In the night

This recital album by ‘the thinking person’s virtuoso: an extraordinary pianist’ (The New York Times) takes the listener on a journey through that most intense and absorbing of nineteenth-century obsessions, the night. The Romantic night was one without sleep; where experiences are mutated through darkness. Stephen Hough’s thoughtful programming creates a new aural sphere for some of the most celebrated piano works in the repertoire.

Beethoven:
 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'

Chopin:
 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1
 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2

Hough:
 Piano Sonata No. 2 'notturno luminoso'

Schumann:
 Carnaval, Op. 9