Stephen Hough - Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos (Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 17) (1997)
Stephen Hough - Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos (Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 17) (1997)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 75:13 | 323 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | Catalog: CDA66969
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 75:13 | 323 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | Catalog: CDA66969
With Stephen Hough's Mendelssohn we enter a new dimension. The soft, stylish arpeggios that open the first work here, the Capriccio brillant, announce something special. But this is just a preparation for the First Concerto.
Here again, 'stylish' is the word. One can sense the background – especially the operatic background against which these works were composed. The first solo doesn't simply storm away, fortissimo; one hears distinct emotional traits: the imperious, thundering octaves, the agitated semiquavers, the pleading appoggiaturas.
The revelation is the First Concerto's slow movement: not a trace of stale sentimentality here, rather elegance balanced by depth of feeling. Some of the praise must go to the CBSO and Foster; after all it's the CBSO violas and cellos that lead the singing in that slow movement. Foster and the orchestra are also effective in the opening of the Second Concerto – too often dismissed as the less inspired sequel to No 1. The first bars are hushed, sombre, a little below the main tempo, so that it's left to Hough to energise the argument and set the pace – all very effective.
Stephen Hough - Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos (Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 17) (1997)
Track List:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
01. Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op.22 [0:10:46.37]
02. Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.25 I. Molto allegro con fuoco [0:07:15.70]
03. Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.25 II. Andante [0:05:37.48]
04. Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.25 III. Presto–Molto allegro e vivace [0:06:47.32]
05. Rondo Brillant in E flat major Op.29 [0:10:50.50]
06. Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor Op.40 I. Allegro appassionato [0:09:09.18]
07. Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor Op.40 II. Adagio- Molto sostenuto [0:05:01.20]
08. Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor Op.40 III. Finale- Presto scherzando [0:06:57.00]
09. Serenade and Allegro giocoso in B minor Op.43 [0:12:51.25]
Performers:
Stephen Hough - piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Foster - conductor
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