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 Gouno's Ave Maria.
1 Bach:Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV1004 - V. Chaconne
2 Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2 in B Flat minor, Op 35 - I. Grave - Doppio Movimento
3 Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2 in B Flat minor, Op 35 - II. Scherzo
4 Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2 in B Flat minor, Op 35 - III. Marche Funèbre
5 Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2 in B Flat minor, Op 35 - IV. Presto
6 Liszt: Harmonies Poétiques Et Religieuses, S173 - VII. Funérailles
7 Liszt: Bagatelle Sans Tonalité, S216A
8 Busoni: Kammer-Fantasie Über Carmen, BV284
9 Hough: Piano Sonata No.4 'Vida Breve'
10 Anonymous: Arirang
11 Gounod: Méditation Sur Le Premier Prélude de Piano de J S Bach 'Ave Maria'
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 Gouno's Ave Maria.
