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Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3

Howard Shelley (piano: Erard 1849, Pleyel 1848)

Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Helped by the shorter decay of the notes, textural details often obscured by modern instruments emerge, while utterly different tone colours from those we're used to throw fresh light on the...

Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3

Howard Shelley (piano: Erard 1849, Pleyel 1848)

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Helped by the shorter decay of the notes, textural details often obscured by modern instruments emerge, while utterly different tone colours from those we're used to throw fresh light on the...

About

Shelley’s discography now numbers well over 120 recordings and he has won awards for some of these. In 2007 he gave the Chopin Birthday concert in Warsaw as conductor and pianist.

Contents and tracklist

I.Allegro maestoso
Track length10:46
II.Minuetto. Allegretto
Track length4:10
III.Larghetto
Track length4:27
IV.Finale. Presto
Track length7:22
I.Grave. Doppio movimento
Track length7:34
II.Scherzo
Track length6:52
III.Marche funèbre. Lento
Track length9:52
IV.Finale. Presto
Track length1:39
I.Allegro maestoso
Track length9:43
II.Scherzo. Molto vivace
Track length2:54
III.Largo
Track length9:03
IV.Finale. Presto non tanto
Track length5:11

Awards and reviews

November 2011

Helped by the shorter decay of the notes, textural details often obscured by modern instruments emerge, while utterly different tone colours from those we're used to throw fresh light on the music. I doubt if even pianophiles who would willingly wait a few years before listening yet again to such familiar scores will be anything less than fascinated by the results.
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