LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos Jan Lisiecki (piano/director) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] International Classical Music Awards 2019 Nominee - Concerto |
WAGNER
Die Fliegende Hollander (Flying Dutchman) (Complete Opera) Janis Martin, Norman Bailey, Rena Kollo / Chicago Symphony / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 11/Aug/2002 ] Solti's monumental recording now remastered |
John Medeski, John Scofield, Billy Martin, Chris Wood
Juice [ Indirecto Records / CD - released 16/Sep/2014 ] Considering its winning combination of tuneful melodies, danceable rhythms and earthy textures, Juice is Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood's most appealing, cohesive and consistently engaging release to date. |
MENDELSSOHN
String Symphonies Nos 9, 10 & 12 / Concerto in A minor for Piano & Strings John Ogdon (piano) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] "If you are looking to experience more of the young Mendelssohn, then this is the disc for you" (MusicWeb Feb 2007) |
VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / OFFENBACH / BIZET / etc
Calleja: The Golden Voice Joseph Calleja (tenor) with Anna Netrebko & Tatiana Lisnic (sopranos) / The Academy of St.Martin In The Fields / Carlo Rizzi [ Decca / CD - released 22/Nov/2005 ] "Everything is delivered with skill and imagination, and it's a worthy successor to his previous disc." (BBC Music Nov 2005) |
W. A. MOZART
Cosi fan Tutte (Complete Opera recorded in 1990) Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Classic Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "A strikingly light, fresh Così with a truly superb ensemble, idiomatic and characterful; the voices are large, but only Mattila sounds a little weighty." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Double Piano Concertos Lucas Jussen (piano), Arthur Jussen (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] ".The Jussen boys have found perhaps the perfect collaborator in Sir Neville Marriner, who has conducted more Mozart than most; the Academy acquit themselves well." Editor's Choice Gramophone January 2016 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Pavarotti & Friends Collection [8 concerts on 4 DVDs] Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) with Andrea Bocelli, George Michael, Elton John, The Spice Girls, Jon Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, Liza Minnelli, Ricky Martin [ Decca DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 30/Sep/2005 ] Luciano Pavarotti gives an historic concert in a historic setting. This thrilling program was filmed live in Beijing during his tour of the people's Republic of China in 1986. Now audiences everywhere can enjoy the magic and majesty that is... |
BUXTEHUDE / CORNET / LEBEGUE / DE GRIGNY / etc
Great European Organs Vol. 86: Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory Matthew Martin (plays the 1954 Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Matthew Martin plays the 1954 Walker-Downes organ of the London Oratory |
Martin Dean
That's Amore - The Best Of [ Capitol Records CD / CD ] Like Capitol Collectors Series, this offers a 20-song overview of his Capitol years (the 1950s and early '60s), with a different track selection and an unfortunate absence of liner notes. It does have his biggest hits from the era, including "That's... |
Martin Denny
MARBECKS RARE: The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny [ EMI Capital Ultra Lounge / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/1996 ] Martin Denny was an American pianist, composer, and arranger. Known as the "father of exotica," he was a multi-instrumentalist and could play a number of percussion instruments. In a long career that saw him performing up to 3 weeks prior to his... |
MARTIN GRUBINGER / JOSEF BURCHARTZ / GGREGORIAN CHANT
Drums 'n' Chant Martin Grubinger (percussion) with Albrecht Mayer (Oboe), Josef Burchartz (Flugelhorn), Dieter Kolbeck (Digital Piano) / Benedictine Monks of the Abbe [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/2010 ] Grubinger represented Austria at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2000 in Bergen, Norway. In 2007 he was awarded the Leonard Bernstein Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 (complete oratorio) Martin Lattke (Evangelist) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto) Wolfram Lattke (tenor) / Gewandhausorchester / Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "This is an exceptional Christmas Oratorio and it becomes one of the front-runners in a crowded field." (INternational Record Review) |
Martin Taylor's Spirit of Django
Last Train to Hauterville [ CD ] |
Martin Winch
Espresso Guitar [ CD ] |
LEONARDO VINCI
Catone in Utica (complete opera) Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli, Valer Sabadus, Martin Mitterutzner / Il Pomo D'oro, Riccardo Minasi [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2015 ] "Sancho's beefy tenor aptly characterises Cato's scepticism about reaching a diplomatic resolution...Il Pomo d'Oro, directed by Riccardo Minasi, vividly characterise each scene with theatrical zest." (Gramophone) |
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Live [ CD - released 6/Dec/2012 ] |
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Tonic [ Blue Note Records / CD - released 2/Oct/2000 ] Recorded over five nights at New York's underground 'Tonic' club in 1999. |
Medeski Martin & Wood
Radiolarians I [ CD ] |