Stephen Hough: In the Night

Hough's album takes wing in an atmosphere of tension and sombreness...Hough's own Sonata prove the high point...rich in its textural variety and harmonic colours...Hearing a masterful pianist... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 28th Apr 2014
Catalogue No: CDA67996
Label: Hyperion
Length: 76 minutes

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Excerpt, Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12

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V. In der Nacht

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'

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I. Adagio sostenuto

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II. Allegretto

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III. Presto agitato

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Chopin: Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1

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Chopin: Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2

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Hough: Piano Sonata No. 2 'notturno luminoso'

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Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9

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I. Préambule: Quasi maestoso

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II. Pierrot: Moderato

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III. Arlequin: Vivo

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IV. Valse noble: Un poco maestoso

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V. Eusebius: Adagio

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VI. Florestan: Passionato

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VII. Coquette: Vivo

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No 08a. Réplique: L'istesso tempo

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IX. Papillons: Prestissimo

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X. ASCH–SCHA (Lettres dansantes): Presto

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XI. Chiarina: Passionato

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XII. Chopin: Agitato

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XIII. Estrella: Con affetto

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XIV. Reconnaissance: Animato

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XV. Pantalon et Colombine: Presto

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XVI. Valse allemande: Molto vivace

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XVII. Paganini (Intermezzo): Presto

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XVIII. Aveu: Passionato

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XIX. Promenade: Comodo

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XX. Pause: Vivo

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XXI. Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins: Non allegro

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Interview, Stephen Hough on 'In the Night'

1st May 2014

The great British pianist and composer talks to Katherine about his new disc 'In the Night', out now on Hyperion.

This latest recital album by ‘the thinking person’s virtuoso: an extraordinary pianist’ (The New York Times) takes the listener on a journey through that most intense and absorbing of nineteenth-century obsessions, the night. The Romantic night was one without sleep; where experiences are mutated through darkness. Stephen Hough’s thoughtful programming creates a new aural sphere for some of the most celebrated piano works in the repertoire.

Hough begins with Schumann’s troubled, reeling ‘In der Nacht’ from Fantasiestücke, and continues with Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata and Chopin’s two Op 27 Nocturnes.

With Schumann’s Carnaval we eavesdrop on one of the most vibrant parties in the nineteenth-century piano literature, with its panoply of brilliantly etched character sketches depicting both real people—such as Chopin and Paganini—and imaginary ones. Each movement is vividly contrasted; there are moments of unbridled ecstasy, elegant poise and elusive subtlety.

Also included is Stephen Hough’s own Piano Sonata No 2 ‘notturno luminoso’, which he describes as ‘about a different kind of night … the brightness of a brash city in the hours of darkness; the loneliness of pre-morning; sleeplessness and the dull glow of the alarm clock’s unmoving hours; the irrational fears which are only darkened by the harsh glare of a suspended, dusty light bulb'.

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June 2014

Hough's album takes wing in an atmosphere of tension and sombreness...Hough's own Sonata prove the high point...rich in its textural variety and harmonic colours...Hearing a masterful pianist performing his own work is a special experience in itself.

June 2014

A new disc from Stephen Hough is always welcome. How will he surprise us this time and where will he take us? The answer is into the night - but not gentle or with a mug of cocoa.

May 2014

As one would expect from a pianist of Hough's gifts, textures are imaginative, with plenty of excitement and variety...Hough's musical thinking has the same warmth and communicativeness as his performing persona...His Carnaval has great warmth and gentleness, along with appropriate doses of high spirits...I don't think I've sat through another Carnaval that was quite this much fun.

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Interview, Stephen Hough on 'In the Night'