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CASTELLO / PICCHI
The Floating City - Sonatas, canzonas and dances by two of Monteverdi’s contemporaries His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 21/Mar/2011 ] "This is a very fine recording. Not only is the music fascinating but the performances are special. Buy it." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb March 2011) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts Grand Tour: Music from 16th- & 17th-century Italy, Spain and Germany His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "Worthy of unqualified recommendation at full price. At budget price an absolute bargain." (MusicWeb June 2010) |
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Hm Sagbutts & Cornetts/Robert
Gabrieli:16 Canzonas & Sons [ Hyperion / CD ] |
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GRECHANINOV
Vespers (All-Night Vigil, Op. 59 "Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye") Holst Singers, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Highly attractive and unstuffy Russian liturgical works in attractive performances" (Classic CD) |
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GOLOVANOV / CHESNOKOV / GRETCHANINOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / etc
Ikon II Holst Singers / Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Performing with insight and commendable Russian sonority, the Holst Singers have cast their net wide in this survey of Orthodox Church music." (Daily Telegraph) |
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HOLST
This Have I Done for My True Love The Holst Singers / Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] 'A real joy to listen through without interruption' - Gramophone |
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VELJO TORMIS
Choral music The Holst Singers / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] 'This wonderful new Hyperion release dedicated to Tormis' music with Stephen Layton and the Holst Singers should, by virtue of its fascinating resuscitation of internationally neglected works, further contribute to the composer's Western emergence'... |
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SVIRIDOV / GRETCHANINOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / PART / GORECKI
Ikon Holst Singers with James Bowman (countertenor) / Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jan/2006 ] 'Uniformly charismatic performances. Fine engineering and notes too. Highly recommended' (Fanfare, USA) |
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CLEMENTI
Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 1 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2008 ] 'Listening to this opener in Howard Shelley's complete cycle, recorded on a pristine-sounding modern piano, it is hard to imagine anyone else ever making them sound better … Shelley reveals this by treating each and every one of these works with the... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 6 Howard Shelley [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jan/2022 ] Howard Shelley's survey of the piano music is an undoubted highlight of the Mendelssohn revival. In this, the final instalment of the series, he focuses on late works and posthumous publications. |
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RACHMANINOV
Suites for Two Pianos / Symphonic Dances Howard Shelley, Hilary Macnamara (pianos) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'First-rate playing, splendid sound, value for the money' - American Record Guide |
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JOHANN BAPTIST CRAMER
Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 3 & 6 Howard Shelley (piano/conductor), London Mozart Players [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 7 / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "the immaculate playing here is alert and personable in a way that transcends contentious issues of style." BBC Music |
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JOHANN BAPTIST CRAMER
Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 5 Howard Shelley (piano/conductor), London Mozart Players [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 6 / CD - released 28/Jun/2019 ] Listening to these fluent, expressive performances, it's difficult to see how even Cramer-one of the great virtuosos of his day-could have matched the effortless mastery so characteristic of Howard Shelley's pianism. |
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CLEMENTI
Capriccios & Variations Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "Even the slightest, most trivial pieces are enhanced by Howard Shelley's brisk tempos, and he's served by an infallible technique, from virtuoso finger-dexterity to deeply expressive, spacious reflection elsewhere." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
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CLEMENTI
Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 2 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] |
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CLEMENTI
Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 3 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/May/2009 ] 'Shelley's third volume makes abundantly clear that Clementi at best was an outstanding composer … He's well served by lively and immediate recording' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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CLEMENTI
Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 4 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] Howard Shelley's splendid series of Clementi's complete piano sonatas continues with a fourth volume containing some of the composer's most important works. |
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CLEMENTI
Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 5 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "...there is nothing to reproach [Shelley] for in any of these performances, which, as ever in this series, are clearly played, intelligently detailed and perfectly recorded." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - July 2010 |
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CLEMENTI
Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 6 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] 'This is a most attractive and sparkling account on Clement's final sonatas and brings to a satisfying conclusion Howard Shelley's survey of Clementi… the sound captured on the recording more than lives up to expectations' (International Record Review) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 1 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "it's good to see Howard Shelley embarking on a six-volume reappraisal of these works, so often seen as lacking the depth of Chopin and the fire of Liszt. Fans of fireworks won't be disappointed though...With playing of this quality this is going to... |