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Freddy Martin & His Orchestra
Classics & Boogie [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Nov/1999 ] Because the piano featured so prominently in many of Freddy Martin's recordings, it was often thought he was the soloist; in fact, his chosen instrument was the tenor sax. |
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FAURE / STRAUSS / MAHLER / COPLAND / IVES / etc
Lieder (recorded 1986) Frederica von Stade (mezzo) Martin Katz (piano) [ ORFEO / CD - released 30/Aug/2013 ] "the mezzo-soprano on excellent form in a fascinating programme … Katz is a consistently birlliant accompanist and the programme is as absorbing as it is enterprising. Nobody who admires this singer should hesitate for a moment." (International Record Rev |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [complete opera recorded in 2012] Glyndebourne Opera / Gerald Finley, Anna Gabler, Johannes Martin Kränzle / London Philharmonic Orchestra, VladimirJurowski [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] "Gerald Finley's pivotal Sachs relish[es] this intensely verbal role with a Lieder-singer's skill and beauty...Jurowski completes the ensemble with a beautiful account, unfolding the story with pace and details...Together they make the immense... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Recorded live at Glyndebourne, Lewes, July 2011) BLU-RAY Gerald Finley, Anna Gabler, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Marco Jentzsch, Topi Lehtipuu / London Philharmonic Orchestra, VladimirJurowski, David McVicar [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Jurowski completes the ensemble with a beautiful account, unfolding the story with pace and details...Together they make the immense performance the most uplifting performance I can recall" (Five Stars BBC Music - DVD/Blu-ray Choice - December 2012) |
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ALUN HODDINOTT
Clarinet Concerto / Harp Concerto / Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Osian Ellis (harp) Philip Fowke, Martin Jones (pianos) / London Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Lyrita / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "This recording of four concertos is a welcome addition to the other two fine Hoddinott CDs already in the Lyrita catalogue. The colourful music, performances and recording may be confidently recommended" (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
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MANUEL de FALLA
El Amor Brujo / El Retablo de maese Pedro [Master Peter's Puppet Show] Ginesa Ortega (sngr) Joan Martin (treb) Joan Cabero (ten) Ifiaki Fresiin (bar) / Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure, Josep Pons [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "Ginesa Ortega is most effective as the passionate gitana Candelas, a lady of such strong personality that one suspects that even a sturdy gipsy lover might be flattened by its force...This is an attractive disc." (Gramophone) |
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MILHAUD / SAINT-SAENS / ALKAN / POULENC / LALO / PIERNE / etc
French Piano Concertos Giovanni Bellucci, Martin Galling, Florian Uhlig, Rosario Marciano, François-Joël Thiollier, Marylène Dosse, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2019 ] A worthy collection of some of the greatest French piano concertos issued at a special price on 12 CDs. |
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Grady Martin & the Slew Foot Five
There'll Be A Hot Time Tonight [ Jasmine / CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] A great experience awaits the listener when he plays a Grady Martin and his Slew Foot Five recording. Don't let the familiar nick-name tempt you to under-rate the perfectionist quality of their music for Martin and his boys have demonstrated again... |
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MANUEL PONCE
Complete Guitar Music Gérard Abiton (guitar) & Beatrice Martin (harpsichord) Ensemble Orchestral Stringendo, Jean Thorel [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2014 ] Manuel Ponce was one of Mexico's best and most popular composers. His compositions are imbued with the native music and folklore of his beloved Mexico, irresistably lively, sensual and passionate. |
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MEYERBEER
Vasco de Gama (original version of L'Africaine) [complete opera] Guibee Yang, Martin Gabler, Kouta Rasanen, Rolf Broman, Bernhard Berchtold, Anton Reimer / Robert Schumann Philharmonie, Frank Beermann [ CPO / 4 CD Box Set - released 16/Aug/2014 ] CPO presents Meyerbeer's Vasco de Gama. This edition by Jügen Schläder is based on the last published and unpublished material left by Meyerbeer on his death. This is the first time this version has been release on CD. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor (orch. Schoenberg) Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ Ondine / CD - released 13/Apr/2019 ] "Jaime Martin revels in these marvellously lurid sonorities, pushing the woodwinds to the fore, and generally eliciting incisive, articulate playing from the Gävle orchestra." Gramophone |
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MELCHER MELCHERS
Melcher Melchers: Symphony in D minor / La Kermesse; Élégie Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ Ondine / CD - released 7/Apr/2023 ] Swedish composer Melcher Melchers (1882-1961) has been largely forgotten by music history. Melchers studied composition in Paris and his circle of friends included, among others, Matisse, Picasso, Modigliani, Guillaume Apollinaire, Erik Satie, and... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Art of the Trumpet Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner / with Roland Pontinen & Peter Solomon (piano) [ Decca Collector's Edition / 5 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] This collection of three centuries of trumpet music ranges from Baroque concertos by Vivaldi and Albinoni and cornerstones of the trumpet repertory such as the concertos by Haydn and Hummel, to contemporary classics such as Luciano Berio's Sequenza... |
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Schubert,
Große Sänger unseres Jahrhunderts: Hans Hotter - Liederabend Hans Hotter, Walter Martin [ ORFEO / CD - released 21/Jan/2000 ] |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: The Last Romantic Hero (2LP) Helene Grimaud (piano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Martin James Bartlett (piano), Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Borodin Quartet, Berliner Philharmoniker, e [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Sergei Rachmaninov was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor renowned for his emotive and virtuosic music. His works, characterized by lush harmonies and sweeping melodies, include the iconic Piano Concerto no.2 and the hauntingly beautiful... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A D959 / Six Moments Musicauz D780 Martin Helmchen (piano) [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2009 ] "…such is the strength and poetic commitment of Helmchen's playing that he already makes comparison irrelevant. And if I was to single out one awe-inspiring moment it would be the Andantino from the Sonata, naturally paced, enviably poised and... |
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TRADITIONAL
The Christmas Memories Album Dean Martin, Harry Belafonte, Leroy Anderson, Beverley Sisters, Russ Morgan, Frank Sinatra & others [ Alto Take 2 / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] Best-selling holiday tracks from the early LP era, together for the first time at a value price! |
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Mozart, Wo
Konzert No. 3 G-Dur KV 216, Konzert No. 5 A-Dur KV 219, Sinfonia concertante Es-Dur KV 364, Concertone C-Dur KV 190 Honeck, Setena, Lea; Vienna Classical Players, Martin Kerschbaum [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] |
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Michael Hoppe/Martin Tillman/Tim Wheater
Afterglow [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
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J.S. BACH / W.A. MOZART / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Bach, Mozart, Britten Concerti Howard Griffiths, Martin James Bartlett [ Warner Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Three works for piano and orchestra - by Bach, Mozart and Britten - make up the programme for the latest album from Martin James Bartlett. His Warner Classics release Rhapsody was welcomed by BBC Music Magazine as "a joyful display, full of warmth,... |