Années de pèlerinage, première année – Suisse, S160 (Liszt)
from Liszt: Années de pèlerinage – Suisse (CDA67424)
1 Chapelle de Guillaume Tell [6'43]
2 Au lac de Wallenstadt [3'07]
3 Pastorale [1'30]
4 Au bord d'une source [3'56]
5 Orage [4'50]
6 Vallée d'Obermann [15'53]
7 Eglogue [2'50]
8 Le mal du pays (Heimweh) [6'36]
9 Les cloches de Genève – Nocturne [6'14]
51 minutes 39 seconds 9 tracks
‘It's clear that Stephen Hough has technically and spiritually digested the first book of Années de pèlerinage to the extent that he can risk personalising certain pieces without sounding the l ...
‘Stephen Hough handles this more intimate side of Liszt admirably, with playing of great expressive warmth … as a bonus, Hough throws in Liszt's three operatic paraphrases from Gounod, playing th ...
‘Always a fastidious pianist, Stephen Hough conjures subtle sonorities in these tender aquarelles … Hough's elegance minimises the music's vulgarity, while he is in his element in the dreamy fant ...