Ghost Variations (Tsontakis)
from New York Variations (CDA67005)
1 Ad libitum – Strictly – Languid – Tempo 1 – Mozart Variations [12'27]
2 Scherzo 1 [9'49]
3 Scherzo 2 [9'14]
31 minutes 30 seconds 3 tracks
‘Hough's playing is glorious’ (BBC Music Magazine)
‘Scintillating performances and vivid sonics from Hyperion. Even the notes, by Hough himself, are superlative’ (American Record Guide)
‘Impressive virtuosity, as musically purposeful as it’s exciting … Hough’s brilliantly exact judgement of sonority in Copland’s Piano Variations – chiselled, rather than flinty  … makes thi ...