Chopin: Four Scherzos & Ballades

Track Listings
1. Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20    
2. Scherzo No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.31    
3. Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp minor, Op.39    
4. Scherzo No.4 in E Major, Op.54    
5. Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23    
6. Ballade No.2 in F Major, Op.38    
7. Ballade No.3 in A-flat Major, Op.47    
8. Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52    

Chopin: Four Scherzos & Ballades, Music, Fryderyk Chopin, Earl Wild, Ballade for Keyboard, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Keyboard, Scherzo for Keyboard
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    1. Son in c# Op.27, No.2 'Moonlight': First Movement
    2. The Seasons: November
    3. Etude in E, Op.10, No.3
    4. Hungarian Dance No.3 in F
    5. Fantaisie-Impromptu in c#, Op.66
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    8. Waltz in D Flat, Op.64, No.1 'Minute Waltz'
    9. Prelude in D Flat, Op.28, No.15
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    14. Waltz in e, Op. Posth.
    15. Spring Song
    16. The Seasons: October
    17. Liebestraum No. 3
    18. Scherzo in B Flat
    Chopin: Four Ballades & Four Scherzos
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    • This man is incredible
    • Chopin that does not quite escape the salon
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    		 Chopin: Four Ballades & Four Scherzos

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    ASIN: B0001B0A8A
    Release Date: 2004-03-09

    Tracks:

    1. Ballade No 1 In G Minor Op 23
    2. Scherzo No 1 In B Minor Op 20
    3. Ballade No 2 In A Minor Op 38
    4. Scherzo No 2 In B Flat Minor Op 31
    5. Ballade No 3 In A Flat Major Op 47
    6. Scherzo No 3 In C Sharp Minor Op 39
    7. Ballade No 4 In F Minor Op 52
    8. Scherzo No 4 In E Major Op 54

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars disappointing, salonish performances.......2005-04-28

    I've enjoyed many of Stephen Hough's performances in the past, particularly his delightful "Albums," his Hummel and his Mendelssohn. But in this case, he reduces some of Chopin's greatest music to salon proportions. Virtually every work here is ruined by incessant toying with phrasing and tempo and the disclosing of nonexistent inner voices. At one point in the first scherzo he suddenly begins playing at half tempo! Nor is his technique impressive. The octaves in the third scherzo, for example, are clumsy. To boot, the sound on this cd is cold and remote, far below Hyperion's usual standards. I'm sure Hough will produce much better discs than this careless production in the future. But avoid this disc and stick with Moravec and Perahia in the Ballades and Rubinstein and Richer in the scerzi.

    5 out of 5 stars This man is incredible.......2005-03-17

    As a pianist myself, Hough is one of the best pianists I have ever heard. Performing these pieces, especially the scherzos, is no easy task, but Hough does it powerfully and gloriously. I also am very perplexed to see all of these reviews telling of bad sound quality. I think this CD has very good sound quality, and there is absolutely nothing to worry about here. This is an amazing CD, and definitely one of my favorites.

    2 out of 5 stars Chopin that does not quite escape the salon.......2005-03-13

    With recorded sound that tends to crunch at fortes or with heavy chords in the bass, thin highs (I suspect that the problem is two thirds to do with the modern Steinway that Hough is playing on as much as anything), this new disc of scherzi and ballades is out of competition with the best recordings of these pieces, and competition is fierce, and partly why I can not rate it above two stars. Hough's playing, while often brilliant (i.e., fine close to the impossible close to the F Minor Ballade), is riddled by too many dovetailings, backphrasings, and other mannerisms, interpretative devices that distort rhythm and form, to be taken seriously as anything belonging to the front rank of Chopin playing, yet from a recognizably serious, conscientious artist. He seems to bring his disc to a little more of a compelling close with the E Major Scherzo, but even the middle section in C-sharp minor is played all a little too sotto voce to get any point across, and fussiness continues into the closing section. The last new disc of the Scherzi I have heard is the Li Yundi on DGG. Barring the mildest of shortcomings interpretatively, this is a disc that shows an astoundingly quickly developing artistry and maturity that leaves his also new compatriot on the 'yellow label' in the dust, and thus gets just about my highest recommendation - as being able to go toe-to-toe with the most respected Chopin interpreters of the recent past or even the past generation - something that may have not been quite achieved on his first Chopin disc for DGG.

    2 out of 5 stars THIN SOUND.......2004-09-28

    Hough is a fine musician and virtuoso, but here he sounds as if he is playing on a pianola. Compare this to the altogether different sound of Perahia's Ballades: the Perahia disc sounds plush (but still quite realistic). The hardness of tone on the Hough disc is wearying after a while. I noticed this with great force when my multi-CD player moved to the next disc after the Chopin Hough disc was finished playing: the next disc was the new Mikhail Pletnev recording of Schumann. The lush, plush, colorful, easeful, three-dimensional (or is it "four- dimensional" now?) sound of the Pletnev disc made the sound of the Hough disc sound hard, distant, thin, and unacceptable. Then I sought out the Perahia disc for comparison - and ended up listing my Hough on EBay.

    5 out of 5 stars ELEGANCE.......2004-04-19

    Next to the Nocturnes, the Ballades and the Scherzos are my favorite works by Chopin. I own many fine recordings of both works. Stephen Hough's recording of the Ballades and Scherzos has become, to me, "Dessert Island" material. He plays the works with sublime elegance and poetry. There is no shortage of bravura; however, he plays the works with much introspection. I "felt the music" in my soul. Bravo Mr. Hough!
    The recording is wonderful. The Hyperion lable proves once again why it is considered the "Rolls Royce" of labels.
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    Tracks:

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    Chopin: Four Scherzos & Ballades
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      ASIN: B0009CTTQU
      Release Date: 2005-04-01

      Tracks:

      1. Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op.20
      2. Scherzo No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.31
      3. Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp minor, Op.39
      4. Scherzo No.4 in E Major, Op.54
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