The ‘air-spun brilliance and stylistic elegance’ which Gramophone so admired in Howard Shelley’s previous recording of Sterndale Bennett is in abundant evidence in this new release of the first three piano concertos.
‘The Third Concerto was admired by both Mendelssohn and Schumann. I’ll admit it’s difficult not to be enticed by the mysteriously atmospheric Romanza, with its delicate pizzicato accompaniment and fol ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘Shelley, seated at a modern Steinway … brings a unified artistic vision to the entirety of this fantastic disc’ (British Music Society Journal)
BBC Music Magazine‘Shelley, seated at a modern Steinway … brings a unified artistic vision to the entirety of this fantastic disc’ (British Music Society Journal)