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HUMMEL
Mandolin Concerto, Trumpet Concerto, Ballet Music 'Das ZauberglAckchen' Alison Stephens (mandolin) Urban Agnes (trumpet), London Mozart Players, Shelley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 19/Jun/2001 ] the first recording of the newly discovered Mandolin Concerto. |
ALICE MARY SMITH
Smith: Symphony in A minor / Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra / Symphony in C minor Angela Malsbury (clarinet) / London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] Penguin Stereo Guide (Rosette Recording) - "The sound-quality nicely balances warmth and detail, and the music itself is undemanding if delightful to listen to" (MusicSource.com) |
VIVALDI / DANZI / JACOB / DOWNEY / BAX / etc
The Art of the Bassoon Robert Thompson (bassoon) with the London Mozart Players, the Coull Quartet & the English Chamber Orchestra [ Heritage / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "This set of CDs has a musical importance which goes far beyond any detailed specialist appeal, and one cannot imagine a finer set of discs to demonstrate the unique qualities of this extraordinarily expressive instrument" (Musical Opinion) |
MEL BONIS
Bonis: Piano Quartets Mozart Piano Quartet [ MDG / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Mel Bonis, the most important woman composer of the French Belle Époque, has long been forgotten in the music world. Wrongly so, thus the judgment of the Mozart Piano Quartet, and in honor of the 150th anniversary of her birth its members are now... |
EDWARD ELGAR / HUBERT PARRY
De Profundis: Choral works by Parry and Elgar David Temple (conductor), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Dominic Sedgwick (baritone), Rufus Frowde (piano), London Mozart Players [ Signum / CD - released 17/Jul/2026 ] "On this showing Parry's stirring and deeply humane De profundis unquestionably merits a new lease of life, as does the anthem God is our hope and strength." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Kingdom Francesca Chiejina (sop) Sarah Connolly (contralto) Benjamin Hulett (tenor) Ashley Riches (bass) / Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players [ Signum / 2 CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Elgar's unjustly neglected 'greatest choral masterpiece' (Jeremy Dibble) is given an outstanding new recording by conductor David Temple, Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, and soloists Francesca Chiejina, Dame Sarah Connolly,... |
HUMMEL
Piano Concerto No 4 in E major / Double Concerto Hagai Shaham (piano) / London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano/director) with Hagai Shaham (violin) [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Apr/2008 ] 'Shelley… is outstanding in this music, synthesizing the classical and romantic elements perfectly.A natural Mozartian, he allies his poise and clarity to a fearless technique, and absorbs Hummels most ostentatious demands into the musical fabric,... |
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 |
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. |
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) |
MENDELSSOHN
An introduction to Mendelssohn (Incls Piano Concerto No. 1 & Symphony No. 4 'Italian') Howard Shelley (piano) / London Mozart Players / Scottish National Orchestra / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "Howard Shelley offers marvellous playing in every respect; fresh, sparkling and dashing in the fast movements, poetic and touching in the slower ones." (Penguin Guide Rosette recording for Piano Concertos) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 15, 24, 25, 27 Idil Biret (piano) / London Mozart Players, Worthing Symphony Orchestra, John Gibbons [ Naxos Idil Biret Concerto Edition / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2019 ] This release features the 7th and 8th volumes in the Naxos Idil Biret Concerto Edition. "Miss Biret was soloist in an entrancing performance of Mozart's concerto K. 482 with the Halle Orchestra conducted by Mlle Nadia Boulanger. The variety of her... |
W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Life and Works Narrated biography with extensive musical examples Jeremy Siepmann (narrator) with Nicolas Boulton as Mozart. [ Naxos Educational / 4 CD Box Set - released 13/Apr/2006 ] "As usual with Naxos, the musicians are solid performers if not big names. This four-CD collection is accompanied by a 125-page booklet chock-full of useful, well-presented information." (Denver Post) |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Mass Jerry Hadley (tenor) / Rundfunkchor Berlin, Pacific Mozart Ensemble, Staats-und Domchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 SACD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] "Nagano got everyone going, heads nodding, feet tapping, smiling all around me, and at least half the audience was on their feet at the end." - ClassicsToday.com (on the concert) |
Mozart
Requiem Kv626 [ CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] |
W. A. MOZART
'Gran Partita' K361 London Mozart Ensemble Winds, Jane Glover (conductor), New York Philomusica Winds, Robert Johnson [ Alto / CD - released 16/Sep/2013 ] |
JONATHAN DOVE
Jonathan Dove: For an Unknown Soldier London Mozart Players [ Signum / CD - released 13/Jan/2017 ] For An Unknown Soldier is a cantata of remembrance to mark the centenary of the First World War. Commissioned by the London Mozart Players, Jonathan Dove's poignant work combines the words of war poets such as Wilfred Owen, William Noel Hodgson &... |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concerto in A flat / Concertino in G major / Gesellschafts-Rondo London Mozart Players / David Jurtiz (leader) / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ CHANDOS / CD - released 6/Apr/2008 ] '…unfailing expertise by Howard Shelley… The recordings are exceptionally well balanced, the acoustic pleasingly spacious.' Gramophone |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concertos in A and F major / Theme and Variations in F major London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2001 ] 'And it receives eloquent advocacy from Howard Shelley, with his aristocratic command of the glittering Keyboard pyrotechnics'. Fanfare |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 34 / Rondo brillant, Op. 56 in A major (premiere recording) / Rondo brillant, Op. 98 in B flat major London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano and director) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] '...this one is every bit as fine as its predecessors, with full, open, well-balanced sound nand sparkling performances... These are rarities well worth sampling, unlikely to be performed or recorded better.' Gramophone |
