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Track(s) taken from SIGCD153

Étincelles, Op 36 No 6

composer

James Rhodes (piano)
Recording details: June 2008
Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Produced by John H West & Denis Blais
Engineered by Mike Hatch
Release date: February 2009
Total duration: 3 minutes 5 seconds
 

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Stephen Hough (piano)

Reviews

'From the outset, it is evident that Rhodes is a thoughtful and attentive pianist: Bach’s Fifth French Suite evinces an effortless sense of follow-through and clarity of line' (International Piano)

'The dance pulse of Bach, declamory drama of Beethoven and cantabile texture of Chopin are conveyed with conviction and dazzling technique' (Classical Music)
Moritz Moskowski’s Étincelles is surely a pastiche of Scarlatti and, as Hough sends its reeling figuration at one point plunging rather than soaring, you can sense how such an elfin touch would have wreathed the composer’s face with the broadest of smiles.

from notes by Bryce Morrison © 1999

Étincelles de Moritz Moszkowski est, assurément, un pastiche de Scarlatti et Stephen Hough faisant, à un moment, plonger et non s’élancer sa figuration tournoyante, nous pouvons sentir combien une si délicate nuance aurait illuminé le visage du compositeur.

extrait des notes rédigées par Bryce Morrison © 1999
Français: Hypérion

Moritz Moskowskis Étincelles ist mit Sicherheit ein Scarlatti-Pasticcio, und wenn Hough dessen schwirrende Figuration an einer Stelle abtauchen statt ansteigen läßt, ist zu spüren, daß sich in Anbetracht einer derart elfenhaft empfindsamen Handhabung das Gesicht des Komponisten zum breiten Lächeln verzogen hätte.

aus dem Begleittext von Bryce Morrison © 1999
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

Other albums featuring this work

Stephen Hough's New Piano Album
CDA67043
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