Stephen Hough plays Liszt's Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
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- Опубліковано 9 гру 2012
- Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)
Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude,
No 3 from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173
played by
Stephen Hough
Recorded at the Henry Wood Hall, London
August 1987
Virgin Classics Limited
5 61438 2
www.emiclassics.com/
Paintings by Rover Thomas Joolama
(1926-1998)
I still have this CD in a box in the garage somewhere with Hough on the piano bench looking up at the camera with that C.F. Peters edition on his lap in the picture on the cover. I used to follow along to this CD in my Editio Musica Budapest edition and (try to) play this all the time just hearing this again brings back fond memories. Thanks for posting.
Sublime! Simple Sublime! Thank you Stephen.
So wonderfully played... One cannot achieve this level of playing without going though deep meditation about this music. Thank you for sharing this music.
This is the first time I hear this master piece... I love it, made me cry. Beautiful sound, colors...
Stephen Hough🌺
Just makes me cry... No words.
It's not an easy piece: The interaction of the harmonic modulations and the dynamics are performed masterfully by this artist. It also has a form and structure that needs to be presented carefully and clearly. So it's a true virtuoso piece: technique, harmony, spirit, interpretation and vision/communication.
Thank you thank you! Most beautiful music, beautifully performed!
Thank you for your kind comments.
I agree, Stephen Hough is a wonderful interpreter, as his reading of Bénédiction de Dieu demonstrates.
Best wishes.
This masterpiece’s title is from a poem by Alphonse de Lamartine. The opening line is
D’ou me vient, o mon Dieu! Cette paix qui m’inonde?
(Where does it come from, O my God! This peace that floods me?)
Thank you so much for putting this here. I was given this recording by its produces when it was released, at a time when I thought SH had disappeared into a monastery (!)....and at a particularly sensitive time for me.I was also learning the piece myself. But I then lost it, and had quite forgotten that the recording had ever existed. What a wonderful thing it is!. It has that glorious, tortured sensuality of Liszt's religious faith, so perfectly interpreted by Hough.
Beautiful ......... :-)
Masterly playing. Everything is beautifully gauged. The music unfolds naturally and feels of one piece (vs. episodic in lesser hands). Even in this early recording, SH already shows himself to be a pianist of distinction.
3:25 like heavenly rays diffused through the clouds casting a soft glow on everything they touch below.
If ever there is a heaven, THIS is how it should look & sound like...
Song actually starts 0:28
Yes, one among many words I'd use to describe Stephen performance. He'd be delighted to receive your feedback which you can send via the email address shown on his website.
Is this treasure available on disk?
Couldn't agree more. Why don't you send this comment directly to Stephen via the email address shown on his website? You might also find it interesting to follow his blog page on The Guardian's website.
Stephen Baggaley he needs to make some blu Ray hi res recordings.
Spellbinding