In The Night

Works by Schumann, Beethoven and Chopin

Jessica Duchen

Published: May 14, 2014 at 11:46 am

'Stephen Hough's album takes wing in an atmosphere of tension and sombreness. Built around his own Second Piano Sonata, subtitled 'notturno luminoso', its programme extends on either side by Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann. In this world with its permutations of turbulence, hauntings, nightmare and a more sinister than usual masked ball, anything seems possible except tranquil sleep.' Jessica Duchen

In the Night

Schumann: Fantasiestucke In der Nacht; Carnaval; Hough: Piano Sonata No. 2 (notturno luminoso); Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor (moonlight); Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 27

Stephen hough (piano)

Hyperion CDA 67996

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Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.
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