The Romantic Piano Concerto
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 27 - Saint-Saëns
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
If Saint-Saëns's idiom once answered – and maybe still does – to qualities fundamental to the French musical character, it must be said straight away that Hough sounds the complete insider.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2001, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Gold Disc
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 70 - Beach, Chaminade & Howell
RecommendedBeach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller
Pick of the bunch is the Concerto by Amy Beach…Danny Driver is a highly accomplished soloist, if occasionally lacking in Romantic flexibility; the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Rebecca... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 50 – Tchaikovsky
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Both soloist and conductor seem committed to emphasising the architectural integrity of Tchaikovsky's musical thinking...Yet by keeping things moving and delivering performances that project... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th March 2010
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Building a Library, November 2022, Also Recommended - 1st Concerto
2 CDs
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 11 - Scharwenka & Sauer
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
A glitteringly worthy addition to the Hyperion series ... Stephen Hough exhibits dazzling flair in showpiece concertos by Sauer and Scharwenka – and plenty of stamina ... Hough plays throughout... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Concerto
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 72 - Cipriani Potter
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
[Potter's concertos] are conservative in style, but distinctively coloured through their prominent use of wind instruments, as well as occasional passages for solo violin and cello...The warmth... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, Concerto Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Concert Recording (19th-century music)
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 82 - Elmas: Piano Concertos
RecommendedHoward Shelley (piano), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
It would be hard to find a more highly committed advocate a more highly committed advocate for this music than Howard Shelley for this music than Howard Shelley who masters all the considerable... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th January 2021
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 17 - Mendelssohn
Stephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
With Stephen Hough's Mendelssohn we enter a new dimension. The soft, stylish arpeggios that open the first work here, the Capriccio brillant, announce something special. But this is just a preparation... — More…
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 62 - Gounod
RecommendedThe complete works for pedal piano & orchestra
Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Howard Shelley
Pomp and ceremony were not really Gounod's thing. Much the best bits are the central movements of the Suite Concertante and the Concerto. Excellent performances. — More…
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th November 2013
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 84 - Aloys Schmitt
Howard Shelley (piano)
Ulster Orchestra, Howard Shelley
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. — More…
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 39 - Delius & Ireland
Piers Lane (piano)
Ulster Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
…Delius's Piano Concerto emerged in 1902 as a full-blown three-movement design… Piers Lane, an eloquent advocate for this restored score, has several rivals in the Ireland Concerto. …I find... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, Orchestral Choice
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