More By Artist: Howard Shelley (piano
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EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: Symphony No. 1, Op. 44, etc. Howard Shelley (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] It was not until 1937 that Rubbra's first symphony was completed. Symphonies 2, 3 and 4 followed in quick succession, the fourth being completed in March 1942. |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: Symphony No. 1 / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Howard Shelley (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1985 ] Michael Tippett's Symphony No. 1, received positive reviews from Classics Today and the Penguin Guide, which awarded it a 3-star rating for general excellence. Critics praise the committed performance and Chandos' first-class production and recording... |
FERDINAND HILLER
Hiller: Piano Concertos Nos 1-3 Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vo 45 / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "The indefatigable Shelley puts us in his debt again by uncovering these gems." (Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2008) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Violin Concoerto / Piano Concerto Tasmin Little (violin) Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner [ Chandos / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] Gramophone Magazine - Disc of the Month - May 2013 |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Concertos & String Music Howard Shelley (piano) David Theodore (oboe) Kenneth Sillito (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set ] The perfect introduction to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams |
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... |
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. |
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) |
CLEMENTI
Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 2 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] |
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) |
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. |
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 |
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) |
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... |
MENDELSSOHN
The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 2 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2014 ] Shelley here presents the second instalment of a six-volume set of Mendelssohn's complete solo piano music-perhaps the least well-known part of the composer's repertoire. |
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 |
