The Classical Piano Concerto – Howard Shelley records Johann Baptist Cramer for Hyperion

This is a welcome continuation of Howard Shelley’s exploration of Cramer’s Piano Concertos. Shelley’s excellent recording of Nos.4 & 5 showed the composer at the height of his powers, Acclaimed also as a virtuoso pianist, Cramer’s reputation is said to have been as great as that of Beethoven.  Those two works were from 1804 and …

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