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Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor; Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2

Stephen Hough Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, S. 124 (LW H4): Allegro Maestoso. Tempo Giusto
2 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, S. 124 (LW H4): Quasi Adagio
3 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, S. 124 (LW H4): Allegretto Vivace
4 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, S. 124 (LW H4): Allegro Marziale Animato
5 Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Major, S. 125 (LW H6): Adagio Sostenuto Assai - Allegro Agitato Assai
6 Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Major, S. 125 (LW H6): Allegro Moderato - Allegro Deciso - Marziale, Un Poco Meno Allegro
7 Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Major, S. 125 (LW H6): Un Poco Meno Mosso
8 Piano Concerto No. 2 in a Major, S. 125 (LW H6): Allegro Animato
9 Piano Concerto in a Minor, Op. 16: Allegro Molto Moderato
10 Piano Concerto in a Minor, Op. 16: Adagio
11 Piano Concerto in a Minor, Op. 16: Allegro Moderato Molto E Marcato

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For this new recording, pianist Stephen Hough travelled to Bergen - Grieg's home town - to join forces with Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in performances of Grieg and Liszt that are set to become landmark recordings. Grieg's Piano Concerto is one of the most popular of all Romantic works, while Liszt's two concertos present unique challenges to both pianist and orchestra. These performances are exciting, magisterial and highly colored, with breathtaking virtuosity harnessed to poetic refinement and finesse - hallmarks of Stephen's playing that have already helped his concerto recordings to win two Gramophone magazine Record of the Year accolades. The Bergen players provide fresh and idiomatic support in the Grieg and revel in the sumptuous scoring of the Liszt. Released to coincide with the twin anniversaries of Liszt's birth (200 years ago) and Stephen's own 50th birthday (in November), this recording is an apt celebration of both.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.58 x 4.92 x 0.38 inches; 3.52 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Hyperion
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 3786022
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2011
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ October 6, 2011
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Hyperion
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005OCES4I
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Irma Sheon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous artistry, as always, from this incredible pianist.
    Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2013
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    Stephen Hough is still relatively little-known in the US. I think he is beyond compare with any other pianist on the concert circuit today. I have collected many of his CD's and continue to enjoy them all with one exception. His latest, Broken Branches, is screechy modern to my ears and not fun to listen to. I understand his willingness to test the edges of what can be done with his instrument and continue to applaud him for that.
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  • Margan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Grieg and Liszt (Piano concertos)
    Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2013
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    Who wouldn't appreciate these concertos by Grieg and Liszt. Absolutely beautiful.
    The northland is made understandable with Grieg's treatment of it. Mysterious
    Liszt's lighter sounds is a good compliment to Grieg's music.
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  • Hannibal
    4.0 out of 5 stars Agogic moments spoil otherwise beautiful playing.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2015
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    I hate having to ruffle any feathers of what appears to be the unanimous praise here by the Stephen Hough fan club, but there are better recorded performances of all three of these piano concertos!
    Let me start by saying that I generally love Hough's recordings, and indeed treasure many of them in my library. His bravura technique is always at the service of the music and not used for ostentatious display, likewise his colorization and sensitivity of the notes he's playing.

    However, I have noticed that sometimes when he tackles war horses, such as these three concerti, more than occasional agogic moments come to the fore, whether to make unusual emphasis of certain notes or chords which I feel interrupts the natural flow of the music slightly and can seem to be intentionally done causing attention to the pianist, rather than letting the notes proceed normally. Frankly, I feel this is often an unnecessary distraction to the listener, and here particularly in the Grieg concerto.

    Otherwise, Hough plays beautifully as one would expect. Andrew Litton conducts the excellent Bergen Philharmonic, and it is wonderfully recorded in splendid sound.

