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HAYDN 'London' Symphonies - boxed set
CLEMENTI Vol 2
HILLER
SPOHR
Henri HERZ (1803-1888)
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Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL
Piano Concerto in A
O du lieber Augustin
L'enchantement d'Oberon
Le Retour à Londres
London Mozart Players
Chandos CHAN 10374
"Howard Shelley adds to his formidable list of recordings of long-neglected Hummel works, three of the concertante pieces for piano which he directs from the keyboard.. Shelley's gifts of agility and articulation mean he can make such decorative writing a delight." Gramophone June 2006
"All these pieces are vividly performed by the London Mozart Players, while pianist Howard Shelley throws off Hummel's copious cascades of notes with appropriate panache... Shelley's virtuoso pianism is a delight in itself." BBC Music Magazine March 2006
"Collectors of the series can rest assured that this latest volume fully sustains the high standards already set. Shelley couldn't play a dull or ugly note if his life depended on it, so all those long-spun, mellifluous cantilenas flow with a meltingly lovely tone, and when the music goes into note-overdrive, he makes everything sound vital and compelling." International Record Review April 2006
Ignaz MOSCHELES (1794-1870)
Piano Concerto in C Op 34
Piano Concerto No 4
Piano Concerto No 5 (final volume of 3 CD series)
Hyperion CDA67430
The Gramophone / April 2005
"Few events in the never-ending expansion of recorded repertoire have been more welcome, or less expected, than the revival of the fortunes of Ignaz Moscheles in Tasmania. This delightful disc brings Hyperion's series of his complete piano concertos to a fitting close.
Here is an astonishing composer-pianist who understood everything that the instrument of his time could do. He has been lucky to find, in Howard Shelley, such an effective and sympathetic champion. Directing the performances from the keyboard, Shelley takes every prestidigitational hurdle with immaculate enthusiasm and aristocratic aplomb. He displays an exemplary range of touch and fluidity, communicates an intense pleasure in the music and indeed seems to revel in its abundant charm. The recording is of the same excellent standard as previous releases in this series."
International Record Review / April 2005
Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778-1837)
Piano Concerto in C Op 34
Rondo brillant Op 56
Rondo brillant Op 98
Chandos CHAN 10216
"This is exquisitely crafted music, played with irresistible flair by
Shelley and his orchestra"
Sunday Times "Classical CD of the week" 11 July 04
"Shelley's playing throughout is dazzling, clean and precise in all the
cascades of virtuoso fingerwork, and with beautifully inflected decorative
lines in the slower music, reminding us of Hummel's influence on Chopin.
And Shelley somehow manages go combine this with purposeful direction of the
orchestra - which responds with first-rate playing, notably from the
woodwind. Highly recommended."
BBC Music Magazine Sept 04
"This is Hummel at his most delightful, full of sparkling ideas deliciously
delivered by Shelley. These are rarities well worth sampling, unlikely to be
performed or recorded better."
Gramophone Sept 04
"Both of these pieces (the Rondos) could easily be taken for Chopin, and
Shelley's flair for the grand gesture seems quite in keeping. This is far
and away the best entry yet in Shelley's Hummel cycle."
American Record Guide Sept/Oct 2004
"It is hard to imagine a more sheerly pleasurable listening experience than
this. Shelley is completely at home with Hummel's idiom - always easy on
the ear whether brilliant or lyrical - and the orchestra is superbly
responsive."
International Record Review Sept 04
Henri HERZ (1803-1888)
Piano Concerto No 1 in A Op 34
Piano Concerto No 7 in B minor Op 207
Piano Concerto No 8 in A flat Op 218
Hyperion CDA67465
"Rescued from oblivion, Henri Herz's Piano Concertos Nos 1,7 and 8 are
dusted down to emerge into scintillating light.. Such is Howard Shelley' s
expertise that the superficiality becomes engaging. There are few more
dextrous or musicianly pianists that Shelley and although I would dearly
love to hear him in, say , the Chopin concertos, I am more than grateful for
an artist who, like Herz himself, can make you think 'that a bird has
escaped from his fingers and went undulating and singing through the air.'"
Gramophone / Aug 04
"It may be true that the music of Henri Herz predeceased him, but the three
piano concertos recorded here ooze with enough virtuosic flair and charm to
captivate modern listeners. You'll hear those bel canto like runs,
figurations and embellishments that Chopin later made famous, fiery
cascading triplets, ricocheting leaps and, of course, the repeated notes
that were Herz's speciality. None of Herz's technical thickets fazes
Howard Shelley, though: he can bend the lines to milk a felicitous
modulation or give full operatic scope to busy, high-register filigree."
