from Liszt: Années de pèlerinage – Suisse (CDA67424) 1 Chapelle de Guillaume Tell [6'43] 51 minutes 39 seconds 9 tracks2 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] ‘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 ... |