The recordings are magnificent; no lover of Russian Romantic by-ways can afford to be without this.
Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’

The Second Piano Concerto is a Romantically inclined pianists dream… its succulent themes and star-dust decoration could hardly be spun off more beguilingly than by Howard Shelley.
Gramophone ‘Editor’s Choice’

Sinaisky elicits lovable phrasing from the BBC Philharmonic… Yet another testament, then, to the right team for Chandos to use in its extensive Russian repertoire.
BBC Music Magazine

‘The BBC Philharmonic and Sinaisky catch the music's flavour and drama brilliantly; the delicate scoring, with deft woodwind highlights, is etched sparkling imagination.’
The Daily Telegraph on CHAN 9727 (Balakirev)

‘…played with brilliance and flair by Howard Shelley.’
Classic FM Magazine on CHAN 9727 (Balakirev)

'The recordings are magnificent, no lover of Russian Romantic by-ways can afford to be without this.'
Gramophone

'Yet another testament, then, to the right team for Chandos to use in its extensive Russian repertoire.'
BBC Music Magazine

‘Simply one of the most gorgeously magnificent Szymanowski offerings ever.’
Fanfare on CHAN 9478 (Szymanowski)