Piano Postcards: CD

Sir Stephen Hough’s new solo piano album ‘Stephen Hough’s Piano Postcards’ explores the world from the perspective of the itinerant pianist sending home musical messages from his voyages. Stephen picks beloved songs and tunes from around the world—from Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Spain and beyond—then wittily re-imagines them for the piano. These deft new arrangements form a homage to the countries he has come to love over a lifetime of travelling and performing, musical morsels sent home to us his listeners for aural delectation.

Mary Poppins Suite (Arr. Hough for Piano): I. Chim chim cher-ee
Mary Poppins Suite (Arr. Hough for Piano): II. Feed the Birds
Mary Poppins Suite (Arr. Hough for Piano): III. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Chasins: Preludes, Book 3, Op. 12: No. 2 in E-Flat Minor. Prelude No. 14
Kreisler: Liebesleid (Arr. Rachmaninoff for Piano)
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. Rachmaninoff for Piano)
Yu-Hsien: Spring Breeze Prelude (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Yamada: Aka tombo (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Reflection (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Remember Me (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Cielito lindo (Arr. Hough for Piano)
Granados: Danzas españolas, Op. 37: V. Andaluza (Playera)
Handel: Minuet in G Minor, HWV 434/4 (Arr. Kempff for Piano)
Chaminade: Les sylvains, Op. 60
Malcolm Williamson: Travel Diaries, New York: V. Broadway (Midnight)
Sibelius: 13 Pieces for Piano, Op. 76: No. 2, Etude in A Minor
Nature Boy (Arr. Hough for Piano)
MacDowell: Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: I. To a Wild Rose
Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: VII. Vogel als Prophet
Sinding: Rustle of Spring, Op. 32 No. 3