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Fantasia in C minor K475[11’32]
Piano Sonata in B flat major K333[19’57]
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Allegro[7’20]
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Andante cantabile[6’19]
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Allegretto grazioso[6’18]
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Fantasia in C minor K396 K385f[9’24]
Maximilian Stadler (1748-1833)
Études Op 103
Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858)
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Hommage à Mozart[2’05]
Divertimento No 17 in D major K334arr. Ignacy Friedman (1882-1948)
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Menuetto[5’11]
Three Mozart Transformations, after Poulenc[5’56]Stephen Hough (b1961)
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Minuet, K1[2’34]
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Klavierstück, K33[1’21]
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Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge, K596[2’01]
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Fantasia on two themes from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro[15’25]Franz Liszt (1811-1886) & Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
We are delighted to present an eagerly awaited recital disc from Stephen Hough. This fascinating programme begins with some of Mozart’s most audacious and forward-looking piano works. Mozart’s Fantasia in C minor K475 is a wonderfully unfettered and uninhibited work, suffused with high drama and a sense of constantly shifting moods. The Piano Sonata in B flat major K333 is a similarly ground-breaking piece, developing in scale and drama from its lyrical, gentle opening.
The second part of the disc features Mozart as seen by others, from the homage of a near-contemporary right up to the modern day, with Hough’s own irresistibly quirky Mozart imaginings, and from elegant miniatures to Liszt/Busoni’s virtuosic Figaro Fantasy. This disc is full of surprises, and demonstrates the full range of Hough’s extraordinary artistry.