Schumann: Arabeske, Kreisleriana & Fantasie

The emotional sweep of these marvellous works, reflecting the vicissitudes of Schumann’s complex personal life at the time, calls for a pianist wholly responsive to their fervent Romanticism. The artistry of Stephen Hough proves ideal.

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‘Kreisleriana, it could be argued, is far and away the most challenging of the cycles. While Hough’s approach is supremely lyrical, he is especially adept at capturing the sudden, unsettling shifts of ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘Such tenderness in the opening movement [of the Fantasie]—Schumann's deep lament for Clara—then more extrovert but never flamboyant; deeply thought and felt from beginning to end … I was captiva ...