from Bennett & Bache: Piano Concertos (CDA67595) 1 Allegro con maesta [11'46] 27 minutes 23 seconds 3 tracks2 Barcarole: Andante cantabile e con moto [7'55] 3 Presto: Agitato [7'42] ‘Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series, a wealth of novelties and delights, has reached its 43rd issue … neither composer could wish for a more persuasive advocate than Howard Shelley, who, ... ‘Bennett's sparkling Fourth Piano Concerto, with its lightly worn debts to Mendelssohn and Schumann … the flights of lyrical fancy that make Bennett's piano-writing so engaging. As soloist and co ... ‘The Concerto (arguably the best of Bennett's extant concertos) has substantial strengths … it is wonderfully interpreted in this reading, which—with Howard Shelley conducting from the keyboard—h ... |