Chopin: The Complete Waltzes

Lossless | 156 Mb | 2010 | Hyperion | 59:29

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'Hough's playing has such authority and panache, its balance between virtuosity and vividly communicated expression so finely judged, that every perfectly scaled moment is as intensely realised as every other. Few other pianists around today play Chopin with as much understanding and poised mastery as this' (The Guardian)

'Launching his latest album with the earliest of waltzes to which Chopin gave an opus number, Stephen Hough sets a sparkling tone for what follows on this altogether brilliant disc … Hough is a pianist with all the elegance, wit and virtuosity required for these pieces, yet he also finds the deep vein of melancholy that runs through many of them' (BBC Music Magazine)

tracklist:

PUBLISHED WALTZES

1. Waltz in E flat major Op 18

2. Waltz in A flat major Op 34 No 1

3. Waltz in A minor Op 34 No 2

4. Waltz in F major Op 34 No 3

5. Waltz in A flat major Op 42

6. Waltz in D flat major 'Minute' Op 64 No 1

7. Waltz in C sharp minor Op 64 No 2

8. Waltz in A flat major Op 64 No 3

UNPUBLISHED WALTZES

9. Waltz in D flat major Op 70 No 3

10. Waltz in B minor Op 69 No 2

11. Waltz in E major KKIVa/12

12. Waltz in A flat major KKIVa/13

13. Waltz in E minor KKIVa/15

14. Waltz in G flat major Op 70 No 1

15. Waltz in A flat major Op 69 No 1

16. Waltz in F minor Op 70 No 2

17. Waltz in A minor KKIVb/11

DOUBTFUL ATTRIBUTIONS

18. Sostenuto in E flat major 'Waltz' KKIVb/10

19. Waltz in E flat major KKIVa/14

20. Waltz in F sharp minor 'Valse mélancolique' KKIb/7

Stephen Hough (piano)