    For those listeners who might prefer a more virtuoso performance however, I would recommend the spectacular SACD performance of Arnaldo Cohen of the Liszt concertos, or the classic performances by Sviatoslav Richter or Byron Janis. For the Grieg concerto, try the poetic Leif Ove Andsnes who is generally held to play it better than anyone else.
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  • BKM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2014
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    Mr. Hough is an amazing technician, and the pieces he plays in this recording really allow him to display his prowess and that of these 2 great composers.
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  • Linda
    5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent
    Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2013
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    The music is stunning, the performance superb. Stephen Hough is a wonderful interpreter of these works. Definitely worth making this an addition to your music library.
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  • Robert Beamish
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2016
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    Masterfully performed.
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  • Hank Drake
    5.0 out of 5 stars Poetry and Fireworks aplenty here
    Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2012
    It has become so common to see the Grieg and Schumann Concertos coupled together on CD that this Liszt - Grieg compilation comes as a surprise. The Grieg - Schumann combo makes a certain kind of sense, in that both concertos are in A Minor, primarily lyrical, and start with an orchestral hit followed by a cadenza-like passage for piano. But the Liszt - Grieg makes historical sense because Liszt was among the first to see this concerto before it was published, and was notably enthusiastic.

    Critics tend to compare pianists with legendary elders (Volodos is the new Horowitz; Brendel was the new Schnabel, etc.). Stephen Hough reminds me not so much of any pianist as of a conductor: Arturo Toscanini. No, Hough is not temperamental like the Italian Maestro. But his approach to music interpretation seems to be to discard traditional tempo changes, rubatos, and the like (which Toscanini derided as "the last bad performance"), study the score as if it were being played for the first time, and make any interpretive decisions on that basis.

    Hough's rendition of the Liszt E-flat Concerto effectively melds virtuoso fireworks in the outer movements, with melting poetry in the second. I've seldom heard those first movement octaves tossed off with such sharpness. Too often, I've heard pianists play the second movement flatly, passing time until they can move on to the "fun" parts. Not here - Hough makes it seem like we're encountering this music for the first time. The finale is given at a steadier tempo than customary, so the structure of the piece emerges clearly - not something Liszt often gets credit for. Those tricky repeated note passages are played to perfection, unlike Arthur Rubinstein's two recordings where they sound garbled. A note on the orchestra's contribution: it's nice to hear the triangle solo in proper perspective: discreet - not garish as in too many recordings.

    In Hough's hands, the opening of A Major Concerto is epic, as if it springs directly from the Years of Pilgrimage, building to an enormous climax at movement's end. As with the first concerto, the lyrical second movement is given its due. For me, part of the secret of great music making is that it leads from note to note, phrase to phrase - taking the listener on an emotional journey. That's how Hough makes sense of a concerto that is too often the excuse for shallow virtuosity - rather than the musical virtuosity Hough brings to the fore.

    Many have, and still do, treat the Grieg Concerto as "cheap stuff." Here, the lines of the first movement emerge clearly, thanks to Hough's sparing use of the sustaining pedal. The second movement is permeated with a sense of restrained longing, while the finale effectively melds the extroversion of the outer sections with the poetic central interlude. Hough's playing is backed up by particularly fine orchestral playing from the Bergen Philharmonic under Andrew Litton - this is the clearest string playing I've ever heard in this piece.

    The sound is focused without being overly immediate, with an excellent balance between piano and orchestra.
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  • ニゴチュウ　(Nigochu)
    5.0 out of 5 stars ハフとリットンならではの統制された響きがもたらす美観
    Reviewed in Japan on February 17, 2025
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    スティーヴン・ハフ（Stephen Hough 1961-）のピアノ、アンドルー・リットン（Andrew Litton 1959-）指揮、ベルゲン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団による下記の楽曲を収録したアルバム。

    1)　リスト（Franz Liszt 1811-1886）　ピアノ協奏曲　第1番　変ホ長調
    2)　リスト　ピアノ協奏曲　第2番　イ長調
    3)　グリーグ（Edvard Grieg 1843-1907）　ピアノ協奏曲　イ短調　op.16

