Howard Shelley
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Biography
British pianist and conductor Howard Shelley is a regular contributor to the London Mozart Players ensemble and has recorded a long series of Romantic works rarely performed by his contemporaries. Born in London, England on March 9, 1950, he learnt piano with teacher Vera Yelverton at Highgate School and went on to study with Kendall Taylor at the Royal College of Music, where he was awarded first prize. After a debut performance at the BBC Proms under Michael Tilson Thomas, he toured the world and performed with renowned conductors. In 1983, in five recitals at London's Wigmore Hall, he was the first musician to perform the complete piano works of Rachmaninov, a composer to whom he devoted his first recordings to. After beginning his conducting career in 1985, Howard Shelley led the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra in Sweden (1990-1992). At the same time, he began a close and fruitful collaboration with the London Mozart Players, which he led from the piano for a series of concerto recordings, before becoming Music Director in 2015. Under contract to the Chandos label, he has expanded his repertoire with several programs devoted to British composers such as Alwyn, Bridge, Howells, Rubbra, Scott, Carwithen, Vaughan Williams, and Michael Tippett, in addition to other albums dedicated to Chopin, Mendelssohn, Gershwin, Korngold, Hummel and Messiaen. In the 2000s, he took part in the Hyperion label's project to promote little-played or little-recorded composers through The Romantic Piano Concerto series. The pianist's contribution includes a large number of works by Moscheles, Herz, Kalkbrenner, Taubert, Thalberg, Godard, Czerny, Elmas, and Schmitt, supported by ensembles such as the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra. A prolific studio pianist, Howard Shelley has also recorded complete symphonic scores by Spohr and sonatas by Clementi. In 2009, the musician was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
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Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Elmas: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 82)
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Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto & Works by Hiller, Herz & Kalkbrenner (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concert
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Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Potter: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 72)
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Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Czerny: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 71)
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Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Herz: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Other Works (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 66)
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Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Godard: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 63)
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Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Döhler & Dreyschock: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 61)
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Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Pixis & Thalberg: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 58)
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Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Benedict & Macfarren: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 48)
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- Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte VIII, Op. 102: IV. Andante un poco agitato, MWV U152 "The Sighing Wind"
- Godard: Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 31: II. Scherzo. Allegretto non troppo by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 8: II. Poco Adagio
- Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte VIII, Op. 102: VI. Andante, MWV U172 "Belief"
- Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 8: III. Allegro non troppo â Allegro molto ma non presto â Lento
- Ferguson: Partita, Op. 5b: I. Grave â Allegro pesante by Howard Shelley
- Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte VII, Op. 85: VI. Allegretto con moto, MWV U155
- Tellefsen: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 15 - III. Movimento di tarantella. Allegro featuring Howard Shelley
- Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte VIII, Op. 102: II. Adagio, MWV U192
- H. Herz: Fantaisie et variations sur la marche d'Otello de Rossini, Op. 67 by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Cramer: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 10: I. Allegro by Howard Shelley
- H. Herz: Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 30 by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Ferguson: Partita, Op. 5b: II. Allegro un poco agitato by Howard Shelley
- Ferguson: Partita, Op. 5b: III. Andante un poco mosso by Howard Shelley
- Godard: Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 31: IV. Allegro ma non troppo. Vivace by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Ferguson: Partita, Op. 5b: IV. Allegro con spirito by Howard Shelley
- H. Herz: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 74: I. Allegro moderato by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Godard: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 148: II. Andante â by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Godard: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 148: III. Scherzo. Allegretto by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Godard: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 148: IV. Andante maestoso â Moderato by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Godard: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 49: I. Lento by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Haydn: Symphony No. 93 in D Major, Hob. I:93: I. Adagio â Allegro assai by Howard Shelley
- H. Herz: Grande fantaisie militaire sur "La fille du régiment", Op. 163 by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Godard: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 49: II. Allegro by Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
