More By Artist: Will Martin
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VITO PALUMBO
Palumbo: Three Concertos Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Mats Olofsson (cello), Dan Laurin (recorder), String ensemble, Gävle Symphony Orchestra / Jaime Martín [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2018 ] The genesis of this disc was Dan Laurin's idea to commission a concerto for recorder and symphony orchestra. He had performed a number of such works already, but felt that the new, more powerful 'Eagle' recorder developed by the maker Adriana... |
HANDEL
ConcertI Grossi Op. 6 Arte Dei Suonatori / Martin Gester [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "This Polish ensemble, little recorded so far, plays them splendidly - 16 technically assured period strings, coloured by harpsichord or organ continuo and a pretty active archlute." BBC Music Magazine, January 2009 ***** |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Ouvertures pittoresques Arte dei Suonatori, Martin Gester [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] ""Arte dei Suonatori play [these pieces] with neatness, clarity and buoyant tone. Their fine ensemble spirit is much in evidence and the music's good-hearted energy draws (great) interpretative vim from Martin Gester" Gramophone |
PAUL TORTELIER
Paul Tortelier - Hommage to (Double Concerto, Suite in D minor & Offrande) Arto Noras, Maud Martin Tortelier, Paul Tortelier, BBC Ph. Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Historical / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] Paul Tortelier and his family all feature on this unique disc, masterminded by his violinist and conductor son Yan Pascal, released on the tenth anniversary of the death of Paul Tortelier. |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Piano Works, Vol. 4-Music for 2 Pianos Ashley Wass, Martin Roscoe (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] "If you know orchestral Bax you will have the measure of these scores. They are just as colourful and seductive and come across with so much life and sparkle that even the anti-Bax brigade must succumb to their manifold charms. Of course the success... |
SCHUBERT
'Trout' Quintet / Adadio & Rondo Concertante Academy of St martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/2002 ] The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble was created in 1967 to perform the larger chamber works-from quintets to octets-with players who customarily work together, instead of the usual string quartet with additional guests. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV589 (with Bach - Magnificat in D BWV243) Barbara Hendricks, Ann Murray, Jean Rigby, Uwe Heilmann / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Barbara Hendricks and Ann Murray are the admirably paired soloists in Vivaldi's Gloria; both bring beauty of line and a feeling of élan. Hendricks and Murray recur in Bach's Magnificat along with Jean Rigby, Uwe Heillman and Jorma Hynninen" MusWeb |
W. A. MOZART / ANTONIO ROSETTI
Die Schonsten Horn Konzerte (Best-Loved Horn Concertos) Barry Tuckwell (horn) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner / English Chamber Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 13/Jun/2014 ] "The Academy strings sound very fresh and dance beautifully in the allegros... this reissue can be strongly recommended on all counts." - Gramophone on the Mozart |
ARNOLD BAX
Octet / String Quintet / Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Harp, and String Quartet / etc Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] In Memoriam, originally subtitle 'An Irish Elegy', is scored for cor anglais, harp and string quartet. The music is announced, bard-like, by the harp, with a repeated spread chordal motif; the cor anglais immediately sounds the folk-like main theme,... |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Lennox Berkeley: The One Act Operas BBC Northern Orchestra, Martin Handford, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Steurt Bedford, English Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Mered [ Lyrita Mono / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "I urge anyone interested in postwar British opera to give Lyrita's handsome issues a hearing." Opera |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Canticles I-V Ben Johnson (tenor) James Baillieu (piano), Christopher Ainslie (countertenor), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Martin Owen (horn) & Lucy Wakeford (harp) [ Signum / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] As part of the celebration Britten's Centenary in 2013, this new recording presents Britten's five Canticles, performed by tenor Ben Johnson with James Baillieu accompanying. |
Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson, with Joe Pass, Dave Young & Martin Drew
Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson [ Original Jazz Classics / CD - released 3/Oct/1995 ] What would in any other instance be a potent Jazz at the Philharmonic meeting of the minds, the pairing of Oscar Peterson and Benny Carter in the studio turns out to be a neat and trim session of mutual respect between these two titans of American... |
TRADITIONAL / PEROTINUS / de BORNELH / etc
Amor de Lonh - The Distant Love of the Troubadors Martin Best Consort [ Nimbus / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "this is one of those discs which, because of its varied pattern, gentle songs and lively dances, you can play through in one go." MusicWeb May 2020 |
HEINRICH BIBER
Biber: The Mystery Sonatas Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, Christina Day Martinson [ Linn / 2 CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Heinrich Biber's astonishingly powerful and deeply emotional Mystery Sonatas represent a triumph of Baroque invention. Boston Baroque's Christina Day Martinson delivers a technical tour de force, as she navigates the virtuosic challenges presented by... |
JOSEF HAYDN
The Creation Amanda Forsythe, Keith Jameson, Kevin Deas / Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman [ Linn SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 9/Jul/2012 ] "Pearlman adopts near-ideal tempi for every number, and his choir and period band - medium forces for a work the composer conducted with up to 200 - are excellent." (Sunday Times) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Lied Edition 6 - Schiller, Vol. 1 Martin Bruns (baritone) & Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2001 ] |
GEORGE ENESCU
Enescu: Cello Sonata nos 1 & 2 Buruiana, Laura (cello) Tchiba, Martin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Chamber music was a prominent feature of Enescu's music from his earliest years. Though separated by almost four decades, the two Cello Sonatas were not published until 1935. The First is indebted in many respects to Brahms and to Enescu's French... |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Martin Jones Rediscovered - Busoni: Works for Piano Martin Jones (piano) [ Nimbus / CD - released 3/Jul/2026 ] "Martin's early career followed a normal path of recitals and chamber music. He found regular work as pianist of the emerging Nash Ensemble founded in 1964. In 1968 he won the first Myra Hess Award. This propelled him onto the international scene, a... |
DVORAK
Rusalka (complete opera in English) Cheryl Barker (soprano) / Rosario La Spina (tenor) / Bruce Martin (baritone) / Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano) / Opera Australia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Opera in English / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Feb/2008 ] "Cheryl Barker's voice opens up excitingly on the top notes, but in the medium-high range her timbre has no especial qualities. She gives a committed performance" (MusicWeb March 2008) |
The Choir of Girton College, Cambridge / Directed by Martin Ennis with William Ings and Samuel Hudson (organ)
The Complete New English Hymnal (Vol 17) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Dec/2004 ] Recorded in the Chapel of Girton College, Cambridge on 17 /18 April 2004 |
