Violin Concerto No. 2,Op. 43 in C minor / Concertino for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 45 / Piano Concerto No. 2,Op. 42 in B minor

"These beautifully crafted compositions offer tangible proof that a true master could breath new life into late Romanticism decades after the style had apparently fallen out of fashion. As always the recording has a rich ambiance, which serves Dohnanyi's scoring exceptionally well."
***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Dec 2004)

'As to the perfoamnce, Chandos has chosen judiciously: Howard Shelley sounds as if the piece sits well under his hands. He gets the overall accent precisely right and Bamert's orchestra is again beyond criticism. This is an invaluable addition to what could well be a benchmark series.'
- Gramophone

'The harpist Clifford Lantaff is scintillating in the Concertino; Howard Shelley brings breadth and bravura to the Piano Concerto No. 2; James Ehnes characteristically blends sensitivity , warmth and spirit in the Violin Concerto. Matthias Bamert and the BBC Philharmonic reveal all the skill and attractiveness of Dohnányi's orchestral pallette.'
- The Telegraph

As a pianist, Dohnányi was legendary. As a composer, however, he was for many years dismissed as little more than a musical adjunct of Brahms. Certainly his music is more conservative than that of his contemporaries, but it is hard to see how anyone could fail to be engaged by its humour and passion. With music this rich in detail you need a top-flight orchestra to bring out all the nuances and subtlety in the orchestration. Matthias Bamert and the BBC Philharmonic have already proved themselves worthy Dohnányi advocates. The irrepressible Howard Shelley is the pianist in the virtuosic piano concerto. Clifford Llantaff is the BBC Philharmonic's own renowned harpist and the young James Ehnes, who performed with such élan on Chandos' recent Hummel disc, is the soloist in the violin concerto.