    2011年の録音。

    リストの2つのピアノ協奏曲を録音した時、他にどんな楽曲を一緒に収録するか？たいていは、リストが他にも書いたピアノと管弦楽のための作品であり、そうでなくても、リストの管弦楽曲かピアノ独奏曲あたりというパターンが多いだろう。当盤は、グリーグのピアノ協奏曲という名曲との組み合わせ。これだとどちらがメインかわからない。少なくとも私個人の好みでは、このアルバムのメインはグリーグのピアノ協奏曲となる。まあ、そのあたり購入者の受け取り方は、どうでもいいことだと思うが、いずれにしても、贅沢な組み合わせであると言えるだろう。

    演奏・録音も良い。ハフとリットンは多くの協演歴があるし、自身もピアニストであるリットンは、ハフのスタイルをよく心得た指揮をしていると感じる。すなわち、鮮明で軽快な水彩画を思わせるようなオーケストラである。

    ハフのピアノは、いつものように安定した技巧と、落ち着いた足取りで、インテンポを主体とした堅実な演奏である。リストの協奏曲第1番の冒頭など、これまで聴いた演奏と比較すると、あきらかに軽やかで、その後も、快活なテンポで小気味良く進んでいく。リットンの引き出す音は透明で濁りがなく、それゆえに、全体として見通しの良い音響が常に維持されていて、上下動する幅は小さい。とても気持ちよくさわやかに聴ける演奏だ。第1楽章の中間部で抒情的な旋律を奏でる木管の混じりっ気のない響きは、空の高さを感じさせる。逆に言うと、この演奏からは、スリリングで燃焼的なものはそれほど感じない。だから、時折、「自分はいま、メンデルスゾーン（Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847）を聴いているのではないだろうか」と思ってしまう。ただ、私はこの楽曲の一種の仰々しさにやや苦手なところもあるので、この演奏はとても気持ちよく聴きやすいと感じる。

    協奏曲第2番は、第1番ほどには従来の演奏から距離のある解釈とは感じないが、もちろん、その印象や風合いはまったく同じ傾向であり、爽快で軽やかだ。終盤の聴きどころで登場する両手のグリッサンドも、あっけないくらいにサラリと進むように感じられる。ただ、これもやはり、悪くないのである。リストのピアノ協奏曲をこんな風に響かせることができるんだ、と感心させられる。

    グリーグも同様で、いかにも北欧の自然をイメージさせる澄み切った響きに満ちている。抒情的な部分で、かなりテンポを落とすところは、ちょっと常套的に感じてしまうところも否めないが、総じておおきなマイナスになるようなものではなく、全体としての清涼な聴き味、明確なピアノによる持続されたテンションが見事。木管とピアノと透明な応答は、リストの協奏曲と同様に薫り高い郷愁を演出する。これらの演奏がもたらす印象は、よく制御され、設計通りに奏でられた「秩序だったもの」と言える。それは、決して無機的なものではなく、聴き手の情緒と知の両面に働き替える多面性を内包しており、奥行きがある。
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  • Ivan A.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular Hough!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 6, 2024
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    There is an empathy for the music as well as a researched respect for the composers wishes in all that this wizard of the keyboard plays. I came late to this genius after hearing his rendition of Beethovens 5th piano concerto and have collected many of his recordings since. He has both strength and sensitivity in his playing with the orchestra as does my other favourite, Emil Gilels. He is in a class of his own!
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  • Vers la flamme
    5.0 out of 5 stars Conciertos de Liszt y Grieg en interpretaciones de lo más selecto de la discografía
    Reviewed in Spain on July 29, 2015
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    Stephen Hough es un pianista de impecable técnica y control absoluto de su instrumento que además se revela como un artista sensible con un profundo conocimiento de la música que interpreta, proporcionando unos resultados de altísima calidad musical. Su Liszt es radiante, altamente poético y de una finura extrema, sin la dureza de acabado que otros pianistas aplican; su Grieg resulta muy intenso a la vez que de una frescura y fluidez admirables. En todos los conciertos de este extraordinario disco brilla un virtuosismo extremo (pianissimos perfectamente modulados en Grieg y glissandos electrificantes en Liszt) con un discurso de enorme comunicatividad y expresividad por parte de Hough, así como una compenetración ejemplar con el director Andrew Litton.
    Unas interpretaciones modernas de estos conciertos que exudan ardor y belleza románticos por todos lados y que se erigen como de lo más selecto de la discografía. Las grabaciones se realizaron entre 14-18 junio de 2011 en Bergen en un sonido de increíble transparencia, detalle y definición.

