Howard Shelley
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Special offer. 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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The Romantic Piano Concerto 74 - Sir William Sterndale Bennett
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Shelley is his usual reliable self, making light of technical difficulties, and breathing life into neglected corners of the repertoire. Some of these pieces are short on memorable ideas, but... — More…
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 80 - Dupont & Benoit
Howard Shelley (piano/conductor), Sinfonieorchester St Gallen
Two pleasant, if unremarkable, works. Soloist Howard Shelley adds plenty of sparkle, mind. — More…
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Herz's talent […] lay not in profundity but in pleasing the crowds, and he did that exceptionally well…Shelley by turns charms and dazzles…unless your doctor has prescribed some strict froth-free... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th July 2015
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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 Romantic Piano Concerto 78 - Clara Schumann
RecommendedPiano Concerto & works by Hiller, Herz & Kalkbrenner
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
[Schumann] Shelley and his well-drilled Tasmanians provide the best possible case, not least in the songlike Romanze, which contains a gorgeous passage for piano and solo cello. Shelley opens... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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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…
