Listening to these fluent, expressive performances, it’s difficult to see how even Cramer—one of the great virtuosos of his day—could have matched the effortless mastery so characteristic of Howard Shelley’s pianism.
‘It takes a special kind of pianist to make certain pieces sound better or more important than they actually are, and Shelley certainly knows how to sell Cramer. His inflections of phrase convey palpa ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘Howard Shelley brings Johann Baptist Cramer's piano music to life with the London Mozart Players in this new recording, Cramer's Piano Concertos Nos 4 and 5. Of his eight piano concertos, these give ...
BBC Music Magazine‘Howard Shelley brings Johann Baptist Cramer's piano music to life with the London Mozart Players in this new recording, Cramer's Piano Concertos Nos 4 and 5. Of his eight piano concertos, these give ...