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Performer: Stephen Hough LISZT—AN ITALIAN RECITAL: Ave Maria (1881). Aux Cyprès de la Villa d'Esté I, S. 163/2. Aux Cyprès de la Villa d'Esté II, S. 163/3. Les Jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Esté, S. 163/4. Recueillement, S. 204. La Lugubre gondola I, S. 200/1. La Lugubre gondola II, S. 200/2. Après une lecture du Dante—Fantasia quasi sonata, S. 161/7. Ave Maria—The Bells of Rome, S. 182 (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | piano | STEPHEN HOUGH’S FRENCH ALBUM: (Review by Barry Brenesal) | piano | ALBÉNIZ, ISAAC: Iberia (Review by Phillip Scott) | piano | ALBÉNIZ, ISAAC: Tango in D (arr. Godowsky) (Review by Phillip Scott) | piano | ALLITSEN, MARY FRANCIS: The Lord is my Light (Review by James Camner) | piano | BANTOCK: Song to the Seals (Review by James Camner) | piano | BANTOCK: Song to the Seals (Review by Martin Anderson) | piano | BANTOCK: Song to the Seals (Review by Ian Lace) | piano | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1–5 (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonata No. 32 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Volume 1 (Review by Michael Ullman) | piano | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Review by David K. Nelson) | piano | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Volume III (Review by David K. Nelson) | piano | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Violin and Piano Sonatas (Review by Michael Ullman) | piano | BERG, ALBAN: Piano Sonata (Review by James H. North) | piano | BOWEN, YORK: Rêverie d’amour. SeriousDance. The Way to Polden (Review by Martin Anderson) | piano | BOWEN, YORK: Rêverie d’amour. SeriousDance. The Way to Polden (Review by Ian Lace) | piano | BRAHE: Bless this House (Review by James Camner) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: 3 Intermezzos, op. 117 (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: 4 Pieces, op. 119 (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: 6 Pieces, op. 118 (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: 7 Fantasias, op. 116 (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Cello Sonatas (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2. Violin Sonata No. 2 (arr. Collins) (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Clarinet Trio (Review by John W. Lambert) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Concerto No. 2 in B♭ for Piano and Orchestra, op. 83 (Review by Mortimer H. Frank) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Review by Jerry Dubins) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Review by Jerry Dubins) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Piano Sonata No. 3, op. 5. Four Ballades, op. 10 (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: String Quartet No. 2 in a. Piano Quintet in f (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | piano | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: String Quartet No. 2 in a. Piano Quintet in f (Review by Jerry Dubins) | piano | BRIDGE, FRANK: The Dew Fairy. Heart’s Ease (Review by Martin Anderson) | piano | BRIDGE, FRANK: The Dew Fairy. Heart’s Ease (Review by Ian Lace) | piano | CADMAN, CHARLES WAKEFIELD: At Dawning (Review by James Camner) | piano | CHABRIER: Feuillet d’album (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | CHADWICK, GEORGE WHITEFIELD: Allah (Review by James Camner) | piano | CHAMINADE, CECILE: The Little Silver Ring (Review by James Camner) | piano | CHOPIN-LISZT: Chant polonais No. 1 ("Maiden's Wish") (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | CHOPIN-LISZT: The Maidens Wish, op. 74, no. 1 (Review by David Johnson) | piano | CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Ballades (Review by Michael Ullman) | piano | CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Barcarolle. Mazurkas (Review by Dave Saemann) | piano | CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Nocturnes Nos. 1–19 & op. posth (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Piano Sonata No. 3. Berceuse (Review by Dave Saemann) | piano | CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Polonaise-Fantasy. Nocturnes (Review by Dave Saemann) | piano | CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: The Maiden’s Wish (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Waltzes (20). Nocturne in E♭, op. 9/2 (Review by Scott Noriega) | piano | CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Waltzes (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | COATES, ERIC: Bird Songs at Eventide (Review by James Camner) | piano | COPLAND, AARON: Piano Variations (Review by Robert Carl) | piano | CORIGLIANO, JOHN: Symphony No. 1 (Review by James H. North) | piano | CORIGLIANO, JOHN: Étude Fantasy (Review by Robert Carl) | piano | CRAMER, JOHANN BAPTISTE: Etudes, op. 103/6, “Image à Mozart” (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | DEBUSSY: Children’s Corner. La plus que