notes explain in detail the story behind this and it is unnecessary to reproduce it here.
In these recordings we have spontaneous applause at the end of each work. Rest assured the live audience was on its best behaviour and there are no coughs to be heard !
The orchestra is the Minnesota, conducted by Osmo Vänskä.
The pianist and conductor take all these works at a fair pace. They are virtuoso works and need a player with great technical ability who can rise above the demands and bring out the beauty of the actual music. Stephen Hough's playing is of the highest quality in this music and all pieces are thrilling indeed to listen to. The Concert fantasia need's this approach, or it tends to sound rather dull as it does on more than one version on my shelves!
The second concerto is also wonderful and the main cadenza under Mr Hough's fingers leaves the jaw dropping in wonderment. The excitement he and his conductor generate at the end of the first and final movements is tremendous.
Some may find the speeds a little too fast at times.
An example is the very beginning of the first concerto, where the music hardly has time to breathe.
But the ear quickly adjusts to the tempi and these are certainly some of the most exhilarating performances available on disc.
Warmly recommended.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Piano Concertos 30 April 2011
By Denbow
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This recently purchased 2 CD set has quickly become one of my favourites, I think Stephen Hough's interpretation of Tchaikovsky's three Piano Concertos is nothing short of brilliant not to mention the other pieces in this set. I would certainly recommend this set to you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant unmistakeable Hough 4 Jun 2010
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I have five different CD's of these Concertos but Stephen Hough's is by far the best.
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