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This is the best set of Rachmaninov Piano Concertos ever recorded. You have no idea how hard I worked not to come to this conclusion,
Canny program builder that he is, Stephen Hough’s keen curatorial touch informs every aspect of this retrospective compilation culled from his richly varied Hyperion discography.
This multichannel release raises disturbing questions about the wisdom of issuing discs in a dual format. Having first heard the stereo-only version and acclaimed it
This survey of Strauss cello works includes one of the finest Don Quixotes since Pierre Fournier’s matchlessly aristocratic Berlin and Cleveland accounts. Steven Isserlis first
In the realm of piano rarities and off-the-beaten-track fare, Stephen Hough’s brilliant pianism and probing musicianship often yield reference results. Yet I’ve often found his
The three sonatas Stephen Hough has selected for this recital not only reveal Johann Nepomuk Hummel as a plausible “missing link” between Beethoven and Chopin,
Listening to this collection of miniatures by English composers is akin to passing a pleasant afternoon in a small gallery run by a fastidious, knowledgable,
The Franck is a transcription of his well-known violin sonata, and while the cello version brings richer, darker timbres, it loses the sense of unaffected
It’s good to see these wonderful, neglected (as a body) concertos getting some attention on disc. But in today’s market, with fine complete cycles available
This interpretation of Mozart’s Quintet K.452 comes the closest to that of Murray Perahia and the ECO winds on Sony, a performance that has taken
