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HENRI HERZ
Piano Concerto Nos. 1, 7, & 8 Howard Shelley (piano and conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 35 / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] 'Shelley and the Tasmanians are persuasive advocates for these three piano concertos: this is charming, tuneful music, deftly orchestrated by a man who obviously knew his Chopin, Rossini and, in the nocturne-like slow moverments, John Field' - The... |
FRANCIS EDWARD BACHE / STERNDALE BENNETT
Bache / Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 43 / CD - released 2/Nov/2007 ] "This recording demands recognition for three reasons. Firstly that the best of early nineteenth century music holds up well against virtually anything written elsewhere. Secondly that Sterndale Bennett and Bache are composers who are totally worthy... |
SIR DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY
Piano Concerto in A major, Op 15 (with Mackenzie- Scottish Concerto) Steven Osborne (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 19 / CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ] 'What a bonanza this Hyperion offering is! If you fancy piano concertos you'll find plenty in these two neglected specimens to challenge and enchant you' (Fanfare, USA) |
FERDINAND HILLER
Hiller: Piano Concertos Nos 1-3 Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vo 45 / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "The indefatigable Shelley puts us in his debt again by uncovering these gems." (Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2008) |
MOSCHELES
Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 4 & 5 / Recollections of Ireland Op 69 Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 36 / CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] 'You have to hand it to Howard Shelley. It's one thing to lead a concerto from the keyboard, but to do this when the solo part is so demanding and with such insouciance is quite another thing … Completed by Henry Roche's trenchant and engaging... |
HENRI HERZ
Piano Concerto Nos 3, 4 & 5 Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 40 / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] 'Here, magnificently performed and recorded, is music to set heads nodding and feet tapping, the epitome of art which scorns profundity and elevates pianistic acrobatics to a high and elegant plane' Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (May 2006) |
MOSCHELES
Piano Concertos Nos 1, 6 & 7 Howard Shelley (piano) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / Howard Shelley [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 32 / CD - released 1/Jun/2003 ] 'I defy anyone not to be captivated by this delightful, witty, rhythmically vital and spontonaneously inventive work, especially when played as stylishly as here'....(International Record Review) |
MOSCHELES
Moscheles: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Howard Shelley (piano) The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Howard Shelley (con) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 29 / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'Very agreeable music of the Romantic era, well constructed and melodious. Highly recommended' (International Record Review) |
HUSS / SCHELLING
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Ian Hobson (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 16 / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] 'Compelling listening' (Gramophone) |
J.S. BACH
Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 9 (Harriet Cohen and other British transcriptions) Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen is in that sense a fascinating anthology of British transcribing manners of the inter-war period. |
STOJOWSKI
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Jonathan Plowright (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 28 / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine(May 2002) - "Stojowski could hardly have found a better interpreter than Jonathan Plowright, who plays with affection, understanding and sometimes breathtaking virtuosity." |
ZAREBSKI / ZELENSKI
Piano Quintet & Piano Quartet Jonathan Plowright (piano) / Szymanowski Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "[Zarebski] wrote [his Piano Quintet] in the year of his premature death, dedicating it to his teacher Liszt, and the virtuosity that implies is caught here in a performance of passionate warmth...Again, the performance [of the Zelenski] is... |
ADOLF VON HENSELT / CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Piano Concertos Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 7 / CD - released 23/Sep/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / CRITICS' CHOICE BEST OF THE YEAR, BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major Op 39 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mark Elder (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 22 / CD - released 4/Feb/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
JADASSOHN / DRAESKE
Piano Concertos Markus Becker (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Michael Sanderling (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 47 / CD - released 28/Feb/2009 ] 'These pieces, which burst with … memorable tunes and lashings of showy arpeggios, are played with admirable swagger by Markus Becker and are a welcome addition to Hyperion's exhaustive study of the Romantic Piano Concerto' (The Observer) |