{"title":"Stephen Hough","description":"\u003cp\u003eb. 1961. British pianist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Hough is a highly regarded British concert pianist known for his intellectual depth, technical brilliance, and wide-ranging repertoire from Romantic to contemporary. Frequent collaborator with Steven Isserlis. Also a composer in his own right.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mompou-musica-callada","title":"Mompou: Música Callada \/ Hough","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Penguin Guide to Compact Discs awarded a rosette to Stephen Hough’s earlier Gramophone Award-winning Hyperion recording of Mompou, and this successor is equally fine. Música callada comprises twenty-eight exquisite miniatures, brief in duration yet rich in allusion: music which makes its mark with subtlety, understatement and a unique economy of means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eREVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHough is the ideal guide to the music of Mompou. He wholly inhabits the music’s mystical atmosphere, its holy simplicity. Exquisite sensitivity is matched by a steely strength. Sounds coalesce and insist on their presence, before disappearing into the ether. Austerity blends with warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— BBC Music Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HYPERION","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46013251092714,"sku":"034571283623","price":18.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4158203-2932442.jpg?v=1778354396"},{"product_id":"my-favorite-things-virtuoso-encores-stephen-hough-68341","title":"My Favorite Things - Virtuoso Encores \/ Stephen Hough","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eMY FAVORITE THINGS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12b\"\u003e• \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eStephen Hough (pn) \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12b\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e NIMBUS 2540 (63:07) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eMACDOWELL \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eHexentanz. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eCHOPIN\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e(arr. Liszt) \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eThe Maiden’s Wish. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eQUILTER \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e(arr. Hough) \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eNow Sleeps the Crimson Petal. The Fuchsia Tree. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eDOHNÁNYI \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eCapriccio in f. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003ePADEREWSKI \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eMinuet in G. Nocturne. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eSCHLOZER \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eEtude in A?.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e GABRILOVICH \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eMelodie in E.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003e Caprice-Burlesque. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eRODGERS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e(arr. Hough) \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eThe Sound of Music: \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eMy Favorite Things.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e WOODFORDE-FINDEN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e(arr. Hough) \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eKashmiri Love Song. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eFRIEDMAN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eMusic Box. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eSAINT-SAËNS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e(arr. Godowsky) \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eCarnival of the Animals: \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eThe Swan. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eROSENTHAL \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003ePapillons. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eGODOWSKY \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eJava Suite: \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eThe Gardens of Buitenzorg. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eLEVITZKI \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eWaltz. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003ePALMGREN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eEn route. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eMOSKOWSKI \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eMorceaux: \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eSiciliano.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003e Caprice espagnole \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eThe superb British pianist Stephen Hough is no stranger to contemporary music. He is a composer himself. And yet this collection of bon-bons is unapologetically old-fashioned, or to put somewhat less pejoratively, quaint. These pieces are of the sort that appeared as encores on solo programs generations ago. Of course, this is not intended as a challenging recital; they don’t all have to be. Many of the works are transcriptions made by concert pianists, such as Liszt, Godowsky, and Hough himself, or original compositions from such giants of the \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003efin de siècle\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e golden age of pianism as Paderewski, Gabrilovich, Rosenthal, Friedman, and Godowsky again, and so there is no little razzle dazzle here. Lots of notes! And yet Hough’s playing is lovely rather than showy, with great finesse, delectably shaped phrases, and a celebration of pretty melodies. Nimbus gives us warm and colorful sound. 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