VARIOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pavarotti & Friends For Guatemala And Kosovo Luciano Pavarotti with Gloria Estefan, B.B. King, Boyzone, Joe Cocker, Lionel Ritchie, Ricky Martin [ Decca / CD - released 27/Sep/1999 ] Pavarotti & Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo is a live album by Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti and a variety guest artists, recorded at a benefit concert of the same name held in Parco Novi Sad, Modena, Italy on 1 June 1999. |
MAURO GIULIANI / JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Giuliani/Rodrigo: Guitar Concertos Pepe Romero (Guitar) Angel Romero (Guitar) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo / with Catherine Miche [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "The sound quality is as good as I have come to expect from the Pentatone RQR releases, and is a slight improvement over the original Philips LP in terms of its transparency and spatiality...Highly recommended." --SA-CD.net |
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia para un gentilhombre / etc Pepe Romero (guitar) Augustin Leon Ara (violin) Christine Pendrill (cor anglais) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2007 ] A classic Rodrigo recording, featuring his two most popular concertante works - at mid-price for the first time. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Music For 2 Pianos Peter Donohoe / Martin Roscoe (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "A real bargain at the price and a testament to the stature of two of the UK's best pianists" (MusicWeb Feb 2007) |
ARTHUR BLISS
Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) / Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "Eager and polished performances that do Bliss absolutely proud." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2004) |
HEINRICH SCHUTZ
Matthaus-Passion SWV 479 [St Matthew] (rec 1973) Peter Schreier (tenor) Hermann Christian Polster (bass) Siefgried Lorenz (baritone) / Dresdner Kreuzchor / Martin Flaming [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Excellent recordings of Schütz's three passions, featuring the magnificent Peter Schreier as evangelist, in his prime. While the ascetic character of these a cappella works may not appeal to all, they are worth having just to hear Schreier in his... |
HEINRICH SCHaƒÅ“TZ
Johannes-Passion SWV 481 / Excerpts from Psalms of David SWV 40 (rec 1972/75) Peter Schreier (tenor) Peter-Volker Springborn (bass) Gothart Stier (baritone) Fred Maiwald (soprano) / Dresdner Kreuzchor / Martin Fleming / Capella [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Excellent recordings of Schütz's three passions, featuring the magnificent Peter Schreier as evangelist, in his prime. While the ascetic character of these a cappella works may not appeal to all, they are worth having just to hear Schreier in his... |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles / Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / London Symphony Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] *** 'The Concerto for Double String Orchestra receives a performance more sumptuous and warm-hearted than any before on record ... the recording is outstanding' Penguin Guide |
BILLY MAYERL
Piano Music by Billy Mayerl Vol. 1 Philip Martin (piano) [ Somm / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Somm has established itself as a great exponent of British piano music and this series is sure to be revered in the same light as previous releases of Bridge and Bax's music. |
HENRI HERZ
Piano Music Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2008 ] This is the first recording devoted exclusively to the delightfully enjoyable solo works of Henri Herz. The Variations on 'Non più mesta' from Rossini's La Cenerentola Op 60 is Herz's best-known work. Several composers were attracted to the... |
GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music vol. 1 An American composer bon Dieu! Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] 'An important and recommendable issue... to be welcomed wholeheartedly' - CDReview |
GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music Vol. 2 (Incls Souvenir d'Andalousie) Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'Martin's flair comes through flamboyantly in these virtuosic pieces... the ideal advocate for his music' |
GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music vol. 3 Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'The pre-eminent Gottschalk interpreter of the 1980s and 1990s ...absolutely flawless' |
GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music Vol. 4 (Includes 'La Colombe' & 'souvenir de Cuba') Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS'CHOICE 'Gottschalk's elegant sensuality has surely had its most gracious advocate in Philip Martin' |
GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music Vol 5 (Incls 'La chasse du jeune Henri Morceau de concert') Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] Gramophone Magazine Critics' Choice (2001)- 'More glowing Gottschalk from Martin … a real enchantment from start to finish. This series is another immaculate Hyperion production [and] nobody is better qualified than Philip Martin to play it all for us' |
GOTTSCHALK
Complete Solo Piano Music [8 CD set] Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2011 ] 'Gottschalk is never abstruse or merely technical, but it is obvious from the elegance of his writing that he was a wonderful pianist. The piano sound is simply wonderful - Hyperion manages to convey an individual instrument's personality in piano... |
FRANZ REIZENSTEIN
Sonata No. 2 / Legend / Scherzo in A / Suite Philip Martin (piano) [ Continuum / CD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] "Philip Martin, who was a pupil of Reizenstein, is the ideal advocate for this music. Whether it is in the uncompromisingly serious Sonata No. 2 or in the skilled pastiche of the Lambeth Walk Variations he is able to communicate Reizenstein's strong... |
RICHARD ADDINSELL
Addinsell: Goodbye Mr. Chips / A Tale of Two Cities Philip Martin (piano), Roderick Ems (piano) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn [ Naxos British Light Music / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] World-famous for the Warsaw Concerto from the film Dangerous Moonlight, Richard Addinsell was one of Britain's leading composers for stage and screen. This selection ranges widely over every area of his achievement. |
GABRIEL URBAIN FAURE
Fauré: Orchestral Works Pierre Fouchenneret (violin), Martin Johnson, Catriona Ryan RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Gabriel Fauré is best known for his Requiem and Pavane, but these are not typical of an output that focused largely on solo piano pieces, songs and chamber music, many of which were orchestrated by others. His Violin Concerto was never completed... |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinů: Cantatas Pavla Vykopalova, Ludmila Hudeckova, Martin Slavik, Jiri Bruckler / Members of the Bennewitz Quartet & Prague Philharmonic Choir, Lukas Vasilek [ Supraphon / CD - released 20/Dec/2017 ] "valuable messages for our or indeed any time, and superlatively performed. Unmissable" BBC Music Choral & Song Choice March 2017 |