JEAN GILLES
Messe des Morts [Requiem] Anne-Marie Rodde, Jean Nirouet, Martyn Hill, Peter Kooy / Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] 'This is in short a performance with the carefully moulded contours, sensitively judged sonic qualities and sheer spiritual presence that we have come to recognize over the years as true Herreweghe characteristics.' Gramophone |
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / SIR ARTHUR SOMERVELL
Coleridge-Taylor/Somervell: Violin Concertos Anthony Marwood (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 5 / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] 'Marwood's unflashy, sweet-toned playing lends just the right note of enchantment and authenticity to these forgotten scores. In short, this is Hyperion at its best' - Gramophone |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Violin Concerto, Partita & Hindemith Variations Anthony Marwood (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] "Hyperion becomes not only my overall choice for the coupling but a very strong contender in all the individual works." MusicWeb |
SALLY BEAMISH
Violin Concerto / Callisto / Symphony No. 1 Anthony Marwood (violin) / Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "...the First Symphony leaves the strongest impression here...It makes no mean impression in this performance, Martyn Brabbins drawing a committed response from the Royal Scottish National players, who are hardly less attentive in the concertos."... |
WALTON
Christopher Columbus - Suite / Songs after Edith Sitwell / The Twelve Arthur Davies (tenor) Jill Gomez (soprano) Martyn Hill (tenor) / Westminster Singers [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] Unusual works of William Walton |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Symphony in D minor / Symphony in B flat major BBC National Chorus of Wales, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] "the present release can be confidently recommended for the refined and subtle playing of the BBC NOW and a recording that achieves an ideal balance between textural clarity and Romantic warmth." BBC Music |
SAINT-SAENS / BLACKFORD / KRAUSE
The Great Animal Orchestra / Carnival of the Animals (in a new Orchestration) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Nimbus Alliance / CD - released 21/Aug/2015 ] The Great Animal Orchestra, Symphony for Orchestra and Wild Soundscapes by English composer Richard Blackford and wild soundscape recordist Bernie Krause combines the sounds of the natural world with the traditional sounds of the orchestra.... |
ARNOLD BAX
London Pageant, Concertante for Three Wind Instruments and Orchestra BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2001 ] 'Martyn Brabbins directs a set of performances as crisply polished as they are infectious, and Chandos' sound is characteristically sumptuous to match' Gramophone |
ERIK CHISHOLM
Chisholm: Violin Concerto & Dance Suite BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] A bracing excursion to the Indian subcontinent via the Scottish Highlands: the compelling force of Scottish Modernism that is Erik Chisholm makes a welcome reappearance on Hyperion. Matthew Trusler and Danny Driver are the committed soloists in... |
WILLIAM WALLACE
Creation Symphony & other orchestral works BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "It is incredible that a composer of this strength has been so overlooked. On the evidence of this recording alone he should be treated as a national treasure" (The Scotsman) |
ALEXANDER MacKENZIE
Orchestral Music (incls The Cricket On The Hearth Op. 62 - Overture) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "[A] splendid disc. The performances … are exemplary, giving Mackenzie's music the best possible opportunity to speak for itself" (The Times) |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis & other orchestral works BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] 'This is ideal repertoire for the BBCSSO, with its beefy lower strings, its bright, biting brass and searing violins' (The Guardian) |
WILLIAM WALLACE
Symphonic Poems BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] William Wallace was a classical scholar, a doctor and eye surgeon, a poet and dramatist, a writer on music and musicians, and the man described by Shaw as 'a young Scotch composer with a very tender and sympathetic talent'. His orchestral... |
FREDERIC LAMOND / EUGEN d'ALBERT
Symphony in A major; Overture 'From the Scottish Highlands' / Overture to 'Esther', Op. 8 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] 'Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra do offer vivid accounts that are inspired, insightful, and invigorating and that succeed in capturing the music's strengths. The brass are potent, the strings sumptuous, the winds rich in tone,... |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] Tippett's first two published symphonies are mature and confident works dating from the middle of the last century. Coruscating accounts from Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra are sure to win new friends for this marvellous music. |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Enigma Variations & other orchestral works BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, with Kate Royal (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2016 ] Two much-loved orchestral favourites representing the summit of Elgar's maturity are coupled with three of the lesser-known wartime works, here receiving their rst recordings with the original French texts. Kate Royal is the soprano soloist in 'Une... |
JOHN PICKARD
Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times BBC Singers, Martyn Brabbins, with Chloë Abbott (trumpet), David Goode (organ) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] "This is a marvellous collection, featuring impeccable production values and sound of flawless realism in the best BIS tradition. Not to be missed!" Gramophone Editor's Choice Dec 2023 |
BIRTWISTLE
The Mask of Orpheus BBC Symphony Orchestra / BBC Singers / Martyn Brabbins [ NMC / 3 CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] Birtwistle's awe-inspiring masterpiece is a key work in the development of post-war opera, groundbreaking in its fusion of music, song, drama, myth and electronics. GRAMOPHONE AWARD: Best Contemporary Recording 1998 |
FRANCIS CHAGRIN
Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Francis Chagrin described himself as 'Romanian by birth, British by nationality and cosmopolitan by inclination'. A student of Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger, Chagrin wrote prolifically for films but composed for most genres. The two symphonies are... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartica & Symphony No 9 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Two late, great Vaughan Williams symphonies: with the 'Antartica' and No 9, Martyn Brabbins and his BBC forces complete a cycle enthusiastically acclaimed by Radio 3 Record Review as 'unmissable'. |