BBC Music Magazine / Aug 04
"Howard Shelley who performs the dual role of piano soloist and orchestral
director, delights in the charm and the considerable technical challenge of
it all, and with his always fluent and controlled fingerwork he makes it
sound easy. It's not. And the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra covers itself
with glory with some bright sounds, cultivated playing and unfailingly crisp
ensemble."
International Record Review / Sept 04
| ALWYN | Piano Concerto No 1
(London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox) | Chandos / CHAN 9155 |
| Piano Concerto No 2 (London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox) | Chandos / CHAN 9196 | |
| re-released on one CD | Chandos / CHAN 9935 | |
| BALAKIREV | Piano Concerto No 1
(BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaisky) | Chandos / CHAN 9727 |
| BEETHOVEN | (The Complete Piano Concertos) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Roll piano | Tring Int |
| Nos 2 & 3 | TRP076 | |
| No 4 & Triple concerto | TRP077 | |
| No 1 & 5 | TRP075 | |
| BERKELEY, Lennox | Piano Concerto
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Richard Hickox | Chandos / CHAN 10265 |
| BRIDGE | Phantasm
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Richard Hickox | Chandos / CHAN 10112 |
| CARWITHEN | Piano Concerto
(London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox) | Chandos / CHAN 9524 |
| CASADESUS, Robert | Symphonies 1, 5 & 7
Northern Sinfonia & chorus | Chandos / CHAN 10263 |
| CLEMENTI | The Complete Piano Sonatas - Vol 2 Opp 9, 10, 11 & 12 | Hyperion / CDA 67717 |
| CHOPIN | 24 Preludes, B flat minor Sonata | Regis Records / RRC 1120 |
| CHOPIN | Four Scherzi, Berceuse, Fantasie | Chandos / CHAN 9018 |
| CHOPIN | Sonata No 3, 4 Impromptus, Barcarolle | Chandos / CHAN 9175 |
| CRAMER | Piano Concertos No 2 Op 16, No 7 Op 56 & No 8 Op 70
(London Mozart Players / conductor & soloist) | Chandos / CHAN 10005 |
| DICKINSON | Piano Concerto
(BBC Symphony / David Atherton) | EMI / CDC 7475842 |
| DOHNANYI | Nursery Variations
(BBC Philharmonic / Matthias Bamert) | Chandos / CHAN 9733 |
| DOHNANYI | Piano Concerto No 1
(BBC Philharmonic / Matthias Bamert) | Chandos / CHAN 9649 |
| DOHNANYI | Piano Concerto No 2
(BBC Philharmonic / Matthias Bamert) | Chandos / CHAN 10245 |
| FARRAR | Variations for Piano and Orchestra
(Philharmonia / Alasdair Mitchell) | Chandos / CHAN 9586 |
| FERGUSON | Piano Sonata / Partita for Two Pianos
(with Hilary Macnamara) | Hyperion / CDA 66130 |
| FERGUSON | Piano Concerto
(City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox) | EMI / CDC 7496272 |
| FINZI | Eclogue
(City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox | EMI / CDC 7496272 |
| FRANCK | Symphonic Variations
(London Symphony Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon) | Cala / CACD1/6 |
| GERSHWIN | Piano Concerto in F. Rhapsody in Blue, 2nd Rhapsody
(Philharmonia / Yan Pascal Tortelier) | Chandos / CHAN 9092 |
| GERSHWIN | I Got Rhythm - Variations
(BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier) | Chandos / CHAN 9325 |
| GRIEG SAINT-SAENS SCHUMANN | Piano Concerto
Piano Concerto No 2 Piano Concerto (Orchestra of Opera North) - release Mar 09 - | Chandos / CHAN 10509 |
| GOOSSENS | Phantasy Concerto for Piano
(Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox) - release Feb 09 - | Chandos / CHSA 5068 |
| HAYDN | The 12 'London' Symphonies due for release Feb 2009 (Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana) | Hyperion / CDS44371/4 |
| HERZ | Piano Concertos Nos 3,4 & 5
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | Hyperion / CDA 67537 |
| HERZ | Piano Concertos Nos 1,7 & 8
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | Hyperion / CDA 67465 |
| HILLER | Piano Concertos No 1 Op 5, No 2 Op 69, No 3 Op 170 (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra) | Hyperion / CDA 67655 |
