MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings op 20 (with Boccherini - Cello Quintet Op 37 No 7) Academy of St. Martin in th Fields [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "When you hear the superbly ebullient, well phrased and sensitive opening to the Octet in this clear, well balanced and very lifelike recording it is hard to believe that it was recorded nearly half a century ago." (MusicWeb) |
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... |
FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (Complete Opera recorded in 2021) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Maria José Siri, Ksenia Dudnikova, Martin Muehle, Paolo Antognetti / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Naxos / Dynamic DVD / DVD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at the Comédie-Française who was much admired by Voltaire. Hailed as a masterpiece, the opera was triumphantly staged in cities around the world. |
FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (Complete Opera recorded in 2021) Blu-ray Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Maria José Siri, Ksenia Dudnikova, Martin Muehle, Paolo Antognetti / Daniel Harding (cond) [ Naxos / Dynamic Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at the Comédie-Française who was much admired by Voltaire. Hailed as a masterpiece, the opera was triumphantly staged in cities around the world. |
SCHULHOFF / KRENEK / d'INDY
The 20th Century Concerto Grosso Maria Prinz (piano); Karl-Heinz Schütz (flute) Christoph Koncz (violin); Robert Nagy (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marrine [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] .On this disc, we feature the works of three composers - Vincent d'Indy, Ernst Krenek, and Erwin Schulhoff - who all in the mid- to late-1920s adopted neoclassicism and chose to write works in the neo-baroque concerto grosso style, using a... |
SCHUBERT
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata & Trio No. 2 Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Antje Weithaas, Martin Helmchen [ Alpha / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Following a first recording on Alpha devoted to Brahms which garnered much praise - 'real duo playing' said Gramophone, while Classica discerned 'shared music making . . . a world full of nuances and subtlety, boundless sonic imagination... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) & Martin Helmchen (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] "[Hecker and Helmchen] bring to the sonatas a seamless ensemble, producing something truly greater than the sum of its parts…their ability to control energies together creates the natural gusts of momentum and repose Brahms demands" BBC Music |
TELEMANN
Miriways, TWV 21:24 (complete opera) Markus Volpert, Ida Aldrian, Ulrike Hofbauer, Julie Martin du Theil, Gabriele Hierdeis / L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg [ CPO / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2014 ] "The score is a delight, revealing the composer at his most colourfully inventive...The performance pulsates with energy from start to finish...The cast, by and large, is strong...Prince Sophi is a soprano role sung with agility and tonal clarity by |
Martin
Fantasia [ Linn / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Aug/2006 ] |
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 |
PHILIP GLASS
Kepler (complete opera recorded in 2009) Martin Achrainer / Cassandra McConnell / Karen Robertson / Chorus of the Landestheater Linz / Bruckner Orchester Linz / Dennis Russell Davies [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] This 2-CD set is a recording of the complete 2009 opera by Phillip Glass on the life of scientist Johannes Kepler in a deluxe digipack featuring colour photos of the production in Linz, Austria. |
Martín Alvarado & Horacio Avilano
Guitar Tango: Más Allá [ Riverboat / CD - released 27/Sep/2013 ] Martín Alvarado's honey-sweet tenor tones take the lead and Horacio Avilano's strutting guitar provides the accompaniment on this unique album of unadorned Guitar Tango: Más Allá. Martín Alvarado is widely considered to be Argentina's finest and... |
HOVHANESS
Hovhaness-Concerto for two pianos / 3 pieces for two pianos / Lousadzak Martin Berkovsky (piano) / Globalis Symphony Orchestra [ Black Box / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] Features World Premier Recording of Hovhaness Concerto for two pianos and orchestra. |
ANONYMOUS
The Dante Troubadours Martin Best Medieval Ensemble [ Nimbus / CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "full of musical gems" [Ovation] |
THYS YOOL
Thys Yool: A Medieval Christmas Martin Best Medieval Ensemble [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "A richly colourful variety of sounds and rhythms, all performed with lively commitment by players and singers." Which Compact Disc |
Martin Best Medieval Ensemble / Martin Best (voice, lute, oud, psaltery)
The Last of the Troubadours: The Art & Times of Guiraut Riquier 1230 - 1292 [ Nimbus / CD - released 27/Jun/2006 ] "Best's anthology is expertly assembled and skilfully performed. It displays the sardonic humour and ribaldry of troubadour lyrics as well as their elaborately sentimental courtliness. I can only applaud Best's continuing championing of troubadour... |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Songs Martin Bruns (baritone) & Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2006 ] "Busoni's distinctive, witty Goethe-Lieder are the main draw of this recording" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
Martin Carthy
Crown Of Horn [ CD - released 15/Dec/2009 ] |
Martin Carthy
Essential [ Topic / 2 CD - released 13/Jun/2011 ] A definitive set celebrating Martin Carthy's 70th birthday - 34 tracks providing a complete career overview. |