Hough: Piano Concerto, Sonatina & Partita

Polymath Sir Stephen Hough has a growing
reputation as a composer of chamber, choral and
above all solo piano music with four sonatas and
a constellation of dazzling arrangements to his
name. This album presents the premiere recording
of his first piano concerto, recorded by the pianist
with The Hallé under Sir Mark Elder. Its subtitle
'The world of yesterday' deliberately places the
work in a broader context of the pianist-virtuosi of
yesteryear who composed and performed their own
piano concertos as they toured the world.