THOMAS TELLEFSEN / FRIEDRICH KALKBRENNER
Tellefsen & Kalkbrenner: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano), Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] A fascinating new name bursts into our Romantic Piano series with the two concertos by Thomas Tellefsen, here coupled with an extended concert piece by series stalwart Friedrich Kalkbrenner. All three works here enjoy Howard Shelley's trademark... |
ALOYS SCHMITT
Schmitt: Piano Concertos / Rondeau brilliant Howard Shelley (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Howard Shelley [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 84 / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 84. Composer and conductor, pianist and pedagogue: Aloys Schmitt (1788-1866) was respected by his peers and largely forgotten by posterity. As so often in this series, the three works recorded here will have... |
GEORG BENDA
Benda: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano/conductor) / London Mozart Players [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 8 / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] 'It's almost a commonplace to remark upon Shelley's unstinting advocacy of all‑but-forgotten and sometimes rather inconsequential music. That's to do Benda a disservice, however … where these works really score … is in the slow movements' Gramophone |
STEPHAN ELMAS
Elmas: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / Howard Shelley [ Hyperion Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 82 / CD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] If the warmly Romantic bloom on these concertos suggests the spirit of an earlier generation-both works date from the 1880s-the music of Stéphan Elmas retains its own distinctive voice, a voice heard to best advantage in Howard Shelley's persuasive... |
JOHANN BAPTIST CRAMER
Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 3 & 6 Howard Shelley (piano/conductor), London Mozart Players [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 7 / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "the immaculate playing here is alert and personable in a way that transcends contentious issues of style." BBC Music |
AUGUSTE DUPONT / PETER BENOIT
Dupont & Benoit: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano), Sinfonieorchester St Gallen, Howard Shelley (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 80 / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] 'In the hands of a master like Howard Shelley, there is never going to be a chance of the music or performer running out of steam. Equally, the Sinfonieorchester St Gallen is on first-class form.' MusicWeb |
JOHANN BAPTIST CRAMER
Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 5 Howard Shelley (piano/conductor), London Mozart Players [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 6 / CD - released 28/Jun/2019 ] Listening to these fluent, expressive performances, it's difficult to see how even Cramer-one of the great virtuosos of his day-could have matched the effortless mastery so characteristic of Howard Shelley's pianism. |
CLARA SCHUMANN
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto & works by Hiller, Herz & Kalkbrenner Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 78 / CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] "All told, another worthy entry in Hyperion's valuable Romantic Piano Concerto series." ClassicsToday |
JAN LADISLAV DUSSEK
Dussek: Piano Concertos Opp. 3, 14 & 49 Ulster Orchestra, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 5 / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] "Dussek wrote little orchestral music beyond his concertos but the sympathetic collaboration of the Ulster orchestra showcases the increasing subtlety and sophistication of his handling of the orchestra." Gramophone |
SIR WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT
Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos 1-3 Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] The 'air-spun brilliance and stylistic elegance' which Gramophone so admired in Howard Shelley's previous recording of Sterndale Bennett is in abundant evidence in this new release of the first three piano concertos. |
CIPRIANI POTTER
Potter: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 Howard Shelley (piano & conductor), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 72 / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] "Add to that his simultaneous and complete control of his fine Tasmanian players, I cannot think of another musician who is Shelley's equal in this dual role" Gramophone Magazine, August 2017 |
CARL CZERNY
Czerny: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 71 / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] "Howard Shelley and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra are, by now, firm friends, and it's thanks to his intimacy with every note of the orchestral score, as well as that of the piano part, that makes these readings so rewarding" Gramophone |
LEOPOLD KOZELUCH
Kozeluch: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 5 & 6 Howard Shelley (piano), London Mozart Players [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 4 / CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] 'It's impossible to imagine more compelling performances of this music-Howard Shelley is truly a rescuer of lost musical souls' (Gramophone) |
FRANZ XAVER MOZART / MUZIO CLEMENTI
F. X. Mozart / Clementi: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano/conductor), Sinfonieorchester St Gallen [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 3 / CD - released 29/Jul/2016 ] 'Howard Shelley plays both pieces quite beautifully, investing each phrase with subtly understated expression' (BBC Music Magazine Five Stars) |
ERNST von DOHNANYI
Dohnányi: Orchestral Works BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert (conductor), with Howard Shelley (piano), James Ehnes (violin) & Clifford Lantaff (harp) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 15/Jul/2016 ] Ernst von Dohnányi was for many years a little-known and unjustly neglected composer. Chandos' series of recordings of his orchestral works, performed by the BBC Philharmonic under Matthias Bamert, with a distinguished roster of soloists,... |
MENDELSSOHN
The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 4 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] The Op 35 set of Preludes and Fugues is the most substantial single opus Mendelssohn wrote for solo piano, a mark of his reverence for the mighty Bach. |
DANIEL STEIBELT
Steibelt: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 5 & 7 Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Ulster Orchestra [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 2 / CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] 'Shelley brings Steibelt's music back to life with all the panache we have come to expect from the many other piano concertos he has recorded for Hyperion in their previous Romantic piano concerto series' (Classic FM) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 3 Howard Shelley (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] "Mendelssohn and Howard Shelley are a musical marriage made in heaven. Stylish and delectably light-fingered, Shelley makes a flawless case in Vol 3 of his [Complete Solo Piano Music of Mendelssohn]…if anyone can persuade us of Mendelssohn's quality |
PETER DICKINSON
Three Concertos / Merseyside Echoes Howard Shelley (piano) Chloe Hanslip (violin) Jennifer Bate (organ) / BBC Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales [ Heritage / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Heritage presents a brand new recording of a British violin concerto. Chloe Hanslip gives the world premiere recording of Peter Dickinson's Violin Concerto, accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conducted by Clark Rundell. This... |
HENRI HERZ
Herz: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 74 / Grande fantaisie militaire sur La fille du régiment, Op. 163 / etc Howard Shelley (piano and conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 66 / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Shelley by turns charms and dazzles…unless your doctor has prescribed some strict froth-free diet (and how tedious would that be) I can heartily recommend a dose of Herz." Gramophone |