Howard Shelley; Howard Shelley: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Release Date: 01 September 2013
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571179506
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
The Romantic Piano Concerto series reaches Volume 61, and continues to probe into the obscurest depths of the nineteenth-century piano world. Dohler’s Piano Concerto in A major and Dreyschock’s Salut a Vienne are both first recordings. The two composer-pianists were contemporaries, both child prodigies and both hugely admired in their day. Today their names are not even faintly familiar to concert-goers.
Dohler’s Concerto is pure entertainment: a lavishly ornamented virtuoso confection that requires a high-wire act from the soloist from start to finish. Dreyschock’s Morceau de concert, Op 27, is dedicated to the Philharmonic Society of London. It opens with a Beethovenian declamation—and indeed throughout the piece there are allusions to several Beethoven works, notably the ‘Appassionata’ Sonata. Salut a Vienne is a lighthearted but highly effective showpiece.
These all-but-forgotten works live again through the stylish artistry and technical brilliance of Howard Shelley, who is both soloist and conductor of his long-term collaborators, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
Tracklisting
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nir Kabaretti
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice
Steven Isserlis
The Nash Ensemble
MultiPiano Ensemble, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Ivor Bolton
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton
Gothic Voices / Christopher Page
Howard Shelley; Howard Shelley: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Howard Shelley; Howard Shelley: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Howard Shelley; Howard Shelley: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Howard Shelley; Howard Shelley: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Howard Shelley; Howard Shelley: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Howard Shelley; Howard Shelley: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Howard Shelley; Howard Shelley: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
