Title from disc label. Stephen Hough, piano. Recorded 2018 December 10-14 St. Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London. Compact disc.
Contents:
Méditation sur le premier prélude de piano de JS Bach 'Ave Maria' / Bach/Gounod/Hough (5:29). Piano sonata no. 2 in B flat minor op. 35 / Chopin (23:27) -- Funérailles from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S173 (11:11) ; Bagatelle sans tonalité (3:06) / Liszt -- Kammer-Fantasie über Carmen BWV 284 / Busoni (8:23) -- Piano sonata no. 4 'Vida breve' / Hough (9:30) -- Arirang / traditional/Hough (1:49) -- Méditation sur le premier prélude de piano de JS Bach 'Ave Maria' / Bach/Gounod/Hough (5:29).
Summary:
This stimulating recital from Stephen Hough spans centuries and styles with assurance. Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 and Hough's own Piano Sonata No. 4 are the twin peaks in a program that includes the unlikely pairing of Liszt's Funérailles and Gounod's Ave Maria.
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