Howard Shelley
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Britten: Violin Concerto & Piano Concerto
RecommendedTasmin Little (violin), Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner
Shelley and Edward Gardner create something more mercurial [than Britten's own reading], Gardner conjuring that lithe, high-tension drama he has so successfully achieved with Britten's stage... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also recommended
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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…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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These concertos have been recorded before...but Howard Shelley’s finesse and steadfast grace (in music that isn’t always that graceful) coupled with Hyperion’s superb engineering make this new... — More…
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 82 - Elmas: Piano Concertos
RecommendedHoward Shelley (piano), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
It would be hard to find a more highly committed advocate a more highly committed advocate for this music than Howard Shelley for this music than Howard Shelley who masters all the considerable... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th January 2021
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The Classical Piano Concerto 3: F X Mozart & Clementi
RecommendedHoward Shelley (piano & conductor)
Sinfonieorchester St Gallen
Howard Shelley and the orchestra take the listener on an emotional journey — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th August 2016
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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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All three works have individuality and substance; and it’s hard to imagine they can ever have been much better played. There are just a few moments – for instance the chords of the piano’s... — More…
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Cramer’s piano writing in and of itself is ingenuous, idiomatic and alive, and almost always holds your attention…It takes a special kind of pianist to make certain pieces sound better or more... — More…
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 62 - Gounod
RecommendedThe complete works for pedal piano & orchestra
Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Howard Shelley
Pomp and ceremony were not really Gounod's thing. Much the best bits are the central movements of the Suite Concertante and the Concerto. Excellent performances. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th November 2013
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 84 - Aloys Schmitt
Howard Shelley (piano)
Ulster Orchestra, Howard Shelley
No pianist today is more steeped in this idiom than Howard Shelley, who, true to form, dispatches both concertos with mingled flamboyance and limpid grace. — More…
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