Stephen Hough - Scriabin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 & 5 - Janáček: On an Overgrown Path; 1905 Sonata etc. '2015

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
02. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, JW VIII/17, Book 1: I. Our Evenings
03. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, JW VIII/17, Book 1: II. A Blown-Away
Leaf
04. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, JW VIII/17, Book 1: III. Come with Us
05. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, JW VIII/17, Book 1: IV. The Frýdek
Madonna
06. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, JW VIII/17, Book 1: V. They Chattered
Like Swallows
07. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, JW VIII/17, Book 1: VI. Words Fail
08. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, JW VIII/17, Book 1: VII. Good Night
09. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, JW VIII/17, Book 1: VIII. Unutterable
Anguish
10. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, JW VIII/17, Book 1: IX. In Tears
11. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, JW VIII/17, Book 1: X. The Barn Owl Has
Not Flown Away
12. Scriabin: 2 Poèmes, Op. 32: No. 1 in F-Sharp Major. Andante cantabile
13. Scriabin: Vers la flamme, Poème for Piano, Op. 72
14. Janáček: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, JW VIII/19 "From the Street": I.
Presentiment
15. Janáček: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, JW VIII/19 "From the Street": II.
Death
16. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30: I. Andante
17. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30: II. Prestissimo
volando

The musics of Scriabin and Janáček—contrasting, and highly
eccentric composers dear to Stephen Hough’s heart—make for a
perfect recital. The sensual perfumes of the one intertwangle with the
disruptive obsessions of the other, and Hough the magician tightens his spell.

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