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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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IGNAZ MOSCHELES
Moscheles: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Howard Shelley (piano) The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Howard Shelley (con) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 29 / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'Very agreeable music of the Romantic era, well constructed and melodious. Highly recommended' (International Record Review) |
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ALOYS SCHMITT
Schmitt: Piano Concertos / Rondeau brilliant Howard Shelley (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Howard Shelley [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 84 / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 84. Composer and conductor, pianist and pedagogue: Aloys Schmitt (1788-1866) was respected by his peers and largely forgotten by posterity. As so often in this series, the three works recorded here will have... |
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SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Caractacus Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] The centuries do indeed 'roll away' as the libretto addresses questions of empire - Roman and Victorian - and Britain's place in the world. But that shouldn't detract from the music; this is simply glorious and worthy of the mature Elgar. |
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ROBERT KHAN
Complete Piano Trios Hyperion Trio [ CPO / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] Most of Kahn's published works in general and his chamber music in particular are from the years of the German Empire, which has to be regarded as his central creative period. He wrote all four of his original piano trios prior to 1918. These works... |
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Hyperion Trio
Graener: Complete Piano Trios [ Cpo / CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] |
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Hyperion-Trio
Sveinsson: Piano Trios 1-3 [ Cpo / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St John Passion [2 CD set] Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Nicolas Mulroy / Polyphony, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "the choral singing is wonderfully pure, buoyant and transparent...Ian Bostridge's Evangelist, mannered and occasionally stretched but full of "narrative" character, dominates Layton's performance" Financial Times, 9th March 2013 *** |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Red Cockatoo and other songs Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/May/2005 ] 'Bostridge is in the royal line of Britten's tenor interpreters ... heard here in a veritable cornucopia of, by and large, unfamiliar, and even unknown songs ... all performed with full understanding and innate beauty' - Gramophone |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Over Hill, Over Dale: partsongs, folksongs & Shakespeare settings Ian Bostridge (tenor) Michael George (bass) / Holst Singers / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'The Holst Singers ... sing with a spellbinding sense of atmosphere and crystal-clear textures. Strongly recommended for all admirers of Vaughan Williams and fine choral work' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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CONSTANT LAMBERT
Piano Concerto / Eight Poems of Li-Po / Piano Sonata / etc Ian Brown (piano) Philip Landridge (tenor) Nigel Hawthorne (narrator) / The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / CRITICS' CHOICE |