Howard Shelley; Howard Shelley: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Release Date: 01 November 2012
Label: Hyperion Records Ltd
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 034571179155
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
This 58th volume of the Romantic Piano Concerto series presents two composer-pianists who contributed to Liszt’s piano extravaganza Hexameron (1837).
Thalberg (who would be celebrating his 200th birthday in 2012) famously took part in a pianistic ‘duel’ with Liszt, and was popularly acclaimed as the greatest pianist in the world during his lifetime. He only wrote one piano concerto, and that in his teens, but it is a brilliantly effective showpiece for virtuosity and stamina, the pianist’s hands barely leaving the piano. Johann Peter Pixis has now been consigned—perhaps unfairly—to the oblivion where so many early 19th-century composers dwell. These are world premiere recordings of his charming Piano Concerto and Piano Concertino.
Howard Shelley, undisputed master of the music of the early Romantic period, directs the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra from the keyboard with his usual insouciance and poise.
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
