from Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos (CDA67711/2) 1 Quasi Rondo: Andante mosso [15'31] 28 minutes 19 seconds 2 tracks2 Contrastes: Andante cantabile [12'48] ‘Hough plays with a brilliance that conveys delicacy of feeling as well as virtuosity and power’ (The Mail on Sunday) ‘The electrifying pace Hough injects into the codas of No 1 and the Concert Fantasia are suitably exciting, though these are nothing compared to the tumultuous final pages of No 2 (a tremendous perfor ... ‘Anyone who heard Stephen Hough's barnstorming performances of all the Tchaikovsky piano concertos at last year's Proms will want to own these CDs … Osmo Vänskä's suave direction of the Minnesota ... |