Ulster Orchestra
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This album covers 50 years of Jean Françaix's droll, deadpan and meltingly lyrical work. —
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[Shelley] succeeds in convincing one that Dussek’s powers of melodic invention are more fertile than is actually the case… It would be all too easy for Dussek’s Mendelssohnian propensity for... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, Concerto Choice
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No pianist today is more steeped in this idiom than Howard Shelley, who, true to form, dispatches both concertos with mingled flamboyance and limpid grace. —
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The Classical Piano Concerto 1: Dussek
RecommendedHoward Shelley (piano & conductor)
Ulster Orchestra
bright, buoyant and restlessly busy —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st July 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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JoAnn Falletta on Naxos conducts from original manuscripts, including for the first time several bars cut by Matthews. Holst fans will want to buy this disc for that reason alone...[Indra] exudes... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th July 2012
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the disc as a whole is worth hearing for Shelley, but otherwise I'd suggest that Steibelt is a niche interest —
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New. Spin: New Music For Violin & Orchestra From Northern Ireland
Darragh Morgan (violin), Ulster Orchestra, David Brophy
Brian Irvine's two-movement À mon seul désir presents the violin in a more dramatic context, the solo instrument in constant danger of being overwhelmed by the large forces...A mon seul désir... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto (1991 - 2007 Edition)
Featuring pianists including Stephen Hough, Seta Tanyel, Piers Lane, Nikolai Demidenko, Martin Roscoe, Howard Shelley, Peter Donohoe, Marc-André Hamelin and Steven Osborne
Is this handsomely produced box-set worth acquiring? As a work of art alone, yes! If you have not encountered these works before, do not hesitate. Dip in anywhere and you will be rewarded. Assuming... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
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50 CDs
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Moeran: Orchestral Works
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Ulster Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Vernon Handley, Norman Del Mar
