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Stephen Hough, piano; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

1. W. A. Mozart Quintet in E flat Major, KV 452
2. W. A. Mozart Adagio in C minor and Rondeau in C Major, KV 617
3. Ludwig van Beethoven Quintet in E flat Major, Op. 16
   

BIS-CD-1552
Total playing time: 60:26
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One of the world's leading pianists, Stephen Hough, has collaborated again with the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, this time for a new recording of Beethoven's Piano Quintet in E flat Major, op.16, coupled with Mozart works  previously released on BIS-CD-1332 in 2000. That disc was highly praised, for instance in Gramophone, which called it ‘a real Mozartian experience’ and in American Record Guide: ‘The best recording of Mozart's Quintet I have ever heard.’ According to Le Monde de la Musique, ‘by the clarity, the subtly applied abundance of inflexions and a very real inner power’ the musicians proved themselves ‘true Mozartians’. The special rapport these musicians have enjoyed over some fifteen years performing together has resulted here in an equally fascinating performance of the Beethoven work.

"The performances are beautiful ... the playing really is exquisite, with the [quintet] doing some amazing things to match timbres and phrasing. Stephen Hough partners the Berliners very considerately while still projecting his part with personality ... the unfailing musicality of the playing and the glowing sonics make these sweet and gentle performances very enjoyable indeed."

Classics Today.com (2007)

"An immensely civilized record …  The great Mozart Quintet is played with aristocratic eloquence…superb recorded sound… the balance is wonderful … an ideal mixture of clarity and warmth … I can't think of another recording that makes a more convincing case (for the Beethoven Quintet) … The wind playing has a slightly sharper edge in the Beethoven and Hough's piano sound, while always beautiful, is here extremely sensitively tuned to the slightly grainier texture of early Beethoven. Add to that playing which has an unfailing sense of direction, propelled by speeds that are so well judged that they feel completely right, and you have a very fine performance indeed … the new Hough/Berlin coupling is a winner – it's a very fine disc indeed."

International Record Review, 05/2007

"If you purchase only one Mozart disc in 2001, this should be the one:" (BIS CD 1132)

American Record Guide (2001)

"This is a reading to set alongside Murray Perahia's performance with members of the ECO, and Brendels' with Holliger et al." (BIS CD 1132)

International Record Review (2001)