Krogulski: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Lessel: Adagio et Rondeau

Not for the first time, one finds oneself asking ‘How does Howard Shelley do it?’ Quite apart from simultaneously leading the orchestra while nonchalantly dispatching showers of semiquavers –... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019 More…

Release Date: 11th Oct 2019
Catalogue No: NIFCCD109
Label: Frederick Chopin Institute

International Classical Music Awards

2019

Nominee - Concerto

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Krogulski: Piano Concerto in E major

Howard Shelley (piano/conductor)
Sinfonia Varsovia

Lessel: Adagio et Rondeau for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 9

Howard Shelley (piano/conductor)
Sinfonia Varsovia

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The Fryderyk Chopin Institute has already released four albums of the pianist and conductor Howard Shelley with compositions by Fryderyk Chopin, Franciszek Lessel and Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński.

The following album continues the path of interpretation of Polish composers’ music. This time, we will hear Shelley playing the brilliant-style Piano Concerto in E major No. 1 by Władysław Krogulski, referred to as “Polish Mozart”. On the album, there is also Adagio et rondeau a la polonaise in E flat major Op. 9 for piano with the accompaniment of the orchestra by Franciszek Lessel, which can be seen as a prototype of Chopin’s Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante Op. 22. The album was recorded in the Witold Lutosawski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio.

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Awards Issue 2019

Not for the first time, one finds oneself asking ‘How does Howard Shelley do it?’ Quite apart from simultaneously leading the orchestra while nonchalantly dispatching showers of semiquavers – we’ve become accustomed to that – the sound he achieves is so warm, the balance between orchestra and piano is so well integrated. How do you do all that and achieve music-making that is so spontaneous and convincing?

Krogulski: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Lessel: Adagio et Rondeau

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