| HINDEMITH | Four Temperaments
(BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier) | Chandos /CHAN 9124 |
| HOWELLS | Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
(BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox) | Chandos / CHAN 9897 |
| HUMMEL | Piano Works Rondo Op 11; Caprice Op 49; Variations on a theme from Gluck's 'Armide' Op 57; La contemplazione Op 107 No 3; Rondo all'Ungherese Op 107 No 6, La bella capricciosa Op 55; Sonata Op 13 | Chandos / CHAN 9807 |
| HUMMEL | Piano Concerto in C Op 34, Rondo Brillant Op 56, Rondo Brillant Op 98
(London Mozart Players) | Chandos / CHAN 10216 |
| HUMMEL | Piano Concerto in A flat Op 113; Concertino in G Op 73;
Gesellschafts Rondo in D Op 117
(London Mozart Players / conductor & soloist) | Chandos / CHAN 9558 |
| HUMMEL | Piano Concerto Op 110; Concerto for Piano and Violin Op 17
(London Mozart Players / conductor & soloist with Hagai Shaham violin | Chandos / CHAN 9687 |
| HUMMEL | Piano Concerto in F Op post 1; Piano Concerto in A S4/W24;
Theme & Variations Op 97
(London Mozart Players / conductor & soloist) | Chandos / CHAN 9886 |
| HUMMEL | Freudenfest Ov; Mandolin Concerto in G, Trumpet Concerto in E flat; Ballet Music for 'Das Zauberglöcken'
(Urgan Agnas trumpet / Howard Shelley conductor) | Chandos / CHAN 9925 |
| HUMMEL | Piano Concerto in C; Rondo Brillant Op 56; Rondo Brillant Op 98
(London Mozart Players / conductor & soloist) | Chandos / CHAN 10216 |
| HUMMEL | Violin Concerto in G; Potpourri for viola & orch; Variations for piano & orch
(London Mozart Players / James Ehnes violin/viola | Chandos - CHAN 10255 |
| HUMMEL | Piano Concerto in A, O du lieber Augustin, L'enchantement d'Oberon, Le Retour à Londres
(London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley) | Chandos - CHAN 10374 |
| KALKBRENNER | Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 4
(Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra) | Hyperion / CDA 67535 |
| KORNGOLD | Piano Concerto (Left Hand) Op 17a
(BBC Philharmonic / Matthias Bamert) | Chandos / CHAN 9508 |
| KROMMER | Oboe Concerto
(London Mozart Players / Sarah Francis oboe, Howard Shelley conductor) | Hyperion / CDA 66411 |
| LIAPOUNOV | Piano Concerto No 2
(BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaisky) | Chandos / CHAN 9808 |
| MENDELSSOHN | Concerto no 1 Op 25; No 2 Op 4; Capriccio brillant
(London Mozart Players / conductor & soloist) | Chandos / CHAN 9215 |
| MESSIAEN | Turangalîla-symphonie
(BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier) | Chandos / CHAN 9678 |
| MOSCHELES | Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3; Anticipations of Scotland
(Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / conductor & soloist) | Hyperion / CDA 67276 |
| MOSCHELES | Piano Concertos Nos 1, 6 & 7
(Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / conductor & soloist) | Hyperion / CDA 67385 |
| MOSCHELES | Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 5
(Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (conductor & soloist) | Hyperion / CDA 67430 |
| MOZART | Concertos Nos 21 K467 & 24 K491
(City of London Sinfonia conductor & soloist) | Regis Records / RRC 1067 |
| MOZART | Piano Concertos | Chandos |
| Vol 1 Concertos Nos 20 K.466 & 23 K.488 | Chandos / CHAN 8992 | |
| Vol 2 Concertos Nos 9 K.271 & 17 K.453 | Chandos /CHAN 9068 | |
| Vol 3 Concertos Nos 14 K.449 & 27 K.595 | Chandos / CHAN 9137 | |
| Vol 4 Concertos Nos 19 K.459 & 12 K.414 | Chandos / CHAN 9256 | |
| Vol 5 Concertos Nos 13 K.415 & 24 K.491 | Chandos / CHAN 9326 | |
| Vol 6 Concertos Nos 21 K.467 & 22 K.482
(London Mozart Players conductor & soloist) | Chandos / CHAN 9404 | |
| MOZART | Oboe Concerto
(London Mozart Players / Sarah Francis oboe, Howard Shelley conductor) | Hyperion / CDA 66411 |
