More By Artist: Martyn
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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 |
CHARLES Villiers STANFORD
Stanford: Requiem Carolyn Sampson, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, James Way, Ross Ramgobin / University of Birmingham Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] "Brabbins, who truly understands the language of this music, judges the tempos and balance of the ensemble with instinctive sensitivity...For anyone interested in British choral music of the period, it is a must!" Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2023 |
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'. |
NIKOS SKALKOTTAS
Skalkottas: Two Concertos George Zacharias (violin), Alexandros Koustas (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] "The fact that Nikos Skalkottas was one of Schoenberg's elite composition students obscures the fact that he began his career as a violinist of concert-artist level. The two concertos gathered here highlight this violinist/composer duality. The... |
JOHN ADDISON / ARTHUR BENJAMIN / ELIZABETH MACONCHY / HUMPHREY SEARLE / EDMUND RUBBRA GEOFFREY BUSH
British Piano Concertos Simon Callaghan (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins [ Lyrita / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "Smaller concertos for piano and modest orchestral forces were a feature of British composition in the first half of the 20th century. Often they were written for a special occasion, and typically vanished into oblivion thereafter. During the COVID... |
EDWARD ELGAR / ERNEST BLOCH
Elgar (arr. Tertis) - Viola Concerto / Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra Timothy Ridout (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Jan/2023 ] "Ridout is a strong, personable player whose deft handling of the Scherzo and heartfelt playing of the Adagio make the concerto's central episodes exceptionally memorable." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Concerto |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 Roderick Williams (baritone) / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] "Even against formidable competition [in No. 6], Martyn Brabbins impresses handsomely. Nothing is forced - the fury and the anguish, the grandeur and the desolation seem almost to speak for themselves." BBC Music Five Stars |
John Martyn
The Apprentice (3CD/DVD set) [ Cherry Red / 4 CD/DVD - released 1/Jan/2022 ] • A NEW RE-MASTERED 3CD / DVD CLAMSHELL BOXED SET OF JOHN MARTYN'S 1990 ALBUM. • WITH TWO ADDITIONAL CDs AND A DVD OF A CONCERT RECORDED IN MARCH 1990 FEATURING GUEST DAVID GILMOUR. • INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET WITH ESSAY.... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 / Scenes adapted from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress Emily Portman (folk voice), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), etc / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Orchestral |
VICTORIA BORISOVA-OLLAS
Borisova-Ollas: Angelus Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, Andrey Boreyko, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Born in Russia, Victoria Borisova-Ollashas lived in Sweden since 1993. In the international music press, she has been described as 'a composer with a sparkling individual voice' and an 'orchestrator of the greatest virtuosity'. |
JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Symphony No 4 / Viola Concerto Lawrence Power (viola), BBC Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2020 ] MacMillan's viola concerto was written for Lawrence Power, who brings a unique authority to this, its first recording. The fourth symphony-a major addition to the repertoire-is a generous and appropriate coupling, both works incorporating and... |
JOHN PICKARD
Pickard: The Gardener of Aleppo Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Contemporary |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 3 'Pastoral' & 4 David Butt Philip (tenor) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "Brabbins's attention to dynamic detail is also striking, both in the first movement (note the really hushed level of the development before the recapitulation really erupts) and the troubling demeanour of the slow movement" (Gramophone) |
BETSY JOLAS / SALLY BEAMISH / OLGA NEUWIRTH
Stories - Trumpet Concertos Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Roger Muraro (piano), Malmö Symphony Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Alongside his celebrated performances of the classical repertory, Håkan Hardenberger is also renowned as a pioneer of significant new trumpet works. The three works on this disc were all composed with him in mind, and illustrate his many-facetted... |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Caractacus Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] The centuries do indeed 'roll away' as the libretto addresses questions of empire - Roman and Victorian - and Britain's place in the world. But that shouldn't detract from the music; this is simply glorious and worthy of the mature Elgar. |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Symphonies Nos 3, 4 & B flat Rachel Nicholls (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] The first opportunity to experience Tippett's unique symphonic voice stretching across nearly half a century, from the early B flat symphony (here receiving its first recording) to the extraordinary 'birth-to-death' span encompassed by No 4. |
KALEVI AHO
Aho: Concertos for Trombone and Trumpet Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), Alain De Rudder (trumpet), Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS / CD - released 10/Dec/2018 ] Hugely prolific as well as widely acclaimed, Kalevi Aho has composed 30 concertos to date. Many of them are available in recordings from BIS, and the present release features two works from the past decade. The Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra was... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] One of the mightiest of first symphonies, Vaughan Williams's setting of Walt Whitman creates a very special sense of occasion. The coupling is more Whitman: RVW's later, virtually unknown 'Darest thou now, O soul' for chorus and strings. |
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. |
ROGER SACDEVERELL COKE
Coke: Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 5 Simon Callaghan (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 78 / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] The late Romanticism of Roger Sacheverell Coke will appeal to anyone who enjoys Rachmaninov or Delius, Grainger or Scriabin. If that sounds an intriguingly eclectic mix, Coke establishes his own distinctive voice, and this is an important addition to... |
