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Special offer. Stephen Hough's Piano Postcards

Stephen Hough (piano)

Stephen Hough's Piano Postcards

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Inspired by the spirit of the Golden Age of pianism, Hough offers us a feast of piano transcriptions, putting paid to the pernicious prejudice that these are a less worthy form of music. His...

BBC Music Magazine, September 20265 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Stephen Hough's Piano Postcards

Stephen Hough (piano)

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Awards:

Inspired by the spirit of the Golden Age of pianism, Hough offers us a feast of piano transcriptions, putting paid to the pernicious prejudice that these are a less worthy form of music. His...

BBC Music Magazine, September 20265 out of 5 stars

More reviews

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Sir Stephen Hough’s new solo piano album ‘Stephen Hough’s Piano Postcards’ explores the world from the perspective of the itinerant pianist sending home musical messages from his voyages.

Stephen picks beloved songs and tunes from around the world—from Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Spain and beyond—then wittily re-imagines them for the piano. These deft new arrangements form a homage to the countries he has come to love over a lifetime of travelling and performing, musical morsels sent home to us his listeners for aural delectation.

Contents and tracklist

Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman: Mary Poppins Suite (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Work length9:10
I. Chim chim cher-ee
Track length2:17
II. Feed the Birds
Track length3:14
III. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Track length3:39
Chasins: Preludes, Book 3, Op. 12: No. 2 in E-Flat Minor. Prelude No. 14
Work length1:35
Rachmaninoff: 13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor. Allegro
Work length2:39
Kreisler: Liebesleid, Old Viennese Dance No. 2 (Arr. Rachmaninoff for Piano)
Work length4:55
Excerpt,Rimsky Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Work length1:10
Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. Rachmaninoff for Piano)
Track length1:10
Deng Yu-Hsien: Spring Breeze Prelude (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Work length2:33
Yamada, Kosaku: Aka tombo (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Work length2:07
Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez: Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Work length2:25
Matthew Wilder: Reflection (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Work length2:50
Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez: Remember Me (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Work length2:47
Mendoza y Cortés: Cielito lindo (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Work length2:50
Excerpt,Granados: Danzas españolas, Op. 37 Nos. 1-12
Work length4:02
V. Andaluza (Playera)
Track length4:02
Handel: Minuet in G Minor, HWV 434 / 4 (Arr. Kempff for Piano)
Work length3:13
Chaminade: Toccata Op. 39
Work length3:30
Chaminade: Thème varié in A Major, Op. 89
Work length4:19
Chaminade: Les Sylvains, Op. 60
Work length4:10
Delibes: Le roi s'amuse, Scène du bal: VI. Passepied (Version for Piano)
Work length1:39
Williamson: Travel Diaries, Paris
Work length1:51
II. Flower-Sellers (Place de la Madeleine)
Track length1:51
Williamson: Travel Diaries, New York
Work length1:58
V. Broadway (Midnight)
Track length1:58
Sibelius: Thirteen Pieces, Op. 76
Work length1:33
No. 2, Etude in A Minor
Track length1:33
Eden Ahbez: Nature Boy (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Work length4:12
MacDowell: Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: I. To a Wild Rose
Work length2:01
Schumann: Vogel als Prophet (No. 7 from Waldszenen, Op. 82)
Work length2:42
Sinding: Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring), Op. 32 No 3
Work length2:55

Spotlight on this release

Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    August 2026
    Editor's Choice
  • Presto Recording of the Week
    10th July 2026
  • BBC Music Magazine
    September 2026
    Instrumental Choice
  • Diapason
    September 2026
    Nouveauté

September 2026

Inspired by the spirit of the Golden Age of pianism, Hough offers us a feast of piano transcriptions, putting paid to the pernicious prejudice that these are a less worthy form of music. His own transcriptions, drawing on musicals and films, are one of this album's joys.
5 out of 5 stars

Diapason Septemebr 2026

This generous album of "postcards" sketches out a journey around the world—alternating between urban snapshots and scenes of nature - while also offering a genuine voyage through time.

August 2026

Musicians are big on postcards...But none are as beautifully written as those by Stephen Hough, a reliable scribe wherever he is in the world.

10th July 2026

These aren't postcards quickly chosen from a carousel at a beachside bazaar, but rather thoughtfully chosen notes from a wide-eyed traveller, even revisiting familiar scenes with wonder such as in MacDowell's To a Wild Rose or Schumann's Vogel als Prophet, where Hough's playing is finely nuanced and controlled yet ineffably right and natural at the same time.
Matthew Ash
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