More By Artist: Will Martin
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LYUDKEVYCH / KOS-ANATOSKY / KARABITS / BARVINSKY / LYATOSHYNSKY / etc
Postcards from Ukraine Vol.1: Violin Miniatures Markiyan Melnychenko (violin) Benjamin Martin (piano) Peter de Jager (piano) [ Toccata / CD - due 16/May/2025 ] Ukrainian classical music is not even two centuries old, and for most of that time has had to contend with active attempts at suppression by a hostile neighbour. But Ukrainian composers have stood their ground, not least by taking inspiration from... |
CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Symphonies 1 & 2, Faust Ballet Music Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner [ Philips / CD - released 1/Dec/1998 ] Recorded: 1997 Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / POULENC / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: David Daniels - Serenade David Daniels (counter-tenor) / Martin Katz (piano) [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2000 ] * * * * * 5 Stars - BBC Music Magazine (June 2000) - * * * * * five stars - Classic CD (July 2000) |
DAVID FARQUHAR
Farquhar: Ring Round the Moon Jian Liu (piano) / Martin Riseley (violin) / Jenny Wollerman (soprano) / Jane Curry (guitar) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2015 ] Ring Round the Moon is an album of chamber music by New Zealand composer, David Farquhar. The programme was curated by Jack Body for a concert in the Adam Concert Room on May 8 (2014) called Remembering David, which celebrated David's artistry and... |
CARISSIMI / VIVALDI / GLUCK / CALDARA / HANDEL / etc
Arie Antiche: songs and arias Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Sir Neville Marriner [ SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] The sequence of Italian operas on this recording take us from the birth of opera at the end of the sixteenth century to the first flowerings of the Classical period nearly 200 years later. The extraordinary power and agility of Dmitri Hvorostovsky's... |
ARTHUR HONEGGER
Honegger: Le Roi David: Symphonic Psalm in three parts Jacques Martin / Orchestre de la Cite / Choeur Regional Vittoria de l'Ille de France ; Michel Piquemal, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2002 ] "Michel Piquemal directs a wonderfully dramatic cast with style and passion in the smaller-scale original version of Honegger's symphonic psalm. Recommended." BBC Music Magazine |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy / Violin Concerto no 1 in G minor Joshua Bell (violin/director) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [ Sony Classics / CD - released 25/Jul/2018 ] "Very well recorded, and ideally partnered with his present team-mates, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Bell never short-changes the works' attractions and sometimes delivers more than you might expect." The Times |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: La stravaganza - 12 concerti, Op. 4 Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Original recordings 1973-74 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Arias Kathleen Battle (soprano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ EMI / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "The American soprano, Kathleen Battle, has chosen a delightful anthology of arias from Handel's operas, oratorios and English odes" Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La finta giardiniera (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Krešimir Špicer, Julie Martin du Theil, Bernard Richter / Diego Fasolis (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Jul/2021 ] "The whole, remarkably filmed by Daniela Vismara, is to be seen by all those who are reluctant to opera: conversion is guaranteed!" © 2021 Crescendo |
STEPHAN PROCK
Sojourn Lisa Harper-Brown, Mark Dorrell, Roberto Fabbriciani, Margaret Medlyn, Jian Liu, Martin Riseley, Diedre Irons [ Rattle / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Boston-based composer Stephan Prock offers a rich musical reflection of his time in Aotearoa with SOJOURN. Stephan is a film music scholar and freelance composer of contemporary music for soloists, chamber ensembles, orchestra, and film. Based in... |
Martin Denny
Exotica I & II [ Scamp / CD - released 13/Jun/2005 ] Exotica is the first album by Martin Denny, released in 1957. It contained Les Baxter's most famous piece, "Quiet Village", and spawned an entire genre bearing its name. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet and Trio / 6 Songs Martin Fröst (clarinet) with Janine Jansen ( violin), Torleif Thedéen (cello) Roland Pöntinen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/May/2014 ] "Sensuous beauty and taut sinew mingle for an interpretation whose fastidious attention to internal balance and every musical detail result in sovereign excellence, in a sovereign recording. Fröst's control of instrumental colour is superfine |
W. A. MOZART
Martin Fröst: Mozart (Incls 'Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622') Martin Fröst (basset clarinet & clarinet), with Leif Ove Andsnes, Janine Jansen, Antoine Tamestit, Boris Brovtsyn, Maxim Rysanov & Torleif Thedéen [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] "The recorded sound is excellent and the notes contain thorough essays about all three works, as well as biographies of most of the performers. Even if you already have a recording of the concerto, this disc is definitely worth catching." (MusicWeb) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Martin Fröst - Vivaldi Martin Fröst (clarinet), Concerto Köln [ Sony Classical / CD - released 22/May/2020 ] Martin Fröst is an internationally renowned clarinettist and conductor. 'Vivaldi' is a baroque adventure based on the question: What might Vivaldi have composed for the clarinet if it had been more fully developed? |
ALFVEN / BACH / JENKINS / PURCELL / RAMEAU / SCARLATTI / etc
Martin Fröst - Night Passages Martin Fröst (clarinet), Sebastien Dube (double bass), Roland Pöntinen (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] Martin Fröst's latest album for Sony Classical brings the extraordinary alchemy of a specially formed ensemble to the public with highly original arrangements for the first time on record. |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concerto in G / Bassoon Concerto in F / etc Martin Galling (piano), Georg Zukerman (bassoon), Collegium Con Basso [ Alto / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] "altogether this is as tempting a Hummel collection as any we know … His G major (mandolin) Concerto here in even more agreeable form, as Op.73 Piano Concertino, and Martin Galling is even more persuasive, helped by a very spirited backing in Berlin... |
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Weber: Overtures / Konzertstück in F minor / Arias Martin Helmchen; Anna Prohaska; Konzerthausorchester Berlin; Christoph Eschenbach [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] 200 years ago, on May 26th 1821, today's Berlin Concert Hall was inaugurated as "Königliches Schauspielhaus". Destroyed as "Preußisches Staatstheater" during World War II, the building, located in eastern Berlin, was rebuilt during GDR times and... |
Martin Riseley & Diedre Irons
Stradivariazioni [ Rattle Records / CD - released 3/May/2013 ] Martin Riseley (violin) Diedre Irons (piano) The variation form is at the foundation of many forms of music, and was of particular importance in the classical period. Stradivariazioni demonstrates various elements of the form: a central unifying... |
DOUGLAS LILBURN
Master Works for Strings Martin Riseley (violin) with the chamber players of the New Zealand School of Music [ Atoll Records / CD - released 10/Jan/2012 ] "The performers match their playing to their obvious commitment to the music of their worthy compatriot. A fine achievement altogether." (MusicWeb Dec 2014) |
