Howard Shelley
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Alice Mary Smith - Symphonies
RecommendedAngela Malsbury (clarinet)
London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley
Mendelssohn is clearly the guiding spirit here. But in movements like the delightfully capricious scherzo of the C minor Symphony, and in some of the striking modulations in the outer movements... — More…
Awards:
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Classical Piano Concerto 1: Dussek
RecommendedHoward Shelley (piano & conductor)
Ulster Orchestra
bright, buoyant and restlessly busy — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st July 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Awards:
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 72 - Cipriani Potter
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
[Potter's concertos] are conservative in style, but distinctively coloured through their prominent use of wind instruments, as well as occasional passages for solo violin and cello...The warmth... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, Concerto Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Concert Recording (19th-century music)
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All these pieces… are vividly performed by the London Mozart Players, while pianist Howard Shelley throws off Hummel's copious cascade of notes with appropriate panache. — More…
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Doreen Carwithen: Piano Concerto, Bishop Rock, ODTAA, Suffolk Suite
Howard Shelley (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
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Bridge: Orchestral Works, Volumes 1-6
The Collector's Edition
Howard Shelley (piano), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Philip Langridge (tenor), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Richard Hickox
Listening to this comprehensive Chandos set, Bridge’s position as a shadowy transitional figure comes into sharper focus, the early Edwardiana yielding to a much more sharply defined mature... — More…
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Shelley's playing throughout is dazzling, clean and precise in all the cascades of virtuoso fingerwork, and with beautifully inflected decorative lines in the slower music, reminding us of Hummel's... — More…
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Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Piano Concerto & other orchestral works
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky
Altogether the Chandos set offers a good introduction to Balakirev's orchestral work… — More…
