Howells: Piano Music, Vol. 1 Classical Piano Naxos

Howells: Piano Music, Vol. 1

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Howells: Piano Music, Vol. 1

Label Catalogue Number:
8.571382

Running Time: 01:04:23

Release Date: July 2020
Originally recorded in 2019

Genre:
Classical
Piano

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“… Matthew Shellhorn is an excellent and intelligent pianist. These performances will serve as an excellent reference but also as creative stimulus to other pianists who want to explore this repertoire…”

Rob Haskins – American Record Guide – March/April 2021

Interpretation ****** Sound ***** Repertoire ******

Burkhard Schafer – Piano News magazine (Germany) – November/December 2020

"Every item on this absorbing collection of piano music by Herbert Howells is a first recording. There are plenty of captivating finds, too, not least the seven pieces that make up the 1911 Summer Idyls... Boasting exemplary production values, this superbly performed survey constitutes a copiously rewarding voyage of discovery; in fact, I'm already itching to hear the second volume!"

Andrew Achenbach - Gramophone magazine - September 2020

“…Musically delightful and historically significant, this is an excellent disc in every respect.”

Nick Barnard – Musicweb-International.com – 19 August 2020

“… all the works are pleasantly beautiful and lyrical. In this Vol. 1 Matthew Schellborn shows himself to be a brilliant pianist, who understands Howells’ moods excellently. The great commitment of the pianist is obvious, and he cares for the smallest detail so that, at least in terms of interpretation, there is real joy. All works are world premiere recordings.” Alain Steffen

“… Matthew Schellhorn is a wonderful interpreter of this music. While in Phantasy he plays powerfully, with passionate expression, in Harlequin Dreaming his performance is more restraining. The Harlequin is not funny, it’s the silence, the loneliness that is hidden behind the laughing mask. In the other works, Matthew Schellhorn impresses also with his sensitive playing, with the perfect balance between enough and not too much, leaving the music room to breathe and blossom.” Guy Engels

****

Alain Steffen & Guy Engels – Pizzicato.lu – 19 August 2020

Performance **** Recording ****

“… Matthew Schellhorn proves a most sympathetic interpreter, reaching the peak of finesse in the sparkling aqueous ripples of the Phantasy, where he admirably sustains the music’s shape and flow. And if he can’t do much to enliven the bookish Siciliana (1958), compensations keep coming in the spontaneous early magic of ‘Harlequin Dreaming’ and the haunting ‘Near Midnight’ from Idyls …”

Geoff Brown - BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes) – September 2020

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