lente. L’isle joyeuse (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | DEBUSSY: Estampes. Images, Books 1 and 2 (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | DEBUSSY: La plus que lente (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | DEBUSSY: La soirée dans Grenade. La serenade interrompue. La puerta del vino (Review by Phillip Scott) | piano | DICKSON: Thanks be to God (Review by James Camner) | piano | DOHNÁNYI: Capriccio in F Minor (Review by David Johnson) | piano | DOHNÁNYI: Capriccio in F Minor, op. 28, no. 6 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | DOHNÁNYI: Capriccio in f (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Piano Concerto (Review by Jim Svejda) | piano | DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Silent Woods, op. 68/5. Rondo in g, op. 94 (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | piano | ELGAR: Violin Concerto. Violin Sonata (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | FRANCK, CÉSAR: Le sylphes Pañis angeli-cusS Cello Sonata in A (Review by Robert McColley) | piano | FRANCK, CÉSAR: Piano Music (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | piano | FRANCK, CÉSAR: Prélude, Choral, et Fugue. Prélude, Aria, et Final. Danse lente. Grand Caprice. Les Plaintes d'une poupée. Trois Chorals pour Orgue (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | piano | FRIEDMAN: Music Box (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | FRIEDMAN: Music Box (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | FRIEDMAN: Musical Box (Review by David Johnson) | piano | FRÜHLING: Clarinet Trio (Review by John W. Lambert) | piano | GABRILOWITSCH: Caprice-Burlesque (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | GABRILOWITSCH: Melodie in E (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | GABRILOWITSCH: Melodie in E. Caprice-Burlesque (Review by David Johnson) | piano | GABRILOWITSCH: Melodie in E. Caprice-Burlesque (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | GODOWSKY: Java Suite (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | GODOWSKY: Java Suite (Review by David Johnson) | piano | GODOWSKY: Java Suite (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | GRANADOS, ENRIQUE: Valses poéticos (Review by Phillip Scott) | piano | GRIEG, EDVARD: Book 10 (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | GRIEG, EDVARD: Book 2 (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | GRIEG, EDVARD: Book 3 (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | GRIEG, EDVARD: Book 4 (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | GRIEG, EDVARD: Book 5 (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | GRIEG, EDVARD: Book 6 (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | GRIEG, EDVARD: Book 7 (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | GRIEG, EDVARD: Book 8 (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | GRIEG, EDVARD: Book 9 (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | GRIEG, EDVARD: Lyric Pieces (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | GRIEG, EDVARD: Sonata in A Minor for Cello and Piano, op. 36 (Review by Michael Jameson) | piano | HOUGH: 3 Mozart Transformations, after Poulenc (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | HOUGH: On Falla (Review by Phillip Scott) | piano | HOUGH: Valses enigmatique (Review by Martin Anderson) | piano | HOUGH: Valses enigmatique (Review by Ian Lace) | piano | HUMMEL, JOHANN NEPOMUK: Concertos for Piano and Orchestra (Review by David Johnson) | piano | HUMMEL, JOHANN NEPOMUK: Concertos for Piano and Orchestra (Review by David K. Nelson) | piano | HUMMEL, JOHANN NEPOMUK: Piano Sonatas (Review by Jerry Dubins) | piano | LEHMANN, LIZA: Ah, moon of my delight. Bonnie wee thing (Review by James Camner) | piano | LEIGHTON, KENNETH: 6 Studies (Study-Variations) (Review by Martin Anderson) | piano | LEIGHTON, KENNETH: 6 Studies (Study-Variations) (Review by Ian Lace) | piano | LEVITZKI: Waltz in A, op. 2 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | LEVITZKI: Waltz (Review by David Johnson) | piano | LEVITZKI: Waltz (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | LIAPUNOV: Transcendental Études, Op. 11 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | LIAPUNOV: Transcendental Études, op. 11 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | LIEBERMANN, LOWELL: Concertos for Piano and Orchestra. No. 1 (Review by Stephen Ellis) | piano | LIEBERMANN, LOWELL: Concertos for Piano and Orchestra. No. 1 (Review by Walter Simmons) | piano | LISZT: 2 Ballades, S 170 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | LISZT: 2 Polonaises, S 223 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | LISZT: Années de pèlerinage—Suisse, S. 160. tes adieux—Rêverie sur un motif de Roméo et Juliette (Gounod), S. 409. Valse de l'opéra Faust (Gounod), S. 407. Les sabéennes—Berceuse de l'opéra La reine de Saba (Gounod), S. 408 (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | piano | LISZT: Berceuse (first version); S 174 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No. 1. Années de pèlerinage, Italie (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | piano | LISZT: Piano Sonata, S 178 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | LISZT: Romance oubliée, S. 132. Élégies (Review by Michael Jameson) | piano | LISZT: Valse oubliées (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | LISZT/BUSONI: Fantasia on 2 Themes from Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | LÖHR: Little grey home in the West (Review by James Camner) | piano | LONGAS, FEDERICO: Aragón (Review by Phillip Scott) | piano | MACDOWELL, EDWARD: Hexentanz (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | MACDOWELL, EDWARD: Hexentanz, op. 12 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | MACDOWELL, EDWARD: Hexentanz, op. 17, no. 2 (Review by David Johnson) | piano | MCGILL: Duan (Review by James Camner) | piano | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Capriccio Brilliant in b. Piano Concertos (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Variations sérieuses (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | MESSIAEN: Des canyons aux étoiles . (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | MOMPOU: Canciónes y Danzasi Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9 (Review by Ian Lace) | piano | MOMPOU: Pajaro triste. La barca. Secreto. Gitano (Review by Phillip Scott) | piano | MOMPOU: Piano Music (Review by Ian Lace) | piano | MOMPOU: Préludes (Review by Ian Lace) | piano | MOSKOWSKI: Caprice espagnole (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | MOSKOWSKI: Morceaux (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | MOSZKOWSKI, MORITZ: Siciliano, op. 42, no. 2. Caprice espagnole, op. 37 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | MOSZKOWSKI, MORITZ: Siciliano. Caprice espagnol (Review by David Johnson) | piano | MOZART: Adagio and Allegro in f, K 594 (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | MOZART: Adagio and Rondeau in c/C, K 617 (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | MOZART: Adagio in B♭, K 411 (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | MOZART: Adagio in C, K 580a (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | MOZART: Andante for a Small Organ Cylinder in F, K 616 (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | MOZART: Fantasias in c (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | MOZART: Piano Quintet, K 452 (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | MOZART: Piece for Musical Clock in f, K 608 (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | MOZART: String Quintets (Review by Jerry Dubins) | piano | NIEMANN: Evening in Seville (Review by Phillip Scott) | piano | O'BRIEN, EUGENE: The Fairy Tree (Review by James Camner) | piano | PADEREWSKI: Minuet in G, op. 14, no. 1. Nocturne in B♭, op. 16, no. 4 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | PADEREWSKI: Minuet in G. Nocturne (Review by David Johnson) | piano | PADEREWSKI: Minuet in G. Nocturne (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | PALMGREN, SELIM: En route (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | PALMGREN, SELIM: En route, op. 9 (Review by David Johnson) | piano | PALMGREN, SELIM: En route, op. 9 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | PENN: Smilin' through (Review by James Camner) | piano | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A, Op. 82 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A, op. 82 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | QUILTER: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal. The Fuchsia Tree (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | QUILTER: Now sleeps the crimson petal. Drink to me only with thine eyes (Review by James Camner) | piano | QUILTER/HOUGH: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, op. 3, no. 2. The Fuchsia Tree, op. 25, no. 2 (Review by David Johnson) | piano | QUILTER/HOUGH: The Crimson Petal. The Fuschia Tree (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | RACHMANINOFF: Cello Sonata in g. Oriental Dance. Prelude (Review by Robert McColley) | piano | RACHMANINOFF: Concertos (complete). Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | RACHMANINOFF: Concertos (complete). Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | RAVEL: Pièce en forme de habanera (arr. Dumesnil) (Review by Phillip Scott) | piano | RAWSTHORNE: Bagatelles (Review by Martin Anderson) | piano | RAWSTHORNE: Bagatelles (Review by Ian Lace) | piano | REYNOLDS, STEPHEN: 2 Poems in Homage to Delius. 2 Poems in Homage to Faure (Review by Martin Anderson) | piano | REYNOLDS, STEPHEN: 2 Poems in Homage to Delius. 