Howard Shelley Mendelssohn Complete Piano Music

Shelley's technique is superb, and anything marked Presto or thereabouts is delivered with tremendous elan — BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Time and again Shelley makes it clear that Mendelssohn has a special place in his affections, and although it is invidious to locate the finer moments in his unfailing expertise, certain performances... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

Mendelssohn and Howard Shelley are a musical marriage made in heaven. Stylish and delectably light-fingered, Shelley makes a flawless case in Vol 3 of his [Complete Solo Piano Music of Mendelssohn]…if... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2015 More…

Technically, this is a tremendous disc. All the evidence tells us that Mendelssohn was something of a speed merchant and when...he asks for Presto, Shelley takes him at his word, with a fleetness... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…