My Favorite Things - Virtuoso Encores / Stephen Hough

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Label
Nimbus
Release Date
May 1, 2009
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CHOPIN RODGERS GODOWSKY
    • PERFORMER
      Stephen Hough
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 01, 2009
    • UPC
      710357254024
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NI2540
    • LABEL
      Nimbus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. 2 Fantasiestücke, Op. 17: No. 2. Hexentanz

      Composer: Edward MacDowell

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    2. Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S480/R145: No. 1. Madchens Wunsch (Zyczenie, The Maiden's Wish)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    3. 3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (arr. for piano)

      Composer: Roger Quilter

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    4. 6 Songs, Op. 25: No. 2. The Fuchsia Tree (arr. for piano)

      Composer: Roger Quilter

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    5. 6 Concert Etudes, Op. 28: No. 6 in F Minor, "Capriccio"

      Composer: Ernő Dohnányi

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    6. Humoresques de concert, Op. 14: No. 1. Minuet in G Major, "Menuet celebre"

      Composer: Ignacy Jan Paderewski

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    7. Miscellanea, Op. 16: No. 4. Nocturne in B-flat major

      Composer: Ignacy Jan Paderewski

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    8. Etude in A-Flat Major, Op. 1, No. 2

      Composer: Paul de Schlozer

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    9. Melodie in E Minor, Op. 8

      Composer: Ossip Gabrilovich

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    10. Caprice Burlesque, Op. 3

      Composer: Ossip Gabrilovich

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    11. The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things (arr. for piano)

      Composer: Richard Rodgers

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    12. 4 Indian Love Lyrics: Kashmiri Song, "Pale hands I loved" (arr. for piano)

      Composer: Amy Woodforde-Finden

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    13. Music Box, Op. 33, No. 3

      Composer: Ignaz Friedman

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    14. Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals: XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan)

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    15. Papillons

      Composer: Moriz Rosenthal

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    16. Java Suite, Part III: VIII. The Gardens of Buitenzorg

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    17. Waltz in A Major, Op. 2

      Composer: Mischa Levitzki

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    18. En route, Op. 9

      Composer: Selim Palmgren

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    19. 3 Morceaux poetiques, Op. 42: No. 2. Siciliano

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    20. Caprice espagnol, Op. 37

      Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

      Performer: Stephen Hough




MY FAVORITE THINGS • Stephen Hough (pn) • NIMBUS 2540 (63:07)


MACDOWELL Hexentanz. CHOPIN (arr. Liszt) The Maiden’s Wish. QUILTER (arr. Hough) Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal. The Fuchsia Tree. DOHNÁNYI Capriccio in f. PADEREWSKI Minuet in G. Nocturne. SCHLOZER Etude in A?. GABRILOVICH Melodie in E. Caprice-Burlesque. RODGERS (arr. Hough) The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things. WOODFORDE-FINDEN (arr. Hough) Kashmiri Love Song. FRIEDMAN Music Box. SAINT-SAËNS (arr. Godowsky) Carnival of the Animals: The Swan. ROSENTHAL Papillons. GODOWSKY Java Suite: The Gardens of Buitenzorg. LEVITZKI Waltz. PALMGREN En route. MOSKOWSKI Morceaux: Siciliano. Caprice espagnole


The 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 fin de siècle 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. If this material appeals to you, you are not going to get a better presentation than we have here. A bit of candy now and again won’t kill you.


FANFARE: Peter Burwasser