Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux

Rachmaninov’s Études-tableaux explore a plethora of colours, textures and sonorites and demonstrate the emotional range of the composer’s expression. Howard Shelley gives authoritative performances of these studies and tackles the technical challenges with an easy brilliance.

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‘In Shelley's Rachmaninov series, I think this the finest achievement among them’ (Gramophone)
‘Peerless command and inimitable insights’ (Hi-Fi News)
‘The refinement of the playing reminds one of Rachmaninov's own classic interpretations: few contemporary pianists can equal Shelley's elegant phrasing in pianissimo passages or his imaginative and re ...