Since you are interested in Hummel: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CYRIL SCOTT
Scott: Piano Concerto No.1 / Symphony No.4 Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] 'Scott's scoring is extravagant but lucid, his harmony sensuous and involving, and his structures are free but controlled… This is a CD of terrific music, its demands comprehensively met by the musicians, and the recording' International Record Review |
HUMMEL
L'Enchantment d'Oberon, Op. 116 / Piano Concerto in A major / etc London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 'Shelley's sparkling playing is winning… As ever in this Chandos series, the first-rate recording is clear and vivid, warm and full.' Gramophone.. |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Ballet Suites / Twelve Waltzes and Coda London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "Howard Shelley's light touch, fresh and colourful orchestral playing, and excellent recording, make this very well worth hearing on its own account, not simply as a rediscovered rarity." BBC Music |
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Stephen Hough (piano) / Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Nov/2007 ] 'There just isn't a modern performer who delivers Rachmaninov quite like this - just as the composer intended … For sheer energy, vivacity and an intuitive understanding of the late-Romantic concerto, there are few who can equal Hough.' (Classic FM... |