Howard Shelley
A fixture of the Hyperion label's Romantic Piano Concerto series, pianist Howard Shelley has also specialized in the music of Rachmaninov and in British music of the 20th century. He often conducts from the keyboard.
Shelley was born on March 3, 1950, in London. His early skills were prodigious; he made his debut at the age of ten on BBC television and graduated from the Royal College of Music in London at 21. In 1972, he made his debut at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, and he has been a frequent presence both there and on BBC broadcast outlets. Shelley's focus on Rachmaninov was most pronounced in the 1980s. He began a complete series of recordings of that composer's solo piano works on the Hyperion label in 1982, and the following year, he performed them all in a marathon over several days at Wigmore Hall in London. Shelley recorded Rachmaninov's four piano concertos for Chandos in 1989 & 1990. By that time, he had already begun conducting, both from the keyboard and, in non-keyboard works, from the podium. He was associate conductor and then principal guest conductor of the London Mozart Players in the early '90s. He also made guest appearances with top British orchestras, including the Philharmonia Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. Later, Shelley performed a complete cycle of Beethoven's concertos with the BBC Philharmonic.
Shelley has recorded prolifically for Hyperion and Chandos, often issuing several albums in the course of a single year. He has recorded many works by post-Classical composers such as Johann Baptist Cramer and Muzio Clementi. That specialization grew into a major series of recordings for Hyperion under the auspices of its series "The Romantic Piano Concerto," which aimed at a large-scale excavation of forgotten 19th century works. On these recordings, Shelley often conducted the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra from the keyboard. By 2022, the series had reached its 81st volume, with Shelley performing and conducting works by composer Alois (Aloys) Schmitt. A second Hyperion series, "The Classical Piano Concerto," launched in 2014 with Shelley again as pianist/conductor; by 2021, there were eight volumes, including one of works by Georg Benda that appeared that year. Shelley also embarked on a complete cycle of Mendelssohn's solo piano music, and his work appeared on a recording of Chopin's piano-and-orchestra music issued by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw.
Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009, Shelley is married to pianist Hilary Macnamara, with whom he has performed in duo piano music. The couple has a son, Alexander Shelley, who is a conductor, and Howard Shelley has performed under his baton.
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Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music 2
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 29 jun. 2014
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Herz: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Other Works (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 66)
Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 31 jul. 2015
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Szymanowski: Symphony No. 2 & Symphony No. 4
Vassily Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Shelley
Sinfonías - Editado por Chandos el 1 may. 1996
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Gounod: Complete Works for Pedal Piano & Orchestra (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 62)
Roberto Prosseda, Orchestra Della Svizzera Italiana, Howard Shelley
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 3 nov. 2013
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Godard: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 63)
Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 29 jun. 2014
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Spohr & Onslow: Piano Sonatas & Other Works
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 31 ago. 2012
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Steibelt: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 5 & 7 Hyperion Classical Piano Concerto 2)
Howard Shelley, Ulster Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 31 dic. 2015
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Dussek: Piano Concertos Op. 1/3, 29 & 70 (Hyperion Classical Piano Concerto 1)
Howard Shelley, Ulster Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 27 jul. 2014
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Schumann: Carnaval, Kinderszenen & Toccata in C Major
Piano solo - Editado por Chandos el 1 feb. 1990
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Spohr: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 9
Orchestra Della Svizzera Italiana, Howard Shelley
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 24 feb. 2012
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Döhler & Dreyschock: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 61)
Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 1 sep. 2013
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Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music 6
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 7 ene. 2022
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Czerny: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 71)
Howard Shelley, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 28 abr. 2017
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Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music 3
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 29 mar. 2015
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F.X. Mozart & Clementi: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Classical Piano Concerto 3)
Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Howard Shelley
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 29 jul. 2016
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Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3 & 6 (Hyperion Classical Piano Concerto 7)
Howard Shelley, London Mozart Players
Clásica - Editado por Hyperion el 25 sep. 2020
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Concertos pour piano n° 1 & 2
Conciertos para tecla - Editado por Chandos el 25 may. 2010
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The Favourite Piano Concertos-Vol.2
Clásica - Editado por Documents el 1 sep. 2008
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The Greatest Last Night of the Proms, Vol. 6
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd, Howard Shelley, Roman O'Hara, Michael Roll
Clásica - Editado por Intense Media GmbH el 16 jul. 2021
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