2 Poems in Homage to Faure (Review by Ian Lace) | piano | RIEGO, TERESA DEL: O dry those tears! (Review by James Camner) | piano | RODGERS-HOUGH: My Favorite Things (Review by David Johnson) | piano | RODGERS-HOUGH: My Favorite Things (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | RODGERS, RICHARD: The Sound of Music (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | ROSENTHAL, MORIZ: Papillons (Review by David Johnson) | piano | ROSENTHAL, MORIZ: Papillons (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | ROSENTHAL, MORIZ: Papillons (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | RUBINSTEIN, ANTON: Sonata No. 1 in D for Cello and Piano, op. 18 (Review by Michael Jameson) | piano | SAINT-SAËNS-GODOWSKY: Carnival of the Animals (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | SAINT-SAËNS: Africa (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | SAINT-SAËNS: Allegro appassionato (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concertos (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | SAINT-SAËNS: Valse nonchalante (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | SAINT-SAËNS: Wedding Cake. Rapsodie d’Auvergne (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | SAINT-SAËNS/GODOWSKY: The Swan (Review by David Johnson) | piano | SANDERSON: God be with our boys tonight (Review by James Camner) | piano | SAUER: Concerto No. 1 in E Minor for Piano and Orchestra (Review by David Johnson) | piano | SAUER: Concerto No. 1 in E Minor for Piano and Orchestra (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | SCHARWENKA, FRANZ XAVER: Concerto No. 4 in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 82 (Review by David Johnson) | piano | SCHARWENKA, FRANZ XAVER: Concerto No. 4 in F Minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 82 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | SCHARWENKA, FRANZ XAVER: Spanishes Ständchen (Review by Phillip Scott) | piano | SCHLÖZER, PAUL DE: Etude in A♭ (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | SCHLÖZER, PAUL DE: Étude in A♭ (Review by David Johnson) | piano | SCHLÖZER, PAUL DE: Étude in A♭, op. 1, no. 2 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: 6 kleine Klavierstücke, op. 19 (Review by James H. North) | piano | SCHUBERT: Piano Sonatas No. 13 in A, D 664; No. 18 in G, D 894; in e, D 769a (fragment) (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | SCHUBERT: Piano Sonatas (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | piano | SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6. Album für die Jugend (Review by Susan Kagan) | piano | SCHUMANN: Fantasie in C. Kreisleriana. Arabeske (Review by Huntley Dent) | piano | SCHUMANN: Märchenerzählungen. Träumerei (arr. Hough) (Review by John W. Lambert) | piano | SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto (Review by Jim Svejda) | piano | SCHUMANN: Spanische Liebeslieder, op. 138 (Review by Marc Mandel) | piano | SCRIABIN, ALEXANDER: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | SCRIABIN, ALEXANDER: Piano Sonata No. 9, op. 68 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | SOLER, ANTONIO: Sonata in F♯ (Review by Phillip Scott) | piano | SPEAKS: Sylvia (Review by James Camner) | piano | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Cello Sonata (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Don Quixote. Romanze (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | piano | STRAUSS, RICHARD: Enoch Arden, Op. 38 (Review by William H. Youngren) | piano | SUK: Ballade in d, op. 3/1. Serenade in A, op. 3/2 (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | piano | SULLIVAN: The Lost Chord (Review by James Camner) | piano | TATE, PHYLLIS: Somewhere a voice is calling (Review by James Camner) | piano | TCHAIKOVSKY: Concert Fantasy in G, op. 56 (Review by Colin Clarke) | piano | TCHAIKOVSKY: None but the Lonely Heart, op. 6/6 (both arr. Hough) (Review by Colin Clarke) | piano | TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G, op. 44 (Review by Colin Clarke) | piano | TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concertos (Review by Colin Clarke) | piano | TCHAIKOVSKY: Solitude, op. 73/6 (Review by Colin Clarke) | piano | TRADITIONAL: Matilda’s Waltz (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | TSONTAKIS, GEORGE: Ghost Variations (Review by Robert Carl) | piano | TSONTAKIS, GEORGE: Man of Sorrows (Review by James H. North) | piano | TSONTAKIS, GEORGE: Sarabesque (Review by James H. North) | piano | WEBER, BEN: Fantasia (Variations) (Review by Robert Carl) | piano | WEBER, CARL MARIA VON: Invitation to the Dance (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | WEBERN: Variations, op. 27 (Review by James H. North) | piano | WODDFORDE-FINDEN: Kashmiri Song (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | piano | WOODFORDE-FINDEN, AMY: Kashmiri Love Song (Review by Peter Burwasser) | piano | WOODFORDE-FINDEN, AMY: Kashmiri Song. Till I Wake (Review by James Camner) | piano | WOODFORDE-FINDEN/HOUGH: Kashmiri Song (Review by David Johnson) | piano | WOOD, HAYDN: Roses of Picardy. A brown bird singing (Review by James Camner) | piano |
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