CD, Schumann, Clara (composer)

Shelley and the orchestra respond to this emotional world with suitably impassioned accounts, using tempos that are energetic yet spacious enough to steep us in, for instance, the full effect... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Although Shelley has the strings create a perfectly smooth surface in the slow introduction to Schumann’s Second...the dotted rhythms of the un poco più vivace (at 1'54") instantly shatter that... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2022 More…

[Montero’s] playing is free-spirited, fire-centred and uninhibitedly expressive, with a sense of rhetoric and flexibility that suggests the Romantic era itself: you can almost see the young... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The artistry and technique evinced in her Schumann are equally evident here: I particularly enjoyed her Handel Variations, whose narrative arc comes across very strongly, with an emphasis on... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2024 More…

If there are plenty of recordings of both symphonies to choose from, these performances are a worthwhile listen. Shelley fires up playing of vigorous energy and spirit which, if not always ideally... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The CDs, DVDs and book are housed in a large, beautifully produced deluxe presentation box: 32x32cm. It is laudable that Varsi’s legacy has now been made available, in this age where reissues... — MusicWeb International, December 2015 More…