Peter Wisse ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Joel Hill wrote:
>
>>Peter Wisse mentioned Hough as a possible 3rd Pianist.
>
>Hough is good, but I would definitely include Donohoe.  His Litolff
>recordings for Hyperion's Romantic Concerto series are great.  I agree
>with Joel.  Donahoe is very good.  ...  But there are so many excellent
>Brittish pianists at the moment,: Shelley, Donahoe, Lill, Binns, Judd,
>Coombs, Lane!!  But I stick to Hough as my third choice, sorry Joel, listen
>to his recent Saint-Saens 4th pianoconcerto, and his Hummel concertos, not
>to forget the Scharwenka 4

Not to mention Donohoe's Busoni Concerto which, for me, is the finest
recording of them all.

I'd agree, though, that Hough falls more into the supervirtuoso class -
certainly from his choice of repertoire.  I heard him give a stunning
Rachmaninov 3 here a few years ago.

deryk barker
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