Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

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there are several reasons to shout about it...there's Shelley himself: a pianist whose quiet musicality and unobtrusive virtuosity shine through everything he touches...Throughout the set, there's... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2012 More…

Release Date: 31st Oct 2011
Catalogue No: CHAN10695(4)
Label: Chandos
Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

Work length36:59

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Howard Shelley, Orchestra of Opera North

I. Allegro con brio

Track length17:04

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II. Largo

Track length10:55

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III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length9:00

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Work length33:15

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Howard Shelley, Orchestra of Opera North

I. Allegro moderato

Track length18:35

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II. Andante con moto

Track length4:58

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III. Rondo. Vivace - Presto

Track length9:42

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Beethoven: Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in B-Flat Major, WoO 6

Work length10:18

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Howard Shelley, Orchestra of Opera North

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19

Work length28:51

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Howard Shelley, Orchestra of Opera North

I. Allegro con brio

Track length13:58

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II. Adagio

Track length8:39

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III. Rondo. Molto allegro

Track length6:14

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

Work length37:38

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Howard Shelley, Orchestra of Opera North

I. Allegro

Track length19:41

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II. Adagio un poco mosso

Track length7:37

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III. Rondo. Allegro

Track length10:20

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Beethoven: Beethoven and Mozart: An Obsession?

Work length12:42

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Howard Shelley

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Work length35:00

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Howard Shelley, Orchestra of Opera North

I. Allegro con brio

Track length16:30

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II. Largo

Track length9:24

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III. Rondo. Allegro - Presto

Track length9:06

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Beethoven: Piano Concerto in D major, arranged by the composer after the Violin Concerto, Op. 61a

Work length43:21

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Howard Shelley, Orchestra of Opera North

I. Allegro, ma non troppo

Track length23:29

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II. Larghetto

Track length9:59

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III. Rondo. (Allegro)

Track length9:53

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Beethoven: Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80

Work length18:41

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Howard Shelley, Orchestra of Opera North, Chorus of Opera North

Beethoven: Piano Concerto in E flat major, WoO 4

Work length25:06

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Howard Shelley, Orchestra of Opera North

I. Allegro moderato

Track length9:56

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II. Larghetto

Track length7:35

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III. Rondo. (Allegro ma non troppo)

Track length7:35

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Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56

Work length34:02

Album only

Howard Shelley, Tasmin Little, Tim Hugh, Orchestra of Opera North

I. Allegro - Più allegro

Track length16:57

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II. Largo

Track length4:58

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III. Rondo alla polacca - Allegro

Track length12:07

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The piano remained the main instrument of Beethoven throughout his life, and this specially priced 4-CD box set represents his entire and sizeable output for piano and orchestra, starting with the early Piano Concerto in E flat,

WoO 4 – a work of tremendous energy and great technical demands, which Beethoven wrote when he was just twelve years old – and ending with Piano Concerto No. 5, the only one that Beethoven never performed himself in concert, due to his developing deafness.

Howard Shelley was awarded an OBE for services to classical music at the 2009 New Year Honours. He here conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North from the piano. Shelley has recorded extensively for Chandos over the years, and he has combined the role of solo pianist and conductor on numerous occasions, most recently with the Orchestra of Opera North in Piano Concertos by Schumann, Saint-Saëns, and Grieg (CHAN 10509), but also with the London Mozart Players, recording works by Cramer, Hummel, Mendelssohn, and Mozart. All his recordings have received superb reviews.

Beethoven wrote the Triple Concerto on this disc in 1803 during a lull in the composition of his opera Fidelio. Works for violin, cello and piano were fairly common at the time – but combining them with orchestra was, as Beethoven himself observed, something entirely new, and no other concerto of this kind from this period is known today.

In this work, Howard Shelley is joined by the violinist and exclusive Chandos artist Tasmin Little, who won the Critics’ Choice Award at this year’s Classic BRITS, and by the cellist Tim Hugh, of whom The Times said: ‘Mr Hugh is much more than just a Cellist, he is a musician with a compelling insight into the creative urge behind the notes.’

Reviews

January 2012

there are several reasons to shout about it...there's Shelley himself: a pianist whose quiet musicality and unobtrusive virtuosity shine through everything he touches...Throughout the set, there's a humanity to Shelley's music-making; it's particularly affecting in the B-flat Concerto, which he imbues with warmth as well as wit...this is a major new cycle, an important addition not only to the catalogue but also to Shelley's exceptionally fine discography.

June 2012

all concerned seem to be at one with a composer who is often harder to gel with than we like to think...For most listeners, Shelley’s Beethoven-as-is approach, with clarity the hallmark, will be a positive virtue, though that doesn’t mean that there’s any lack of power

21st January 2012

this is svelte, affectionate orchestral playing, with a particularly seductive principal oboe. And Shelley knows just when to step back when Beethoven’s solo line slips into note-spinning mode, letting his Leeds players sing....This is a wonderful box. It’s easily the equal of starrier sets from the past - Barenboim, Kempf, Perahia etc. Buy it.

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