| MOZART | Symphonies No 35 Haffner & No 38 Prague
(Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Howard Shelley conductor) | Tring / TRP059 |
| MOZART/WILBY | Concerto for violin and piano K315f
(Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Iona Brown) part of Philips 4-CD set of violin concertos | Philips / 422508-2 |
| RACHMANINOV | The Complete Solo Works [9 volumes] | Hyperion |
| Variations Op.22 & 42 | CDA 66009 | |
| Sonata No.1 Op.28, Sonata No.2 Op.36 [revised] | CDA 66047 | |
| Ten Preludes Op.23 / Morceaux de Fantasie Op.2 | CDA 66081 | |
| Thirteen Preludes Op.23 | CDA 66082 | |
| Etudes-Tableaux Opp.33 and 39 | CDA 66091 | |
| The Early Piano Works / Sonata No.2 [original] | CDA 66198 | |
| Moments Musicaux Op.16 / Morceaux de Salon Op.10 | CDA 66184 | |
| The Two-Piano Works (with Hilary Macnamara) | CDA 66375 | |
| The Transcriptions | CDA 66486 | |
| RACHMANINOV | The Complete Piano Concertos [2 volumes] | Chandos / CHAN 8882/3 |
| Concertos Nos 1, 4 & Paganini Rhapsody | Chandos / CHAN 9192 | |
| Concertos Nos 2 & 3
(Scottish National Orchestra / Bryden Thomson) | Chandos / CHAN 9193 | |
| RACHMANINOV | The Complete Song Cycle [3 volumes]
(Sergei Leiferkus, Alexandre Naoumenko, Maria Popescu, Joan Rodgers) | Chandos |
| Vol 1: Op 4; Op 18; Op 14 | CHAN 9405 | |
| Vol 2: Op 21; Op 26 | CHAN 9451 | |
| Vol 3: Op 34; Op 38 | CHAN 9477 | |
| 32 Songs for Baritone (Sergei Leiferkus) | CHAN 9374 | |
| Rachmaninov Songs (Joan Rodgers) | CHAN 9644 | |
| REINECKE | Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 134; No 3 in G minor Op 227
(Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / Howard Shelley conductor) | Chandos / CHAN 9893 |
| RUBBRA | Sinfonia Concertante
(BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox) | Chandos / CHAN 9538 |
| re-released | Chandos / CHAN 9966 | |
| SAINT-SAENS | Carnival of the Animals
(Scottish Chamber Orchestra / King's Singers / Carl Davis) | EMI / CDC 747708-2 |
| SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata No 13 D784; No 18 D894
(Howard Shelley forte-piano) | Amon Ra / CD-SAR13 |
| SCHUBERT | Symphonies Nos 3 & 5
(Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Howard Shelley conductor) | Tring / TRP058 |
| SCHUMANN | Carnival Op 9; Kinderszenen Op 15; Toccata Op 7 | Chandos / CHAN 8814 |
| SCOTT, Cyril | Piano Concerto No 2
(BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins) | Chandos / CHAN 10211 |
| SPOHR | Symphonies No 4 in F Op 86, No 5 in C minor Op 102 Overture 'Das befreite Deutschland' (Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana) | Hyperion / CDA 67622 |
| SZYMANOWSKI | Symphony No 4 Op 60a
(BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaisky) | Chandos / CHAN 9478 |
| SMITH, Alice Mary | Symphony in A minor Symphony in C minor Andante for clarinet & orchestra (London Mozart Players/Angela Malsbury, cl) | Chandos / CHAN 10211 |
| SZYMANOWSKI | Symphony No 4 Op 60a
(BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaisky) | Chandos / CHAN 9478 |
| TIPPETT | Fantasia on a theme of Handel
(Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox) | Chandos / CHAN 9233 |
| TIPPETT | Piano Concerto
(Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox | Chandos / CHAN 9333 |
| re-released on one CD | Chandos / CHAN 9934 | |
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Piano Concerto
(London Symphony Orchestra / Bryden Thomson) | Chandos / CHAN 8941 |
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Piano Concerto
(Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley) | Lyrita / SRCS 130 |
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Epithalamion
(London Philharmonic / Bach Choir / Sir David Willcocks) | EMI / CDC 7476992 |
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | On Wenlock Edge
(Britten Quartet / Philip Langridge) | EMI / CDC 754346-2 |