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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 3 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] "Mendelssohn and Howard Shelley are a musical marriage made in heaven. Stylish and delectably light-fingered, Shelley makes a flawless case in Vol 3 of his [Complete Solo Piano Music of Mendelssohn]…if anyone can persuade us of Mendelssohn's quality |
JAN LADISLAV DUSSEK
Dussek: Piano Concertos Ulster Orchestra, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 1 / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] 'Shelley plays all these pieces as stylishly as ever … these pieces are a real find, and the disc augurs well for the series' (BBC Music Magazine) |
RACHMANINOV
Moments Musicaux Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - 'Masterly pianism... a refined awareness of Rachmaninov's sound-world. The recording is eminently realistic and natural' - Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
RACHMANINOV
Preludes op 23 Howard Shelley, piano [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] 'An essential recommendation' - Penguin Guide |
RACHMANINOV
Preludes op 32 Howard Shelley, piano [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Exceptional finesse...mirrored in beautifully natural and refined sound' - BBC Record Review, First Choice |
FRANCIS EDWARD BACHE / STERNDALE BENNETT
Bache / Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 43 / CD - released 2/Nov/2007 ] "This recording demands recognition for three reasons. Firstly that the best of early nineteenth century music holds up well against virtually anything written elsewhere. Secondly that Sterndale Bennett and Bache are composers who are totally worthy... |
SIR WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT
Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos 1-3 Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 74 / CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] The 'air-spun brilliance and stylistic elegance' which Gramophone so admired in Howard Shelley's previous recording of Sterndale Bennett is in abundant evidence in this new release of the first three piano concertos. |
CARL CZERNY
Czerny: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 71 / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] "Howard Shelley and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra are, by now, firm friends, and it's thanks to his intimacy with every note of the orchestral score, as well as that of the piano part, that makes these readings so rewarding" Gramophone |
MOSCHELES
Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 4 & 5 / Recollections of Ireland Op 69 Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 36 / CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] 'You have to hand it to Howard Shelley. It's one thing to lead a concerto from the keyboard, but to do this when the solo part is so demanding and with such insouciance is quite another thing … Completed by Henry Roche's trenchant and engaging... |
HENRI HERZ
Piano Concerto Nos 3, 4 & 5 Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 40 / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] 'Here, magnificently performed and recorded, is music to set heads nodding and feet tapping, the epitome of art which scorns profundity and elevates pianistic acrobatics to a high and elegant plane' Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (May 2006) |
DOHLER / DREYSCHOCK
Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 61 / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] "Howard Shelley seems to have a great deal of fun playing it and is a wonderful advocate for this early Romantic music that he understands so well." (AudAud.com) |
FRIEDRICH KALKBRENNER
Kalkbrenner: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 56 / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "There's a considerable grace to his playing too - his immersion in repertoire of this period has given him an innate understanding of what makes it tick" Gramophone |
BENJAMIN GODARD
Godard: Piano Concerto Nos 1 & 2 / etc Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 63 / CD - released 20/Jun/2014 ] "Special mention must go to pianist, Howard Shelley, who not only copes admirably with the bristling technical difficulties of the solo part, but also manages to direct the excellent Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra as well. Whether or not you're already |
DANIEL STEIBELT
Steibelt: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 5 & 7 Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Ulster Orchestra [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 2 / CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] 'Shelley brings Steibelt's music back to life with all the panache we have come to expect from the many other piano concertos he has recorded for Hyperion in their previous Romantic piano concerto series' (Classic FM) |
LEOPOLD KOZELUCH
Kozeluch: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 5 & 6 Howard Shelley (piano), London Mozart Players [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 4 / CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] 'It's impossible to imagine more compelling performances of this music-Howard Shelley is truly a rescuer of lost musical souls' (Gramophone) |
FRANZ XAVER MOZART / MUZIO CLEMENTI
F. X. Mozart / Clementi: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano/conductor), Sinfonieorchester St Gallen [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 3 / CD - released 29/Jul/2016 ] 'Howard Shelley plays both pieces quite beautifully, investing each phrase with subtly understated expression' (BBC Music Magazine Five Stars) |
CIPRIANI POTTER
Potter: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 Howard Shelley (piano & conductor), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 72 / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] "Add to that his simultaneous and complete control of his fine Tasmanian players, I cannot think of another musician who is Shelley's equal in this dual role" Gramophone Magazine, August 2017 |
MOSCHELES
Piano Concertos Nos 1, 6 & 7 Howard Shelley (piano) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / Howard Shelley [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 32 / CD - released 1/Jun/2003 ] 'I defy anyone not to be captivated by this delightful, witty, rhythmically vital and spontonaneously inventive work, especially when played as stylishly as here'....(International Record Review) |
WILHELM TAUBERT / JACOB ROSENHAIN
Taubert/Rosenhain: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano/conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 51 / CD - released 20/Aug/2010 ] "...for those who delight in sparkling virtuoso display, the two outer movements of Rosenhain's concerto will not disappoint, but it is the slow movement that provides the most oustanding movement of the disc." Gramophone |
JOHANN PETER PIXIS / SIGISMOND THALBERG
Pixis/Thalberg: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 58 / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] 'Howard Shelley gives us fine performances. There's exquisite filigree in the Pixis, while the Thalberg has swagger and panache' (The Guardian) |
