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Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Moments musicaux & Morceaux de salon

Howard Shelley (piano)
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Label: Hyperion
Recording details: April 1985
St Michael's Church, Highgate, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: August 1988
Total duration: 55 minutes 7 seconds
 

All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set The Complete Rachmaninov Solo Piano Music: ‘A fine achievement from Howard Shelley and Hyperion alike. These superbly recorded, idiomatic readings demonstrate Shelley's virtuoso pianism and affinity for this music in performances of the highest calibre’ (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide).

Awards

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

Reviews

‘Masterly pianism … a refined awareness of Rachmaninov's sound-world. The recording is eminently realistic and natural’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘Sensitive, impassioned, tonally beautiful and technically impressive, Howard Shelley is among the finest Rachmaninov pianists’ (American Record Guide)

Other albums in this series

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