Starter Packs

Complete your collection with these curated titles, grouped at a special discount.

Shop Now
Nimbus

My Favorite Things - Virtuoso Encores / Stephen Hough

$16.99

Details

Composer
CHOPIN RODGERS GODOWSKY
Artist
Stephen Hough
Format
CD
Label
Nimbus
Released
May 01, 2009
Catalog #
NI2540
UPC
710357254024

About



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

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 2 Fantasiestücke, Op. 17: No. 2. Hexentanz 02:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    2 Fantasiestücke, Op. 17: No. 2. Hexentanz
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Edward MacDowell
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  2. 2 Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S480/R145: No. 1. Madchens Wunsch (Zyczenie, The Maiden's Wish) 03:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S480/R145: No. 1. Madchens Wunsch (Zyczenie, The Maiden's Wish)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  3. 3 3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (arr. for piano) 02:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (arr. for piano)
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Roger Quilter
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  4. 4 6 Songs, Op. 25: No. 2. The Fuchsia Tree (arr. for piano) 01:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    6 Songs, Op. 25: No. 2. The Fuchsia Tree (arr. for piano)
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Roger Quilter
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  5. 5 6 Concert Etudes, Op. 28: No. 6 in F Minor, "Capriccio" 02:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    6 Concert Etudes, Op. 28: No. 6 in F Minor, "Capriccio"
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Ernő Dohnányi
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  6. 6 Humoresques de concert, Op. 14: No. 1. Minuet in G Major, "Menuet celebre" 04:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    Humoresques de concert, Op. 14: No. 1. Minuet in G Major, "Menuet celebre"
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Ignacy Jan Paderewski
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  7. 7 Miscellanea, Op. 16: No. 4. Nocturne in B-flat major 04:11
    Track
    7
    Title
    Miscellanea, Op. 16: No. 4. Nocturne in B-flat major
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Ignacy Jan Paderewski
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  8. 8 Etude in A-Flat Major, Op. 1, No. 2 03:02
    Track
    8
    Title
    Etude in A-Flat Major, Op. 1, No. 2
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Paul de Schlozer
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  9. 9 Melodie in E Minor, Op. 8 04:14
    Track
    9
    Title
    Melodie in E Minor, Op. 8
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Ossip Gabrilovich
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  10. 10 Caprice Burlesque, Op. 3 04:22
    Track
    10
    Title
    Caprice Burlesque, Op. 3
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Ossip Gabrilovich
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  11. 11 The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things (arr. for piano) 02:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    The Sound of Music: My Favorite Things (arr. for piano)
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Richard Rodgers
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  12. 12 4 Indian Love Lyrics: Kashmiri Song, "Pale hands I loved" (arr. for piano) 03:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    4 Indian Love Lyrics: Kashmiri Song, "Pale hands I loved" (arr. for piano)
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Amy Woodforde-Finden
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  13. 13 Music Box, Op. 33, No. 3 02:35
    Track
    13
    Title
    Music Box, Op. 33, No. 3
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Ignaz Friedman
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  14. 14 Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals: XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan) 02:27
    Track
    14
    Title
    Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals: XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan)
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  15. 15 Papillons 02:29
    Track
    15
    Title
    Papillons
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Moriz Rosenthal
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  16. 16 Java Suite, Part III: VIII. The Gardens of Buitenzorg 03:29
    Track
    16
    Title
    Java Suite, Part III: VIII. The Gardens of Buitenzorg
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Leopold Godowsky
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  17. 17 Waltz in A Major, Op. 2 01:48
    Track
    17
    Title
    Waltz in A Major, Op. 2
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Mischa Levitzki
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  18. 18 En route, Op. 9 01:06
    Track
    18
    Title
    En route, Op. 9
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Selim Palmgren
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  19. 19 3 Morceaux poetiques, Op. 42: No. 2. Siciliano 02:42
    Track
    19
    Title
    3 Morceaux poetiques, Op. 42: No. 2. Siciliano
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Moritz Moszkowski
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
  20. 20 Caprice espagnol, Op. 37 05:42
    Track
    20
    Title
    Caprice espagnol, Op. 37
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Moritz Moszkowski
    Performer
    Stephen Hough