Celebrating Stephen Hough

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British pianist Stephen Hough is one of the most important and
versatile musicians of our generation, and we’ll hear from two of his
brand-new recordings on Hyperion this afternoon.  First, a blistering
performance of Tchaikovsky’s often-misunderstood Piano Concerto #2,
then later on we’ll hear his interpretation of Chopin’s late B Minor
Sonata.  Also today, great character duos in music taken from mythology
and literature. 

Playlist:
3:02 pm
  • Orchestral Quartet #2 in G , Op. 14
  • Composer: Carl Stamitz
  • Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: David Armstrong
  • CD/Album: Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14
  • Record co./Cat #: Naxos 8.557671
3:16 pm
  • Piano Concerto #2 in G , Op. 44
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Conductor: Osmo Vanska
  • CD/Album: The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 50
  • Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 67711
3:57 pm
  • None but the Lonely Heart , Op. 6/6
  • Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Arranger: (arr. Stephen Hough)
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • CD/Album: The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 50
  • Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 67711
4:07 pm
  • Hansel und Gretel: Overture
  • Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck
  • Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Georg Solti
  • CD/Album: Famous Overtures
  • Record co./Cat #: London 460982
4:16 pm
  • Venus & Adonis: Instrumental Suite
  • Composer: John Blow
  • Ensemble: London Baroque
  • Conductor: Charles Medlam
  • CD/Album: Blow: Venus & Adonis/London Baroque
  • Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi 901276
4:28 pm
  • Romeo and Juliet , Op. 18
  • Composer: Johan Svendsen
  • Ensemble: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Terje Mikkelsen
  • CD/Album: Johan Svendsen - Symphonic Works
  • Record co./Cat #: CPO 777372
4:43 pm
  • Dido & Aeneas: The Witches' Scene
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Ensemble: Musicians of the Globe
  • Soloists: Teresa Shaw, mezzo-soprano ; Catherine King, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Philip Pickett
  • CD/Album: Purcell's Shakespeare
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 446218
4:53 pm
  • Ruslan & Ludmilla: Overture
  • Composer: Mikhail Glinka
  • Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Georg Solti
  • CD/Album: Famous Overtures
  • Record co./Cat #: London 460982
5:07 pm
  • Concerto for 3 Trumpets in Bb
  • Composer: Georg Phillip Telemann
  • Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
  • Conductor: Raymond Leppard
  • CD/Album: Wynton Marsalis - Baroque Music for Trumpets
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 42478
5:18 pm
  • Watkin's Ale
  • Composer: Anonymous
  • Ensemble: The Baltimore Consort
  • Soloists: Custer Larue, vocals
  • CD/Album: Wakins Ale
  • Record co./Cat #: Dorian 90142
5:25 pm
  • Clarinet Concerto in c , Op. 31
  • Composer: Gerald Finzi
  • Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Thea King, clarinet
  • Conductor: Alun Francis
  • CD/Album: Finzi and Stanford Clarinet Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 66001
5:54 pm
  • Sheep May Safely Graze , BWV 208
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Soloists: Gabriela Montero, piano
  • CD/Album: Gabriela Montero - Bach and Beyond
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 64647
6:07 pm
  • Purple
  • Composer: Michael Torke
  • Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • CD/Album: Michael Torke: Ecstatic Orange, etc
  • Record co./Cat #: Argo 433071
6:14 pm
  • Horn Concerto #1 in D , HOB 7d/3
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • Soloists: Hermann Baumann, horn
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • CD/Album: Horn Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 422346
6:31 pm
  • Piano Sonata #3 in b , Op. 58
  • Composer: Frederic Chopin
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • CD/Album: Chopin: Late Masterpieces
  • Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 67764

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