Bennett, W S
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Special offer. William Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
RecommendedSimon Callaghan (piano), Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano), Northern Sinfonia, Martin Yates
Callaghan is the superb soloist in the Fourth and Sixth, in energising performances with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Martin Yates that feel tailored to the music's scale and sympathies. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2026, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd January 2026
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 74 - Sir William Sterndale Bennett
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Shelley is his usual reliable self, making light of technical difficulties, and breathing life into neglected corners of the repertoire. Some of these pieces are short on memorable ideas, but... —
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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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Special offer. Bennett, W S: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 1, etc.
RecommendedMalcolm Binns (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Villiers Quartet are a touch low on energy at the works’ opening, and intonation is not always secure; however, Jeremy Young brings sparkle and a real sense of narrative to the virtuosic... —
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Special offer. British Symphonies
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, Vernon Handley, Adrian Boult, Myer Fredman, Norman Del Mar, John Pritchard, Lennox Berkeley, William Alwyn, Josef Krips
this is a very significant release which really deserves to be snapped up by everyone, not least those who still cling to the discredited belief that when it comes to composing symphonies, Britain... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2003, Editor's Choice
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Bennett, W S: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat, etc.
Malcolm Binns (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
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Sterndale Bennett - Overtures
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 43 - Sterndale Bennett & Bache
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley (piano/conductor)
Sterndale Bennett's Fourth Piano Concerto of 1838… Written at 22…it is by no means all Mendelssohian in its style, having a sombre, rather Schumannesque first movement, an expressive Barcarolle... —
