'There is much to enjoy in these two brash and captivating works … [First Concerto] is exciting music, and Hough plays it head down, full throttle and with glassy clarity … [Second Concerto] Hough performs it lovingly, as one would expect' --Gramophone Magazine
'Throughout, Hough plays with an intensity and brilliance’ --BBC Music Magazine
Stephen Hough plays this music with total commitment, tremendous panache, and stunning virtuosity' --Fanfare, USA
'Throughout, Hough plays with an intensity and brilliance’ --BBC Music Magazine
Stephen Hough plays this music with total commitment, tremendous panache, and stunning virtuosity' --Fanfare, USA
'It’s a gift for Hough, whose playing is stylish and assured … another winner. Fascinating, bold and fresh; a visit to the past without the smell of the museum. One of the most oddly attractive issues of the year so far' (The Independent on Sunday)
'This music makes heavy demands on the soloist, and Stephen Hough proves himself equal to the task in every respect … His playing has the sort of consummate ease and supreme conviction that few can match, and he gives the impression that he thoroughly enjoys the many challenges of Liebermann’s athletic piano writing … his playing is both rich in poetic insight and alive to the tonal allure of the score … An outstanding release that can be warmly recommended' (Hi-Fi News)
'An assurance of authenticity in the most meaningful sense, involving wholehearted commitment and the most thorough preparation on everyone’s part … absolutely glorious performances' (Stereo Review)
'[Liebermann]’s two piano concertos get performances of upmost virtuosity from Stephen Hough … Hough is commanding in both (concertos), and the six simple solo miniatures … yield wonders in Hough’s hands' (Birmingham Evening Mail)
'If you like big tunes and lush neo-romanticism, opulently scored, you will love it' (Yorkshire Post)
'This music makes heavy demands on the soloist, and Stephen Hough proves himself equal to the task in every respect … His playing has the sort of consummate ease and supreme conviction that few can match, and he gives the impression that he thoroughly enjoys the many challenges of Liebermann’s athletic piano writing … his playing is both rich in poetic insight and alive to the tonal allure of the score … An outstanding release that can be warmly recommended' (Hi-Fi News)
'An assurance of authenticity in the most meaningful sense, involving wholehearted commitment and the most thorough preparation on everyone’s part … absolutely glorious performances' (Stereo Review)
'[Liebermann]’s two piano concertos get performances of upmost virtuosity from Stephen Hough … Hough is commanding in both (concertos), and the six simple solo miniatures … yield wonders in Hough’s hands' (Birmingham Evening Mail)
'If you like big tunes and lush neo-romanticism, opulently scored, you will love it' (Yorkshire Post)
