CD, Clementi (composer)
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The Beethoven Connection
RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Sonatas by Clementi, Dussek, Hummel & Wölfl
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
This recording embodies a brilliant idea, brilliantly carried out…Each of the works that Bavouzet has programmed is a revelation, and reflects the fundamental changes that were taking place... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Piano
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[Shelley's] playing is exemplary, with a gloriously fluent technique and a most perceptive interpretational approach...The Six Sonatinas here prove particularly nostalgic, core repertoire from... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, Editor's Choice
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Even the slightest, most trivial pieces are enhanced by Howard Shelley's brisk tempos, and he's served by an infallible technique, from virtuoso finger-dexterity to deeply expressive, spacious... —
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Rondeau’s interpretations of this music suggest that for the likes of Haydn, Clementi, Beethoven and Debussy, harpsichord sonorities were very much in their mind’s ear. In particular, Rondeau’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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This second instalment of all Clementi’s 70-odd sonatas in chronological order is no less relevatory than the first … the sonatas combine the high spirits and dexterity of Scarlatti with the... —
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Shelley's playing is as warm and expressive throughout… —
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For all the temptation to compare Clementi with his more familiar contemporaries, a clear and distinctive voice appears through this complete sonatas. Shelley's technical security allows him... —
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The Classical Piano Concerto 3: F X Mozart & Clementi
RecommendedHoward Shelley (piano & conductor)
Sinfonieorchester St Gallen
Howard Shelley and the orchestra take the listener on an emotional journey —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th August 2016
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Shelley's third volume (of six projected) makes abundantly clear that Clementi at best was an outstanding composer. He tempers the virtuoso finger-dexterity of the 'mechanicus' with sensitive... —
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Shelley is a first-rate advocate, with passage-work of crystalline clarity, light-footed pedalling, and communicating a sense of deep commitment to this unjustly under-rated repertoire. The... —