    >Otras referencias para los dos conciertos de Liszt: Sviatoslav Richter/Kondrashin (Decca), Julius Katchen/Argenta (Decca), Byron Janis/Rozhdestvensky (Newton), Alfred Brendel/Haitink (Decca), Lazar Berman/Giulini (DG), Nelson Freire/Plasson (Berlin Classics) o Jorge Bolet/Zinman (Everest/Alto).

    >Otras referencias del concierto de Grieg: Clifford Curzon/Fjeldstad (Decca), Julius Katchen/Kertesz (Decca), Claudio Arrau/Dohnányi (Philips), Radu Lupu/Previn (Decca), Krystian Zimerman/Karajan (DG), Murray Perahia/Davis (Sony), Leif Ove Andsnes/Jansons (Warner), Michel Dalberto/Pommier (Denon).
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  • kmax
    5.0 out of 5 stars 底知れぬ水源を持つ泉のように湧き出るピアニズム。
    Reviewed in Japan on December 5, 2011
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    現代最高のピアノ奏者のひとり、スティーヴン・ハフによる協奏曲集。共演はアンドルー・リットン指揮ベルゲン・フィル。2011年６月、ノルウェー・ベルゲンのグリーグホールにてセッション録音。全３曲11トラック、総収録時間69分02秒。エンジニアリングはデッカ出身の名手、サイモン・イードンが担当している。

    収録作品のうち、リストの協奏曲第１番／第２番は作曲家の生誕200年に掛けた選曲。リスト弾きとして名高いハフにして、これが初録音というのは意外だが、おそらく「リスト・イヤー」に焦点を合わせて周到に準備していたはず。
    演奏はもちろん、期待に背かぬもの。高度な技巧がちりばめられた両作品を、まるで指慣らしのようにサクサクと弾き進めていく。第２番終結部の「全力疾走」においてすら、余力をたっぷり残していると感じさせる。スタインウェイを木質のぬくもりで響かせるカデンツァも見事。

    だが本作のメインディッシュは、やはりグリーグだろう。リットンは大成功を収めたラフマニノフ協奏曲集の相方であり、彼がベルゲン・フィルに移った時点で、本作へのレールは敷かれていた。もしそうだとすれば、これは８年越しのプロジェクトということになる。

    そうした憶測は別として、ここでのハフとリットン、そしてオケの親密な一体感はどうだろう。ベルゲンフィルにとっては「日課のように」弾き親しんだ楽曲とはいえ、ハフ自身の演奏も、まるで生まれ育った街を散歩するかのようである。
    衝撃的なあの導入部ですら、どこか心優しく暖かい。リリカルの一語で済まされがちな第２楽章も、描かれる情景は春の風を含んで心地よく、しかも新鮮な律動に満ちている。

    本作でのリストとグリーグは、楽曲が持つ演奏効果の高さに照らせば、やや地味と感じる方も多いかもしれない。それは常に余力を残す（それ自体凄いことだが）ハフの美意識の現れでもあるだろう。
    刃物は磨ぎ過ぎれば厚みを失う。そういうカッターナイフのようなピアニストが増える昨今、ハフのような演奏家はますます稀少になっている。まるで底知れぬ水源を背後に隠した泉のような演奏。その豊かな水流が湛える歌心に、グリーグの心象風景を観る思いがする。
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  • Richard Ackland
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent value
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2023
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    Absolutely delighted with this recording of three lovely piano concertos, performed by one of the world's top soloists.
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